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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1997
Page
1
Dozens of Hindu worshippers perished when a fire broke out at an 11th century temple in Thanjavur during a major festival. A single exit and barricades trapped many, with 37 bodies recovered and 90 injured as survivors described chaos and smoke.
The Toronto-Dominion Bank yanked a newspaper and Maclean's ad showing a black-and-white maze with a loonie, after Toronto resident John Hargrave complained the puzzle contained two swastikas. The bank will run other maze ads without the symbol.
Safeway workers in Alberta voted to accept the company offer ending a 10 week strike for Edmonton Camrose Vegreville Lethbridge Medicine Hat and St Albert meat cutters and clerks while Calgary holds out for now Edmonton vote 70 percent approval and expected quick dismantling of picket lines Fort McMurray and Grande Prairie to vote today as management and union brass anticipate approval
Detroit celebrated the Red Wings Stanley Cup title their first since 1955 after sweeping the Philadelphia Flyers. A 2500 pound replica Cup was hoisted atop the Wayne County building as sunrise crowds watched. A victory parade was planned for downtown Tuesday as police reported broad city celebration.
Denis Gaudreault, a longtime witness in the Ontario Witness Protection Program since 1992, says Toronto police handlers arranged no new name or relocation and fails to remove his criminal record while he continues to reoffend. CTV News cites an internal inquiry and police have not commented.
Boston police lured 97 people to a supposed film shoot for The Rocky Marciano Story at South Station. An under cover operation by 3,800 mailing targeted arrests for shoplifting to drug dealing. Fifty four responders arrived and were escorted to police headquarters for arrests.
Edward Renner of Carleton University notes lighter penalties for sexual assault, especially involving children, highlighting a Winnipeg case where a man’s nine month jail term was reduced to community service. He compares outcomes with robbery and adult assaults, urging scrutiny of judicial reasoning and consent in child cases.
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