09 May 1997
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 09, 1997
Page
1
About 10 men in military fatigues seized the belltower at St Mark's Square using an armored vehicle to demand an independent northern state. They unfurled a banner atop the monument as roughly 800 police surrounded the area and helicopters patrolled overhead.
On the opening day of renewed contract talks between Safeway and Alberta union workers a mediator led discussions at a secret Edmonton location. Both sides stayed confident negotiations would continue with limited details released.
The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it but what they become by it, a reflection attributed to John Ruskin about the value of personal growth through work.
Grace Drake, a Crestwood School Grade 1 teacher and 20-year veteran, received the Alberta Excellence in Teaching Award recognizing dedication. She honors her late mother, a former teacher, and will be celebrated at the Westin Hotel in Calgary with a $250 donation to Crestwood School.
Bre-X Inc. fires geologist John Felderhof who led land acquisition and exploration as the Calgary court grants stay on civil suits until October 31 1997 amid a massive fraud audit at Busang Indonesia. Felderhof resigns from Bre-X and its affiliates while investors face tax and liquidity concerns.
An American thief sent over 5100 in traveler's cheques and foreign currency to St Clearance Street instead of St Clarens Avenue in Toronto. The error surfaced when a courier failed to deliver and Canada Customs opened the parcels, revealing 5101 Canadian dollars and various currencies.
Former Quebec premier denies a claim that he intended to announce Quebec independence within ten days of a referendum victory. He says the note about a “Great Game” with Valery Giscard d Estaing is misrepresented and notes a January 1995 talk before any formal agreements.
Public services committee in Medicine Hat is set to approve a multi million dollar recreation centre proposal featuring a 50 metre pool a therapeutic pool a hockey rink and about 10 fields for rugby soccer and football The plan backed by aldermen and local sports groups aims to open the facility by July 1 2000 with 80 percent funding from city funds and the rest from private sources if council OKs the project at its May 20 meeting
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