Weather Outlook for Friday
A brief weather note reports few clouds with a ten percent chance of precipitation. Friday’s high is 2 degrees and low minus 10. No cities or stations named. Page B8 map reference included.
29 Jan 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1987
Page
1
A brief weather note reports few clouds with a ten percent chance of precipitation. Friday’s high is 2 degrees and low minus 10. No cities or stations named. Page B8 map reference included.
The Bank of Canada reduced its policy rate for the fourth straight week to 7.49 percent, down from 7.74 percent, signaling potential further declines in lending and savings rates.
An unclear OCR fragment hints at a cryptic note involving Grak aa and Loose Tongue in a mail mix. Readable bits show misread names and scattered terms. Authorities or editors are not identifiable in the fragment.
MPs in Ottawa clashed over an interim accord with France on fisheries around St Pierre Miquelon. The deal allows French vessels to keep fishing and adds 15 000 tonnes of Canadian fish elsewhere, while guiding arbitration talks on the boundary. Critics warn of overfishing and call for better policy.
The United States restricts travel to Lebanon and orders about 1,500 citizens to leave within 30 days as kidnappings by underground groups continue. Anglican envoy Terry Waite remains in danger amid stalled negotiations with Islamic Jihad and tensions across Beirut.
Vancouver was the most murderous city in Canada in 1985 with a homicide rate of 8.2 per 100 000, while British Columbia led provinces with 3.9 per 100 000. The article cites specific weekend incidents including a teen shot during a movie and a University of British Columbia researcher stabbed in his lab.
Ottawa reporter describes Gary Chayko defending King a German shepherd accused of killing four sheep near Smiths Falls. Witnesses could not identify the dog. an expert argued the dog was a wimp. King faces a Feb. 6 Ontario provincial court ruling.
Public submissions were heard as the Bylaw Committee finalized details to restrict Sunday shopping to four days annually. Members reviewed a recent member poll while groups including the South East Travel and Convention and Medicine Hat Chamber of Commerce weighed in. Rev Ivor Otokene cautioned that without common rest days families lose time together. Continued Page A2.
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