08 Mar 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 1985
Page
1
An official named Isident resigns amid renewed debate over credibility policies. Details appear on Page A8 highlighting policy shifts and reactions from Alberta and Ontario counterparts. The focus moves to governance and accountability within the regional administration.
Sunny forecast with a 10 percent chance of snow Saturday. High near 6 cold low around minus 8. Appears on Map Page B3.
Ariel Sharon’s second libel suit against Time magazine's West European subsidiary will begin in Tel Aviv District Court on May 7. The $250,000 case follows a February 1983 Time article alleging Sharon discussed revenge with Bashir Gemayel’s family.
Lebanese government radio reported 36 people killed and more than 100 injured when a car bomb exploded outside a crowded mosque in a Shiite district of West Beirut. The blast struck during prayers, heightening sectarian tensions and prompting calls for calm.
Ontario court hears Dye alleges cabinet documents blocked for decades. Ian Binnie argues cabinet secrecy shields the purchase as a political decision to boost Canadian ownership. Dye contends the cost may have been illegal while the independent Ernst and Whinney report says Petro-Canada paid a fair price and gained other benefits.
Negotiators for Canada Post and the CUPW resume bargaining as Hartt reports the agency faces a 300 million dollar annual deficit and must balance books by 1986 87. A union strike could loom on March 15 with talks ongoing and wage and benefit adjustments debated.
Ike Bryldt, who offered cash for a donor last year, received a kidney from a deceased Edmonton donor in a 4 hour operation at University of Alberta Hospital. Doctors hope the transplant succeeds, with a 10 day outlook for results and Bryldt listed in good condition.
Edmonton CP Mel Hurtigsaid on Thursday that Colin Thatcher a former Saskatchewan energy minister and convicted murderer has approached him about publishing a memoir The publisher noted Thatcher phoned in January to discuss plans for a book and may include political career material Hurtig will not meet Thatcher in person but may send an editor to discuss the project while Thatcher appeals his murder conviction and remains in Edmonton Institution.
Secretary General Javier Perez de Cuellar urged a new preventive UN peacekeeping role to halt tensions before armed clashes erupt. He urged Security Council consent for forces or observers to deter incidents, and asked Canada to delay UNESCO withdrawal decisions until reform proposals are set.
Auditor General Dye seeks documents from the Trudeau Turner era on Petro-Canada’s 1981 Petrofina purchase. Lawyers fill the courtroom as Gordon Henderson QC represents the auditor, while ministers and deputy ministers face the case in Ottawa.
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