29 Mar 1995
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1995
Page
1
In London a four-letter obscene vocabulary makes Charlie the African Grey undesirable. About 150 potential buyers have seen the parrot once owned by Mark Hooper who paid about 1500 Canadian dollars. Hooper says the bird swears in front of girlfriends and families, frustrating him and scaring buyers.
An all party provincial report urges no selling of Alberta's Heritage Savings Trust Fund with 39 000 of 50 000 responding to a brochure saying funds should stay intact The panel chaired by Clint Dunford notes public desire to shield the fund from political use and keep it at arm's length.
A Calgary mother faces an assault charge after spanking her 11-year-old daughter with a belt when she burned cheese. The daughter was removed by child welfare, and the case highlights rising prosecutions of parental discipline cases.
Nick Bala of Queen's University argues the Criminal Code allowance for reasonable force in disciplining children is vague. Child welfare advocates say parents face confusion distinguishing reasonable punishment from abuse as definitions depend on case facts and judge discretion.
In Victoria the NDP presents a balanced budget amid a leak probe and political fallout. Elizabeth Cull fights fatigue as details surface via Victoria Times-Colonist, highlighting a 114 million surplus, 2.9 percent spending rise to 20 billion, and debt at 27 billion while critics slam off budget borrowing and civil service costs.
Canada used a United Nations stage beside the East River to rebut Spanish overfishing claims. Fisheries Minister Brian Tobin presented a 5.5 tonne illegal net and tiny turbots found aboard the Estai, arguing the evidence proves a coast guard action and a moratorium on overfishing.
Four of Alberta's largest conservation groups withdrew support from Special Places 2000 accusing the program of being hijacked by development interests. They criticized the policy as proving industrial activity will be allowed and called it a betrayal while Environmental Protection Minister Ty Lund defended it as a balance between environment and economy.
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