09 Jul 1992
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1992
Page
1
Hearst Ontario officials move to end the local tradition of displaying grooms in cages on city streets. Mayor Gilles Gagnon says the practice harms the town image as it seeks tourism, though past events included eggs and tomatoes paid as a perverse welcome.
Senator Albert Gore Jr accepts Democratic vice presidential bid with Bill Clinton in Little Rock set for a noon announcement. Gore’s 1988 bid and environmental and arms control work bolster a regional appeal for Southern and border states amid Perot candidacy. Also notes G7 summit questions on unemployment and a Bank of Canada rate cut to 5.66 percent.
Quebec premier Robert Bourassa said Quebec will study the proposed constitutional package closely but will not commit to resuming negotiations until a formal meeting is announced. He noted reservations about Senate changes and regional power and stressed the need to clarify points before any first ministers conference.
A 19-year-old Canadian soldier was seriously wounded after stepping on an anti personnel mine at Beaver Camp in Sarajevo. UN spokesman Fred Eckhard quoted the incident as blowing open his foot while Capt. Carl Grimard confirmed the setting and unit but could not provide the name.
Alberta Minister Ken Kowalski says his accusation of a conspiracy involving the United Church to disrupt the Oldman River dam celebration was not sinister. He clarified after meeting a church official and stressed the government does not view the church as an enemy.
Amnesty International criticizes Canada for extraditing two fugitives to the United States without death penalty assurances. It urges a public inquiry into police abuse allegations by six Mohawks during the 1990 Oka dispute near Montreal and notes other cases involving Charles Ng and Joseph Kindler.
Amnesty International says civilians are tortured and massacred by all sides in Yugoslavia and 142 countries, with brutality by government troops in Sri Lanka and Peru and death penalty concerns in the United States. The 1991- report highlights massacres by federal and para military forces in Croatia and ongoing Bosnian violence.
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