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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1995
Page
1
Julie Hall, 51, divorced for four years, has rented a billboard on a busy Detroit suburb boulevard for a month at 2000 to advertise I am tired of being single. About 35 men have written to her post office box, but none seems like Mr Right.
Warren, 51, received life in prison with no parole for 20 years after being found guilty on nine counts of second degree murder in the Giant gold mine bombing deaths. The verdict followed an 11-week trial and an 11-member jury's 20-year minimum recommendation. an appeal is planned.
In Ottawa Prime Minister Chretien expressed confidence in General John de Chastelain despite his disagreement with Defence Minister Collenette over disbanding the Canadian Airborne Regiment. Chretien said there would be an inquiry and asked de Chastelain to return as chief of defence staff.
Statistics Canada reports 843,000 Canadians collected regular unemployment benefits in November, a 3.1 percent drop from October and the lowest total since February 1982. Officials say UI fund drain is slowing as the government weighs tighter controls in the coming budget. Labor leaders warn deeper cuts risk eroding the US safety net.
Morin's lawyer James Lockyer plans to ask Ontario court to lift the publication ban on names of eight people tied to the Christine Jessop killing and the mystery Mr X. The appeal court halted the move as ill timed and advised pursuing standard channels. Morin was acquitted in the 1992 retrial, after a 1986 acquittal and a Supreme Court order for a new trial.
The development appeal board unanimously rejected a proposed pub and liquor store in a Carry Drive strip mall near Mother Teresa Elementary, amid petitions and resident fears for child safety and traffic. Developer Tom Britz plans to reconsider in six months, while opponents vow to challenge again if needed.
Police hunted for evidence on the Hope-Princeton Highway east of Vancouver for Melanie Carpenter who vanished from a Surrey tanning salon on January 6. Investigators linked a red Hyundai Excel to Fernand Auger, a convicted offender, and found his body later in Alberta. Carpenter’s father, Steve, believes she is alive somewhere between Princeton and the Alberta border, while his long-lost daughter Tina, 24, reunited with him at a vigil and vowed to help.
In Los Angeles the O J Simpson case saw drama as defense attorney Johnnie Cochran claimed DNA testing would clear Simpson while accusing the LAPD crime lab of blood sample contamination. Judge Lance Ito lamented courtroom tensions and prosecutors hinted at delaying witness testimony due to a hospital scare involving Deputy District Attorney William Hodgman.
Paris Mayor Jacques Chirac suggested France should be among the first to recognize a sovereign Quebec if the province votes for independence. He noted it would be natural for French speaking countries to endorse such a move, while cautioning France not to intervene in Quebec's internal affairs. Parizeau thanked Chirac as he pursued support during a Paris visit with Mitterrand and Balladur.
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