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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1996
Page
7
Police raid North York warehouse uncovers more than 400 kilograms of high grade cocaine hidden in mop heads and cookware shipments. Ten suspects arrested, four at large, with drugs valued at 40 to 60 million dollars. RCMP calls it one of Canada’s top seizures.
More than a third of Canadian workers show marginal reading ability, lower than the United States and Germany. Up to 59 percent of Canadian crafts workers and machine operators read poorly, risking retraining challenges as jobs change, contributing to unemployment.
Statistics Canada warns older industries like agriculture, mining, manufacturing and construction show the highest risk, with lower literacy and job declines. The study notes part-time workers read prose better than full-timers, about one third are students with higher skills, and many conceal poor literacy, hindering advancement. John O Leary of Frontier College calls marginal literacy in 1996 a barrier to personal and professional opportunities.
Canadian police say Yuri Gitman was in Moscow to set up a heroin and cocaine pipeline to the United States with Toronto as a transit point. Mountie Staff Sgt. Larry Tronstad warned Gitman likely angered rivals, remarking he "definitely stepped on some toes."
A Southam News Angus Reid poll taken shortly before the anniversary of the Harris Conservatives election victory shows government support at 53 percent, eight points higher than the 45 percent level on election day June 8, 1995. The Tory government has maintained strong support over the year.
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