Weather Outlook for Thursday
Regional forecast shows few clouds with a 30 percent chance of precipitation. The high temperature is expected near 19 degrees while the low drops to about 6 degrees. Map reference: Page B3.
08 May 1985
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 08, 1985
Page
1
Regional forecast shows few clouds with a 30 percent chance of precipitation. The high temperature is expected near 19 degrees while the low drops to about 6 degrees. Map reference: Page B3.
Negotiators for The Eaton Co and over 1000 workers reach a tentative one year deal with mediators in Toronto ending a six month strike. Workers mainly women demanded seniority rights and basic protections as talks reopen after March 14. Eaton’s remains tight lipped awaiting a news release.
Forty years after Nazi Germany's surrender on May 8 1945 Europeans honor VE Day with parades services and memorials. Reagan urged Soviet restraint warning of nuclear buildup while urging peace and disarmament. Britain France and Germany hosted ceremonies as Moscow readied a Red Square parade and delegations arrived for victory day events.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney dismissed an alleged cabinet document that proposed saving 312.3 million by reducing native housing, education, and health funding. He said he had not seen the plan and criticized Ed Broadbent for using scare tactics while ministers denied government policy backing the recommendations.
In Vancouver teachers rally behind fired school trustees as Allan Stables, appointed by Education Minister Jack Heinrich, cuts 7 million from the budget by scrapping teacher pay raises. The Social Credit government signals next year for restoring local school autonomy while three other boards await action.
Prosecution rests in William Gamble trial with two witnesses tying him to the Sept. 19 beating of Greg McCulley. McCulley, 18, remains in a coma at Medicine Hat hospital. Witnesses describe a back alley fight and a baseball bat attack, with Gamble facing attempted murder and assault charges.
A former Fisheries Department observer alleges foreign fishermen routinely bribed officials to overlook cod quota violations off Nova Scotia. He says bribes were offered by Soviets Japanese Italians and others and that logbooks hid overfishing. Officials say such infractions are investigated and dealt with through channels.
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