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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 26, 1998
Page
1
Alan Eagleson quits the Hockey Hall of Fame amid Canadian fraud charges and an 18 month Toronto jail term. Hall chairman Scotty Morrison confirms receipt of the resignation letter and removal of Eagleson’s plaque follows, ending his status as a Hall member.
Connie Jacobs 37 and her nine year old son Ty died within seconds from shotgun blasts at their front door on the Tsuu T ina reserve southwest of Calgary. RCMP officer shot after initial call to assist a social worker and tribal police officer. Alberta's deputy chief medical examiner said lives could not have been saved. A public fatality inquiry was ordered by Justice Minister Jon Havelock.
Subhasinghe Premasiri, charged with stealing gas cookers and cylinders, threw a plastic bag of human feces at policemen in the Colombo court. The bag hit a fan and showered the court. he was remanded for insulting the dignity of the court as officials cleaned the courtroom.
The Ottawa report says Premier Jean Charest will leave the federal Conservative helm by Easter to run for Quebec Liberal leadership. Senator Noel Kinsella and MP Elsie Wayne confirm the plan as the caucus reacts with sadness and speculation, while currency traders push the dollar to 70.93 US cents.
Edmonton premier Ralph Klein plans to remain in Alberta and not pursue the federal Tory leadership. He told friends and Colleen Klein that he believes he can do more for the party from Alberta and expects to announce Friday in Red Deer. Klein noted his wife loves Alberta and they are settled at home.
Health ministers announce a fund of 1.1 billion dollars to compensate about 22,000 Canadians who contracted hepatitis C from tainted blood between 1986 and mid 1990. The plan excludes victims infected outside that window, drawing criticism and potential liability concerns. The federal government will provide 800 million, provinces 300 million, with possible Rise to 1.2 billion if Red Cross contributes. The move follows Krever recommendations and faced by class-action suits.
Reform Party could become a home for defecting Tories and disaffected Liberals as Jean Charest heads for the Quebec Liberals. Monte Solberg from Ottawa argues supporters of small government and free market principles may join, while political scientist Peter McCormack notes risk of Conservative vote fragmentation.
An undated home video image shows 11-year-old Andrew Golden and 13-year-old Mitchell Johnson accused of luring classmates from a Jonesboro Arkansas school and opening fire, killing four girls and a teacher.
In Jonesboro Arkansas two 11 year old boys Mitchell Janson and Andrew Golden are detained after a rural Westside middle school shooting that killed four girls and a teacher and wounded 11 others. State police say weapons included a .44 caliber rifle and a 30.06 rifle. The suspects face five murder counts and 10 counts of first degree battery each and have not entered pleas.
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