Robber Still At Large After Westlander Inn Robbery
Medicine Hat police report an armed robbery at 9 45 a m at the Westlander Inn carried out by a lone male who bound two female staff and fired a shot but wounded none. The suspect, over six feet tall in his 40s, fled on foot toward Trans Canada Way. a vehicle may have waited. Cash mostly in twenty dollar bills and several bags were taken. Police released a description and urged return of seized items.
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Westlander Inn
Trans-Canada Way
Suburban Lethridge teens charged in first degree murder
In Hardieville near Lethbridge a 13 year old girl and her 15 year old boyfriend are charged with the murder of the girl's mother. Police responded to a 911 call at 9 45 p m. The 42 year old woman was found dead and an autopsy is planned. The two youths appeared in court with transfer to adult court considered for the boy.
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Lethbridge
Schwarz
Chelsea Currie
Disbarment Recommended for Jailed Eagleson by Ontario Panel
The Ontario disciplinary panel will likely urge disbarment for jailed hockey lawyer Alan Eagleson after a brief hearing. Bencher Gavin MacKenzie indicated the Law Society of Upper Canada board will consider the recommendation, with Greenspan noting Eagleson has not practiced law for a decade.
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Toronto
Alan Eagleson
Gavin MacKenzie
Ontario
Brian Greenspan
Eagleson
NHL Players’ Association
MacKenzie
The
Law Society of Upper Canada
Edmonton
Rich Winter
Globe and Mail
Law Society
Greenspan
Downtown Hat to Get $1 Million Office Building by July
Medicine Hat will host a $1 million office building on a city lot across from City Hall. Meadowlands Development Corp. plans construction possibly starting in March with completion targeted by July. The sale of the 2,221 square metre lot at First Street SE and Fifth Avenue SE was approved for $175,000, with design conditions to match downtown style and brick exterior.
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Medicine Hat
City Hall
Meadowlands Development Corporation
Doug Stober
Stober
Council
First Street S.E
Fifth Avenue S.E
Albert Nieman
Court House
Ald
Wayne Craven
Nieman
Love Rescues Heightened Protest Over Hindu-Muslim Marriage
Ashraf Jamal climbs a New Delhi tower for five days tossing pleas to reunite with a wife he says was abducted by her Hindu parents after an interreligious marriage. He remains aloft until they reconcile. The case highlights cross religious unions in India where marriage choices are tightly regulated by caste and family.
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Love
New Heights
New Delhi
Ashraf Jamal
Jamal
India
Canadian economy less rosy outlook for 1998
Bank of Canada Governor Gordon Thiessen warned that Canada's growth in 1998 would be weaker than autumn forecasts due to January ice storms and tensions in Asia. He noted the forecast for four percent growth was suspended and the dollar slid to 69.87 cents US, the lowest close since February 1986.
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Kitchener
Asia
Canada
Bank of Canada
Gordon Thiessen
Thiessen
Pope Visits Cuba Sparks Spiritual Revival While Castro Awaits
In Havana crowds fill churches to invite Cubans to rediscover religion ahead of Pope John Paul II's historic trip. Worshippers decorate streets with flags at Our Lady of Carmen and Medalla Milagrosa as children hope to greet the Pontiff. The pope will meet Fidel Castro in Havana today and then privately Thursday.
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Medalla Milagrosa Church
Santos Suarez
Claudia
Cuba
John Paul
Havana
Castro
John Paul II
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