Tougher laws on impaired driving move forward
Medicine Hat officials favor stricter drunk driving laws awaiting royal assent last week and possible fall 1986 activation. New offences include bodily harm and death caused by impaired driving with penalties up to 14 years. Police and prosecutors say tougher rules will reduce carnage and curb repeat offences.
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Man fined for psilocybin possession in provincial court
James Szakacs, 30, pleaded guilty to possession of psilocybin in provincial court and was fined 750 after police found 13 one gram packages during a search on April 18. A related trafficking charge was withdrawn. Judge Wambolt noted prior drug convictions from 1980 and 1981.
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Elzinga Eyes Alberta Provincial Race After Federal Exit
Pembina MP Peter Elzinga says he will leave federal politics to seek a seat in the Alberta legislature and will announce mid July if he runs for provincial Tory leadership. He, 41, has long been active in Progressive Conservative circles and is current national PC president.
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Sixteen year old killer given six year term in Calgary crash
In Calgary Court of Queen's Bench Henry Jefferson Green 16 pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death three counts and to related charges after a high speed police chase killed John Mattern 16 and Michelle Labatte 15. Their mothers called for a longer sentence saying he showed no remorse. Also injured were Henry Gregory Stranks 18 and Anne Marie Toulguet 70. The thefts involved $31 in cash and $40,000 in tools. Justice Earl Lomas noted Green's youth and warned of a hard life if he does not reform.
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Break-in at Medicine Hat School Division offices. rewards offered
Crime Stoppers seeks help to identify suspects in a May weekend break in at 146 Sixth Street S.E. Medicine Hat. Stolen items include a RCA TV, Sharp calculators, a CARIO calculator, two metal cash boxes with 60 dollars, and a Panasonic video recorder valued at 1000 dollars. Up to 2000 dollar reward for tips. Call 527-TIPS or 1-800-242-TIPS or write Box 207 Medicine Hat, Alberta.
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Lougheed declines comment on Calgary house report
Premier Peter Lougheed refused to comment on reports he purchased a Calgar y home. He called it a private matter and said the public need not know where he resides, as he neared retirement and attended a ceremony launching the Encyclopedia of Canada. The province plans 17 000 copies for schools and libraries.
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Calgary
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Edmonton
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Mel Hurtig
Canada
Edmonton tenants eligible for damage deposit refunds
Associate Chief Justice Tevie Miller ruled that tenants are entitled to a refund of their damage deposits even if landlords go broke. The decision requires new managers to cover deposits and overturns a lower court ruling that had dismissed a charge against an Edmonton firm. In twenty years, 165 Edmonton landlords failed, causing many deposits to be lost.
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Tevie Miller
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Ex-lobbyist named Alberta deputy minister of Hospitals
Dr. Alex McPherson, 46, former Alberta Medical Association president and CMA head, was named deputy minister of Alberta Hospitals and Medical Care. Doctors back the move. consumer groups fear conflict of interest given his lobbying history. McPherson chairs Edmonton's Cross Cancer Institute. A health economist warns of risk as he assumes senior health bureaucrat role.
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Canadian Medical Association
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Edmonton
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Richard Plain
Friends of Medicare
Calgary day-care worker jailed for baby found in toilet
A Calgary court gave Deborah Morey an 18 month suspended sentence after she delivered a baby boy into a toilet and hid the body in a closet. Crown argued the infant was born alive. autopsy blamed death on improper positioning for breathing.
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Pat Knoll
Deborah Christine Morey
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