Weather Sunny and Hot With Record Highs Alert
The forecast calls for sunny skies and hot temperatures with zero percent chance of precipitation on Wednesday. Expect a high around 34 and a low near 14 degrees. Map page B4.
09 Jul 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1985
Page
1
The forecast calls for sunny skies and hot temperatures with zero percent chance of precipitation on Wednesday. Expect a high around 34 and a low near 14 degrees. Map page B4.
Two car bomb blasts within 10 minutes hit entrances to the security buffer zone in southern Lebanon. Israeli military sources report 12 dead, mostly Lebanese civilians and SLA troops, with two Israeli soldiers among the wounded. The first blast struck an SLA checkpoint near Hasbaya, the second near Ras al-Riyadeh about 10 km north of the border.
Lloyd Francis, former House of Commons speaker and Ottawa West MP, says he is outraged that the Library of Parliament released his taped interviews to CBC. He warns the furor could cost him his job as ambassador to Portugal and says he intends to sue, though he would not specify whom or why.
About 70 Canal Flats residents defied a Forest Service warning of possible firestorms. They voted to stay to defend Crestbrook Forest Industry's sawmill as 22 fires burn in Invermere district with 2,900 firefighters and 150000 hectares burned since April 15.
Charles Ng, sought in the United States for brutal sex slayings, is found fit to stand trial on a Canadian attempted murder charge. He faces extradition to California, where he is linked to multiple murders with Leonard Lake. Ng also faces firearms and robbery charges after a shoplifting arrest during which a guard was shot.
In Red Deer Alberta former teacher Jim Keegstra testified he agreed with a student who urged eradicating Jews though he denied teaching violence against them. He linked Judaism to evil ideology and said Christian values should replace it. The defence seeks more cross examination.
Blair Stolz proposes a bylaw to allow the City Council to dismiss police commission members and discussions on firing Police Chief Norm McLeod by June 30 continue. Mayor Ted Grimm warns of personal liability. Stolz argues council privilege. The police commission and McLeod dispute linger after a lengthy investigation into an undercover drug case.
Stats Canada shows a smaller than average rise in June and a seasonally adjusted 42 000 drop in employment as 229 000 new jobs since September 1984 fall short of May gains. Unemployment held at 10.5 percent as fewer Canadians searched for work, with 79 000 discouraged workers.
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