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16 Jul 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1987
Page
1
Bank rate climbs to 8.67 percent in Canada
The Bank of Canada raised its policy rate to 8.67 percent from 8.64 percent last week. The move tightens borrowing costs in Canada as inflation pressures persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Officer jailed eight years for bank robbery spree
Calgary police constable Roger Lowden pleaded guilty to 21 counts of robbery and one of using a firearm. He was sentenced to eight years in prison after a bank robbery under surveillance. Dubbed the Baseball Cap Bandit, he wept in court and apologized to victims and colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Roger Lowden
Lowden
Court
Lee wins Alberta Junior Women's Championship golf title
Heather Lee of Edmonton captured the Alberta Junior Women's Championship at Con naught Golf Club with a final round 81 and 54-hole total 237, three strokes ahead of Tiffany Gordon of High River. Gordon failed to hold a late lead. she carded 80 for 240 three days. Dianne Wilkins tied a course record with 75, finishing fourth tied with Alissa Lauder. Angie Monro shot 83 to finish just behind them. Jackie Twamley previously shot 75 at the provincial amateur championship last year in Connaught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heather Lee
Edmonton
Alberta
Connaught
Lee
Tiffany Gordon
High River
Gordon
Dianne Wilkins
Alissa Lauder
Thunder Bay
Angie Monro
Sherwood Park
Jackie Twamley
Former Alberta official warned of cash shortfall at Principal two firms
In early 1986, former Alberta superintendent of insurance Tewfik Saleh warned First Investors Corp and Associated Investors of Canada they lacked sufficient cash to cover liabilities. The two Principal Group affiliates later lost licences, freezing 467 million in 67 000 contracts. Saleh noted an 11.5 million capital injection followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Tewfik Saleh
First Investors Corp
Associated Investors of Canada
Saleh
Bermuda
Treasury Department
Coopers and Lybrand
Principal Group
Collective Securities Inc
John Ryan
Ryan
First Investors Corp. Ltd
Associated Investors of Canada Ltd
Don Logan
Mah
First Investors
Associated Investors
Norman Kondo
Canadian Insolvency Association
Dick Johnston
Fans greet Fergie and Andrew on Canada tour kickoff
The Duke and Duchess of York arrived in Toronto to cheers from about 5,000 fans singing God Save the Queen as they began a 25 day Canadian visit. They will travel from Ontario’s city to a wilderness river, with private Muskoka days and a July 23 wedding anniversary in Medicine Hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Duke
Duchess of York
Prince Andrew
Sarah Ferguson
Canada
Lakefield College School
Peterborough
Ont
Sarah
Britain
Ontario
Muskoka
Medicine Hat
Kesler verdict appeal rejected in Calgary case
Alberta Attorney General Jim Horsman said the Crown will not appeal drugstore owner Steven Kesler's acquittal on a second degree murder charge after a Calgary jury cleared him. Kesler testified he shot a robber who fled with cash during a Nov. 8 store robbery and later awaited the 30 day appeal deadline. The case followed a string of similar incidents nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Steven Kesler
Alberta
Jim Horsman
Kesler
Horsman
Jim Ogle
Keslers
Timothy Smith
Smith
Langley
B.C
Montreal
Springfield
Ont
Detained Asian refugees in Halifax held another week
Fourteen dozen refugees from a Nova Scotia beach arrival remain at a Halifax base as immigration officials extend detention for another week. An adjudicator has ruled they are not a security threat but may miss future immigration hearings. A lawyer for Sikh groups vows habeas corpus action if access is denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Benoit Bouchard
Canada
Mendel Green
Toronto
Wayne Piercey
Poindexter Admits Withholding Information From Congress
Former national security adviser John Poindexter testified he withheld information from Congress about a secret Nicaraguan rebel support program funded by Iran arms sales. He claimed prior NSC staff aided the Contras under a legal Boland Amendment exemption, while his attorney noted an ongoing independent counsel investigation. House chair Lee Hamilton rejected allegations of overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Security
John Poindexter
Congress
Iran
Poindexter
National Security Council
Richard Beckler
Senate
Arthur Liman
Beckler
Lee Hamilton
D-Ind
House of Representatives Committee
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Ann Landers
el Bridge
Don McGillivray
Doonesbury
Dr. W. Gifford-Jones
Keith Spicer
Beesene
Paul Tamemoto
Alo
Suzanne Mah
Duke and Duchess of York
Lincoln Alexander
David Peterson
Queen’s Park
Fergie
Andy Royal
Randy Andy
Steven Fleming
Steven
Mary Kesler
Charlesville
N.S
Green
Singh
Amelie
William Atton
LaSalle
Atton
Rolf Nygren
Jasvir Singh
Coventry
England
House
Lawrence Walsh
Hamilton
Walsh
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