11 Jan 1992
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1992
Page
1
Police arrested 40 year old William Hardacre after a forklift laden with 30 cases of City Beverage Co beer was seen moving down a street. He travelled about six blocks before officers stopped him. A tip led to the arrest as broken and dumped beer cases marked the trail.
Ethnic Albanians in western Macedonia defied local authorities and held a referendum on independence seeking to form a state and unite with Kosovo. In neighboring Croatia and Bosnia Herzegovina, Serb separatist moves and a UN brokered ceasefire shape a tense, war wary region. Croatian and federal forces met in Pecs to discuss strengthening the ceasefire as fronts remain mostly quiet.
Georgia's parliament adjourned awaiting a quorum as lawmakers debated legitimizing a new interim government led by Tengiz Sigua. Moscow TV reported Sigua planned talks with Russia and Ukraine leaders and hinted Georgia could join the CIS. Violence continued in Tbilisi with police casualties and ongoing militia clashes.
Local officials describe thousands of families and children in limbo amid disputed housing and relocation efforts. Community groups demand action while agencies review options.
Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports Yeltsin plans a decree giving Russia rights and duties of the former USSR over its armed forces until a joint CIS command is created. Tass cites Lithuanian border guards firing warning shots at a convoy entering Kaliningrad, signaling tensions in the collapsing military structure.
Doctors in Quebec order thousands of meningitis vaccines despite official guidance against broad public immunization. Five deaths in Quebec since Christmas Eve join 13 in Canada last month as health officials weigh limited inoculation, with Ontario and Outaouais regions poised for action pending approval.
Separatists claim Getty s remarks sadden Clark as Alberta Premier Don Getty calls for ending official bilingualism and seeks voluntary language use. Joe Clark apologizes for Tory stance while PQ and Reform factions weigh political impact and public support floods in from Calgary debates.
An Argentine man living in Toronto was granted refugee status by a two member panel of the Immigration and Refugee Board the first such ruling in Canada. The case cites fear of police persecution in Argentina including arrests torture and rape and notes a precedent setting outcome for persecuted homosexuals.
The Angus Reid-Southam poll finds Canadians outside Quebec oppose violence over Quebec independence and favor no dual citizenship or armed forces sharing. Quebecers back continued economic union and keep borders while fearing dual citizenship and prefer shared services. Both groups largely want peaceful conflict resolution.
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