Weather Index Forecast for Friday
A compact weather note shows few clouds with 40 percent showers risk on Friday. The forecast calls for a high near 25 and a low around 11. Page B3 map reference included.
24 Jul 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 24, 1986
Page
1
A compact weather note shows few clouds with 40 percent showers risk on Friday. The forecast calls for a high near 25 and a low around 11. Page B3 map reference included.
The Bank of Canada rate rose today to 8.63 percent after a dip to 8.34 percent last week, its lowest in over eight years. The move signals renewed tightening pressure on borrowing costs across Canadian markets.
Police shot and killed a man who threw a package of garbage at the papal summer home Castel Gandolfo and threatened officers with a hatchet. Roberto Porfiri, 45, drove from the palace, shouted a, this present is for you and the pope, authorities said. He was pursued by a police motorcycle and caught about 20 kilometres from Castel Gandolfo.
Spectators packed downtown Medicine Hat for the 40th Annual Stampede Parade as up to 270 entries rolled past. Floats included a cockatoo cage and a ram statue. vendors sold ice pops while crowds crowded the streets hours before the 9 30 start, with theme Celebrating 40 Years and organizers calling it the biggest parade ever.
Residents along Maple Avenue heralded Medicine Hat Alberta Stampede Day with a 15 year family tradition. Prizes totaling about 2800 dollars were awarded for cowboys and glamor divisions while floats from River side Waterslide and Shriners drew cheers.
Shirley Walker, former aide to Sinclair Stevens, testified at a judicial inquiry that she processed hundreds of cheques for firms Stevens controlled while on the government payroll. She said she acted on her own initiative, shuffled funds between companies, and occasionally decided when to sell bonds. Walker admitted misleading statements last week and said Stevens was unaware of certain transactions.
Gill and York Centre Corp. sit at the heart of Stevens’s intricate holdings. Stevens’s stake, about 63 percent, was placed in a blind trust after joining the cabinet, barring him from control or benefit. In a separate deal, Walker issued two $25,000 cheques to his personal accounts.
In Edmonton a planned protest plans to drive unused rigs and service vehicles to the legislature within two weeks. Organizers warn half the oilfield service sector is laid off and demand government action while industry leaders debate the tactic and its effectiveness.
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