Weather Outlook for Tuesday
A few clouds with a ten percent chance of precipitation. Highs reach 10 and lows dip to minus eight. Details on Map Page B4.
12 Jan 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 12, 1987
Page
1
A few clouds with a ten percent chance of precipitation. Highs reach 10 and lows dip to minus eight. Details on Map Page B4.
Canadian stocks pushed higher in Toronto with the TSE 300 index rising 19.03 to 3227.79 at midday. In contrast, New York trading paused as the Dow fell 1.55 to 2004.36 after a week of gains.
A Reuters report from London notes Options magazine finds 10 percent of Britons rank pets above spouses while 20 percent prefer pets over children and over a third over work. Nearly half say pets beat money and 94 percent would rather spend time with pets than watch TV.
Weather records fall in Red Deer Edmonton Calgary and Lethbridge with highs around 14 C. Medicine Hat ties 1958 record at 11 C while the date’s record is 12 C set in 1981. Environment Canada notes temperatures 15 to 20 degrees above normal and officials say the warmth may shorten winter. Farther east a blizzard in Atlantic Canada kills several and shuts schools as cyclists and skaters adjust to milder conditions in the west. Alberta officials warn about mould on grain and dry soils.
Coldest January since 1950 triggers rail and power crises across Europe. 48 deaths blamed on heater fires and cold, with Sweden deploying troops to aid snowbound towns and Italy recording subfreezing temps. Energy use climbs as utilities appeal for restraint.
Senate panel member William Cohen says President Reagan relied on amateurs and kept the Iran arms initiative alive even when arms shipments did not free all hostages in Lebanon. Cohen asserts Reagan sidelined Congress and top aides, placing policy in a few White House hands. NBC News and The New York Times flag new disclosures on humanitarian aid to Contra rebels and distorted intelligence sharing with Iran and Iraq.
A Calgary teen’s 19 week pregnancy ended after Alberta Court of Appeal lifted an injunction blocking therapeutic abortion without parental consent. Legal expert Wilbur Bowker advocates applying 1975 Institute recommendations granting minors age 16 to consent to health care, including abortion, without parental veto.
Prince Edward, 22, leaves the Royal Marines officers training course after four months of boot camp signaling a move toward personal independence. The Queen's son, fifth in line to the throne, completed a Cambridge education and a term teaching in New Zealand before deciding to pursue further studies, possibly in law or business.
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