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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1994
Page
1
Thieves stole the bullet-proof official car of Home Secretary Michael Howard during a U K visit to Wakefield to address police chiefs. The car was found the next day missing its four wheels, prompting a Home Office review.
Reform MP Herb Grubel apologized in Calgary for any offence from his comments about natives, denying he compared them to unhappy children on a South Seas island. He acknowledged controversy, while colleagues split on whether an apology was required.
About 30,000 AUPE members in 12 locals voted 67 percent against a contract that would cut salaries by 2.35 percent retroactively and add seven unpaid holidays. Union leader Carol Anne Dean says the rejection signals a demand for meaningful negotiations and possible arbitration. Labor Minister Stockwell Day says the government will not move from the five percent rollback.
A Court of Queen's Bench stay halts enforcement of part of Alberta's human rights law until appeal completion. While the stay persists, sexual orientation gains protection under the act for educational purposes, and the commission will field complaints but not yet investigate them. Delwin Vriend, fired for being gay, says it is a good day. groups warn delays blunt remedies.
Miguel Alcubierre of the University of Wales Cardiff says he mathematically proved faster than light travel could be possible by warping space, a concept that would bypass Einsteinian limits though practical implementation remains distant. He argues the calculation is simple and does not violate known physical laws.
South Korea welcomes IAEA sanctions on North Korea and signals broader UN actions may follow. Washington pushes for tougher measures as Pyongyang denounces sanctions as acts of war. South Korea seeks Chinese backing while officials forecast inevitable punitive steps against the North.
John McIsaac of Canmore Alta and a 14 member Canadian team abandoned a May ascent two blocks from the summit due to pulmonary edema and deep snow. He survived with oxygen from partner Denis Brown and says he will attempt Everest again in 12 to 18 months in Calgary.
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