26 Jan 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1985
Page
1
The Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race ended with 1,711 delegates selecting a new leader to succeed Premier William Davis. Friday night saw the official campaigns close while unofficial talks and voting proceeded in Toronto venues.
Ottawa reports show two government aircraft incurred nearly 24000 to hand deliver Michael Wilson’s economic statement to six provinces with MPs aboard. Gratton defended the move as a courtesy gesture while Mackay cited urgent meetings for a Halifax trip.
Three people were killed and another injured in a head on crash about 7:45 p.m. Friday ten kilometers west of Suffield on the Trans-Canada Highway. The hospitalized victim was taken to Medicine Hat and District Hospital and is listed in stable condition. Names withheld pending next of kin notification.
Camille Laurin resigns his Quebec national assembly seat amid PQ shift to a federalist line and shelving sovereignty as an election issue. He will work as a psychiatrist at a Montreal hospital and teach at the University of Montreal, signaling a broader dissident move within the PQ. The dissident group plans further action as by elections loom.
A New York grand jury found Bern hard Goetz justified in shooting four teenagers on a subway but illegal for possessing an unlicensed gun. He faces three weapon counts, with up to seven years for the more serious charge. Reactions split along racial lines amid calls for due process and debate on self defense.
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