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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 1987
Page
1
Sri Lankan court sentences Reginald Spiers to death
A Sri Lankan High Court judge found former Australian javelin champion Reginald Spiers, 44, guilty on four heroin possession counts and one hashish count. Arrested at Colombo airport in December 1984, Spiers faces a death sentence though such penalties are rarely carried out and he may serve life instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombo
Reuter
Reginald Spiers
High
Lakshman Weerasekera
Spiers
Sri Lanka
War crimes arrest in Austria tied to 1943 Mauthausen death camp
Vienna AP reports Martin Bartesch, a Chicago janitor, arrested near Weyregg in Upper Austria after U.S. officials charged him as a former SS death camp guard. He is jailed in Wels and may face expulsion. Neal Sher cites Bartesch on a log of prisoner killings linked to Mauthausen. He is alleged to have killed a French Jew in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Martin Bartesch
Chicago
Austria
U.S
Bartesch
Weyregg
Upper Austria
Wels
Mauthausen
Neal Sher
Meech Lake wrangle goes on
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and 10 premiers met for constitutional talks as four premiers questioned success. Bourassa seeks language to protect francophone culture and distinct society. Pawley demands safeguards for spending power and national objectives. Buchanan rejects changes that would curb the Supreme Court. Optimism lingers despite competing demands and calls for hearings on northern territorial status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Brian Mulroney
Quebec
Robert Bourassa
Manitoba
Howard Pawley
John Buchanan
Nova Scotia
Supreme Court of Canada
Meech Lake
Mulroney
Langevin
Parliament Hill
Parti Quebecois
Bourassa
Pawley
Northern Territories
BC seeks injunctions as unions press 24 hour strike
British Columbia asks the Supreme Court for injunctions to ban further general strikes and labor actions aimed at derailing proposed labor reform. The 24 hour walkout by tens of thousands of workers disrupted economy but had few confrontations. University of Victoria analyst warns strikes could escalate, returning to brinkmanship of past premiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
British Columbia
University of Victoria
Bill Bennett
Terry Morley
Victoria
B.C. Supreme Court
Social Credit
Andstein plan condemned as anti democratic by civil liberties union
The Canadian Civil Liberties Union condemned the Andstein application as anti democratic on Monday while Premier Bill Vander Zalm refused to yield urging labor unions and the NDP to wait four years to participate in an election. The B C Federation of Labor denounced the attorney general move and urged workers to end the one day strike and fight the injunction in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canadian Civil Liberties Union
Bill Vander Zalm
NDP
Labor
B.C. Federation of Labor
Brian Smith
Cliff Andstein
Federation
Ken Georgetti
Porter airs gas fears over US rule on Canadian gas exports
Medicine Hat MP Bob Porter warns a US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ruling will raise transport costs for Canadian natural gas and shift costs to the gas price. Opposition MPs condemn the move as a breach of sovereignty while Ottawa fights the decision and backs producers in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Bob Porter
Porter
U.S
Ottawa
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
FERC
Ronald Reagan
Masse presses Amoco Dome deal in Commons
Ottawa Energy Minister Marcel Masse told the Commons that Dome Petro lenders and shareholders must accept Amoco Canada's bid as government stays out of the takeover. He warned the company is 6.3 billion dollars in debt and needs a private sector solution while noting many Western businesses rely on Dome. Finance Minister Michael Wilson said Dome is on its last legs after a two billion dollar loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dome
Amoco Canada
Energy
Marcel Masse
Masse
Amoco
Canada
Michael Wilson
Jays fan fends off hit and run
Harold Myers 60 pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm and failing to remain at the scene of an accident from 1986 in which a 25 year old woman was injured. A judge delayed sentencing until October so Myers can watch the Toronto Blue Jays if they reach the World Series. The Ontario attorney general ordered a transcript of the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Toronto Blue Jays
Harold Myers
Blue Jays
Joseph Kappy
Ontario Attorney General’s Office
Myers
Frank Dunlap
Canada Post braced for long violent strike June 16
Ottawa sources say Canada Post faces a long violent walkout by 23,000 letter carriers and truck drivers starting June 16. The Crown corporation trains outsiders to cover mail, while union leader Bob McGarry warns of potential attacks on nonstriking personnel and scab labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greg Weston
Southam News
Ottawa
Canada Post
Crown Corporation
Bob McGarry
John Daines
McGarry
Toronto
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