Weather Forecast Bright, Sunny Friday with Cold Highs
The forecast calls for sunny skies on Friday with a 20 percent chance of rain. High around 28 degrees, low near 10, and the map page 31 provides region details.
14 Jun 1984
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1984
Page
1
The forecast calls for sunny skies on Friday with a 20 percent chance of rain. High around 28 degrees, low near 10, and the map page 31 provides region details.
Carpenters Union members staged a work stoppage at Expo 86 in downtown Vancouver over hiring of non union contractors. While work continued on some areas, non union crews from J. C. Kerkhoff and Sons were on site. Expo chairman Jim Pattison anticipated no trouble but offered no further details.
Provincial Court Judge Sam Minuk ruled that the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act does not violate rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by compelling individuals to answer questions from department officers. The decision limits the reach of the right against self incrimination in workplace investigations.
Members of Parliament unanimously approve longer hours for the final two weeks of the session to tackle accumulated legislation since last fall. The Commons currently sits until 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Ottawa CP report describes the Liberal leadership race opening with about three hundred delegates at the Ottawa Civic Centre. John Turner remains the frontrunner amid a subdued crowd while rivals John Roberts and Donald Johnston allegedly explore an alliance. Romeo Leblanc endorsed Chretien, boosting his campaign ahead of the key ballots.
Medicine Hat must verify four charges before CP Rail decides on a $111 000 claim linked to January derailment. Officials discussed road park sidewalk and gutter repairs plus a $24 000 landfill levy with a CP Rail investigator. Over $49 000 covers foam equipment rental from Red Deer and about $29 000 pays overtime costs from the weekend incident.
A propane tanker exploded after a collision with a pickup on the Trans-Canada Highway near Salmon Arm B C. The pickup driver died. 23 injured, some flown to Vancouver General Hospital with third degree burns. Dozens witnessed flames and flying debris as a CP Rail coal train passed.
Former Hugo mayor Marvin LaValle and friends staged pranks to celebrate his 40th birthday. They crushed his 1970 Oldsmobile Cutlass and left a sign, buried a coffin in a yard for John Kostuch, and poured manure on another coffin before Kostuch’s neighbor’s tree. LaValle says the group plans more humor as they all reach forty.
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