08 Jan 1997
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 08, 1997
Page
1
In a two hour ITV debate viewed across Britain, 66 percent of callers favored keeping the monarchy while Prince Charles faces a post-holiday mood and calls for abdication in favor of Prince William. A critic labeled the Queen as head of a rotten, class-ridden establishment.
In Buenos Aires a group of professional burglars rented an empty shop near a police station and dug a tunnel beneath the street to the bank vaults. They robbed more than 100 safes and fled with about $1 million. A bank official described a careful, almost perfect tunnel construction.
Alberta Conservative blueprint projects 155000 jobs over four years tied to oilsands forestry and agriculture growth. Critics call it political and warn gains depend on oil prices while experts caution only moderate gains are assured and investment rises are cited.
Judge Justice Joseph Quinn dismissed Derek Alchimowicz’s 1993 injury suit against the City of Windsor and others. He ruled Alchimowicz alone caused his injuries by diving while intoxicated and ordered him to pay court costs. Alchimowicz, now a quadriplegic, had argued poor warnings and drink access at Sandpoint Beach.
Cloudy with snow expected tomorrow with a high near twelve degrees and a low around thirteen tonight. Tuesday’s high forecast at one degree and a low of minus ten with no precipitation. See weather map on page A2.
A Tuesday Medicine Hat News edition misquoted Doug Mosher Tigers general manager on the Graham James case. The corrected quote states he would have reported any abuse to local police immediately if it had occurred during his Broncos tenure.
Pot advocate Chris Clay in London Ontario sells $25 Victory Bonds redeemable for a quarter ounce of marijuana after legalization. The bonds fund a constitutional challenge to Canada's marijuana laws set to begin April 28 in London following a 1995 Hemp Nation raid. He says he has raised over $8,000, selling mainly online to buyers in Luxembourg and Chile.
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