Weather Brief Winds Moderate with Light Rain Chance
Forecast cites moderate winds around twenty percent precipitation chance for Wednesday. High near 15, low 0. Map page B5.
03 Mar 1987
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 03, 1987
Page
1
Forecast cites moderate winds around twenty percent precipitation chance for Wednesday. High near 15, low 0. Map page B5.
Regina Pats centre Brad Hornung 18 suffers a crushed spinal cord and broken neck in a WHL game. Doctors say he will be paralysed for life and respirator dependent. no feeling from neck down.
Medicine Hat council approves a four Sundays per year limit on retail openings with notice requirements. The 5 4 vote splits eight aldermen as debate centers on freedom of choice and market regulation. Mayor Grimm supports balancing rights and public good while some members urge consumer choice.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney renews commitment to an effective national child care system but declines to specify who will cover Ottawa and provincial costs. He notes the high estimated program price while stressing the need for resources and flexibility for women to make life choices.
FBI Director William Webster, credited with restoring trust in the FBI, is the leading candidate to be the next CIA director after William Casey's resignation. Reagan is expected to name Webster, a 62 year old former judge, to succeed Casey, while Robert Gates faces withdrawal from consideration.
Ottawa reports the Mulroney government will hold the first House of Commons debate on free trade later this month. External Affairs Minister Joe Clark said the debate will occur about a week after the next quarterly first ministers’ meeting. Party leaders welcomed the planned discussion amid political divisions and timing ahead of Reagan’s April visit.
Rick Hansen visited a medium-security federal prison in Bowden Alberta and was named an honorary inmate. Prisoners and staff raised funds to support spinal cord research, presenting Hansen with $2,000 as part of a day that drew about 5,000 people to Red Deer for a rally. He plans to continue west toward the British Columbia border.
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