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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 18, 1990
Page
1
A blast at a storage site on Baffin Island leveled a building and sent five people to hospital in Iqaluit. RCMP investigate as youths and a baby remain in hospital with serious injuries.
Native leaders in Manitoba trumpet continued opposition to the Meech Lake accord despite a six point plan from Prime Minister Mulroney. Phil Fontaine says little signals breakthrough and Elijah Harper vows to renew delay in the Manitoba legislature. A top Mulroney emissary delivered the six point proposal in Ottawa after a Sunday call with Fontaine.
Laura Councilor a 23 year old jockey from Phoenix was thrown from Arms Walk Out during the Medicine Hat Exhibition race and struck by a trailing horse. She was flown to Calgary Foothills Hospital with a fractured skull and remains in serious but stable condition, neurosurgical monitoring planned for about a week.
Witnesses describe a spill with dust cloud as a jockey rider Coun cilor and others fell. Reg Porter notes track was cupped by rain and water was laid to improve conditions. The incident comes amid broader debate on Meech Lake and native rights as Mulroney pledges action.
Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells said Newfoundland may cancel its Meech Lake vote if Manitoba does not endorse the accord. He noted a free Newfoundland legislature vote may occur this Thursday or Friday, depending on Manitoba's stance amid constitutional talks. Wells spoke during a New England governments meeting in Mystic, Connecticut.
An unidentified gunman, tied to a repossession, shot seven people dead and six wounded at the GMAC financing office in a Jacksonville business park before killing himself. Police say he used a 30-30 carbine and a .38 revolver and may be linked to two other weekend shootings with the same rifle.
Mandela urges Parliament to keep international sanctions in place to pressure the apartheid regime. He says any relaxation would stall progress, noting unbanning of the ANC and political prisoner releases are not ending apartheid. Mulroney backs sanctions and hosts Mandela in Ottawa before a Toronto rally and state dinner.
Dock Street Brewing Co of Philadelphia labels 240000 bottles with upside down labels and PROTEST to urge Buy American. President Jeff Ware cites high foreign tariffs and compares U.S. 13.5 cent a case duty with Canada 24 cent lowest and China 14.64 dollar case.
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