Weather Index Mostly Sunny With Light Chance of Rain
The weather index shows mainly sunny conditions with a ten percent chance of precipitation on Friday. High near 28 degrees and low around 9. Map Page B5.
31 Jul 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 31, 1986
Page
1
The weather index shows mainly sunny conditions with a ten percent chance of precipitation on Friday. High near 28 degrees and low around 9. Map Page B5.
Ottawa reports the Bank of Canada lowered the rate to 8.51 per cent after a recent rise to 8.63. The move follows last week's adjustment as financial officials signal steady monetary policy.
A Queen's Bench judge ordered a garnishee on gate receipts from the Rocky Mountain Country Jamboree held in Brooks August 1 to 3. The court attached funds owed by Applebuck Music Productions Inc. and the festival organizers. Claims include Tommy Hunter Productions Ltd. at $20,000, Brooks Industrial Metals Ltd. at $7,000, and Gabriel and Julia Varady at $16,000 plus over $44,000 in builder's liens.
Ottawa reports the Supreme Court rules Joan Olson, wife of Clifford Olson, may keep the $100,000 paid in 1981 to lead police to the bodies of his 11 victims. The ruling concludes long legal battles over the reward amid Olson's murder cases.
A judicial inquiry heard that diaries kept by Shirley Walker, a senior aide to Sinclair Stevens, may show he instructed his wife on reorganizing the family business empire while he was a federal cabinet minister. The note mentions converting debt to York Centre shares to ease its debt load, tied to Gill Construction Ltd and Georgian Trust.
Bill Vander Zalm, a Surrey mayor and former cabinet minister, was chosen leader of British Columbia's Social Credit party on the fourth ballot. He pledged higher moral standards and job-focused reforms while preparing to enter a byelection in South Peace River and await the next steps toward governing BC.
Alberta Culture has completed a feasibility study for a proposed gas interpretative centre in Medicine Hat but provides no cost estimates. A planning study and questionnaire will be mailed to residents to gauge reaction while officials seek funding and design input.
About 75 employees at Medicine Hat's Western Co operative Fertilizers plant will lose work when the plant shuts April 30 1987. WCFL president Dave Smith announced the closure citing weak market for ammonia. The Energy and Chemical Workers Union says severance and layoff terms will be negotiated.
Bob Ballard, presenting findings from the Titanic expedition, rejects the iceberg gash idea and says the ship broke apart at riveted seams as water flooded in. He describes the stern’s frozen terror, the bow’s majesty, and notes the wreck lies in two pieces about 450 miles southeast of Newfoundland with artifacts recovered.
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