11 May 1994
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 11, 1994
Page
1
Timothy Leary, the 73 year old LSD advocate, was cited at Robert Mueller Municipal Airport in Austin for smoking a cigarette. He said he could have avoided arrest but wanted to highlight what he called the demonization of people by political correctness.
Liberal MLA Frank Bruseker accuses Transportation Minister Peter Trynchy of adding Mi Jay Construction, owned by Trynchy's cousin Mike Roszko, to a 1984 earthmoving work list for the Paddle River Dam. The matter stems from a long court case where Opton Construction was awarded $875000 plus interest for deceit in tendering. Trynchy denies ordering firm-specific work and says all listed contractors received work.
Researchers at University of California San Diego report in lab rats that engineered cells eradicated glioblastoma tumors and prevented recurrence by stimulating an immune response. The approach mirrors cancer vaccines tested in other trials and offers potential to harness the immune system against brain cancer, per Dr. David Barba.
Premier Ralph Klein announced a province wide policy review is needed before the Gimbel Foundation Act private bill allowing Dr. Howard Gimbel to operate a charity medical practice can advance. The legislative committee voted 11 to 7 to pause until fall, citing broader implications and potential Canada Health Act conflicts.
Clem Kuntz, 50, co owner of Cee Gee Earthmoving Ltd., pleaded guilty in provincial court to one count of a secret commission in a case tied to the Municipal District of Cypress. The court noted the former public works supervisor Gordon Lapp and the district’s heavy use of Cee Gee for road contracts while describing a forged driveway work order and unbilled work as key factors. The judge imposed a stiff fine to deter commercial dishonesty.
Alberta’s chosen candidate Glen Braum withdrew after concerns over his ties to the NovAtel controversy. Premier Klein said Braum felt it best to step aside. Braum was a senior Ernst & Young partner involved in faulty NovAtel income forecasts.
Alberta will allow some weekend sentences to be served at home starting in Edmonton by June 30 under a budget driven house arrest program. Inmates will pay costs for food clothing and shelter while supervised by private security firms and may expand province wide as cuts deepen.
More than 3,000 Catholics filled St. Mary’s Cathedral and lined the streets to witness Croatian visionary Vicka Ivankovic in a daily audience with the Virgin Mary. Sister Denise Paquette praised renewed diocese fervor as believers recalled healings and messages from Our Lady.
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