02 Mar 1992
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 1992
Page
1
Moscow reports say Russia's first sex shop opened with a display of items from tampons to inflatable dolls. The Intimate shop charges admission for adults and promises guidance on sex life, reflecting low public discussion of sexuality in the former Soviet Union.
Statistics Canada's composite leading indicator rose 0.2 per cent in December, the slowest since April 1991. The measure, tracking 10 key economic signals, fell from 0.5 per cent in November and 0.6 per cent in October, with the economy shrinking at an 0.8 per cent annual rate over October to December.
U N H C R official says after Quayle called all arrivals political refugees the number volunteering to return home dropped sharply. Quayle in Geneva said boat people flee political persecution, challenging U S stance on repatriation. Only about ten percent of Hong Kong's 54 000 boat people may win refugee status under British rules.
A page A7 quotation recounts a violent threat as a respondent recalls an assault attempt. The remark underscores a traumatic incident discussed in the field page coverage, with context suggesting a confrontation and the caller’s perspective on the event.
A parliamentary unity committee chaired by Senator Gerald Beaudoin and MP Dorothy Dobbie urges major changes. It argues Quebec must be satisfied as the top priority and warns that avoiding the Quebec referendum won’t solve Canada’s overarching constitutional logjam. The 131 page blueprint calls for provinces to gain powers, reduced central control, and broader rights for natives, suggesting a Quebec veto on certain constitutional changes.
The committee urges an equitable Senate reflecting population rather than strict equal provinces, with powers overrideable by the Commons. It backs Quebec as a distinct society and a reworked federal system granting regional powers, aboriginal self government, an economic union, and a social covenant.
Residents of Peace River Alberta could return briefly to gather belongings as ice jams recede and water levels drop. About two thirds of the 4000 evacuees still awaited a third night away from home while officials monitor river volatility and sewer contamination fears.
In a Georgia debate Paul Tsongas argues Canada’s socialized system might have cost him his life after his 1983 non Hodgkin’s lymphoma. He credits a U S bone marrow transplant for his survival and contrasts private coverage with government health care.
Alberta deputy premier Jim Horsman warned Sunday that granting Quebec a veto over future changes to federal institutions could tear Canada apart. He criticized the Beaudoin-Dobbie report for proposing a Quebec veto in the amending formula and urged politicians not to place such conditions on serious negotiations.
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