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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1992
Page
1
A government study reports about 7,000 Britons are admitted to hospitals yearly due to television viewing. Incidents include fainting at scenes, injuring themselves during TV workouts, punching or head-butting screens, knee dislocations during a pop show dance, burns from cooking classes, and a fan injuring a chandelier reaction to an England score.
Poll of 1,032 adults from May 6 to 9 shows 28 percent favor None of the Above as the best PM option, 18 percent say Don't Know, 17 percent support Jean Chretien, 16 percent Audrey McLaughlin, 13 percent Brian Mulroney, and 9 percent Preston Manning. Gallup calls the survey accurate within four points 19 times out of 20.
NDP MP Nelson Riis denounces the government for buying American made 125th anniversary pins while promoting Buy Canadian. Riis says the cross border purchase is an un Canadian act and will raise the issue in Commons. Supply and Services Minister Paul Dick says he cannot track every contract.
Talks on constitutional reform extend past the Sunday deadline with a 10 day break to weigh options. Ontario Premier Bob Rae says delay risks unraveling gains and momentum toward reform amid divisions over Senate reform provincial powers and Quebec's veto demand.
Ten weeks of constitutional talks conclude with four of five Meech Lake elements agreed. Quebec recognized as a distinct society with new powers over immigration and a three-seat Supreme Court, but veto on constitutional change not settled. Natives gain right to govern themselves and provinces win housing, forestry, mining and urban affairs jurisdiction. Ottawa keeps national institutions. senate election suggested. National disputes move toward aboriginal self government negotiations.
Nations including the United States Britain France and Japan signal possible pullouts from a Nairobi biodiversity convention. Canada relies on optimism from its negotiators while environmentalists warn the funding mechanism could derail the accord as looming Earth Summit debates focus on compulsory financial commitments and open-ended aid.
Sporadic fighting and shelling edged Sarajevo as international sanctions bite Serbia over the Yugoslav war. Maj. Gen. Bozidar Stefanovic pledged to repel attacks, while UN Gaza embargo looms and Canada imposes full import export bans and recalls its ambassador. Canada also to deploy 125 reservists to join UN peacekeeping units in October.
PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, 62, had a 90 minute operation to remove a brain blood clot at King Hussein Medical Centre in Amman. He was conscious and in stable condition after the procedure and expected to be discharged within three days.
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