05 Mar 1993
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 05, 1993
Page
1
In Nanaimo British Columbia the Bungy Zone hosts a free naked bungee jump on March 13 drawing controversy. Pastor Fred Nerling of the Nanaimo Evangelical Fellowship condemns public nudity while noting last year’s event drew about 120 jumpers and thousands of spectators.
A Pal Air Fokker jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Skopje in heavy snow, 74 died with 22 survivors among 96 aboard. The Zurich-bound flight fell 365 metres after lift off, near the runway end. UN officials sought a 24 hour safe passage deal in eastern Bosnia.
Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson received a lifetime ban from track and field after the IAAF ruled his January urine sample showed a testosterone ratio of 10.3 to 1, indicating doping. The decision followed a two hour meeting and can be appealed to Athletics Canada.
Montreal La Presse reports Quebec documents show Club de golf Oka Inc received 170 052 in lost revenue compensation from the province for the 1990 crisis when it sought to expand onto Mohawk land at Kanesatake. The Kanesatake band council asked for 103 000 but was not paid.
Premier Ralph Klein urges education and hospital administrators to take five percent pay cuts to help Alberta’s finances. He says top managers could accept a two percent rollback or continued freeze while respecting bargaining. SAIT president notes a five percent cut would not fund five students and proposes entrepreneurial options.
Canadian authorities allowed untreated and untested blood to be used while data showed 55 percent of hemophiliacs had been infected from tainted products. About 800 hemophiliacs and 231 transfusion patients tested positive. roughly one third died. Testing began Nov 1, 1985, after the Canadian Blood Committee delayed funding debates.
Investigators say an early break in the World Trade Center attack leads to further arrests. Mohammed Salameh, 26, was charged in the bombing that killed at least five and toppled the twin towers. A van tied to Salameh and a vehicle ID helped seal the breakthrough. Nosair-linked sites were searched as authorities pursue other suspects in the case.
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