13 May 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 13, 1986
Page
1
Workers at Revenue Canada’s Winnipeg taxation office were ordered to remove pin-up pictures deemed nude or half-clad. Some employees protested claiming selective enforcement while union leaders called it discriminatory.
Moscow reports six dead from the Chernobyl disaster as engineers warn the core could burn through to a water reservoir. Ivan Yemilyanov says the crippled reactor will be sealed in concrete with water cooling for hundreds of years while the remaining units may reopen.
Quebec prosecutors plan to charge about 30 businessmen across the province for posting English language signs in violation of the French only rule. Fines may reach 50 to 1000 dollars per charge, with trials delayed pending appeals on lower court rulings.
Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, in Seoul, said he accepted Sinclair Stevens resignation with regret and believes Stevens will be vindicated and return to cabinet after an investigation into conflict of interest charges. Aides say inquiry will wait until Mulroney returns to Ottawa.
GAO says lobbyist Michael Deaver may have violated ethics law by handling acid rain policy as a White House official and later in a Canada consulting deal. The case, worth 105000 dollars per year, was referred to the Justice Department for possible prosecution after a preliminary inquiry found potential post-employment violations. Hinchman testified the findings show enough basis to refer for legal action.
In early 1982 Hong Kong, Carrian Investments founder George Tan Bent ley Ho and the Lam brothers face a major fraud trial. Prosecutors describe Union Bank deal as a sham with no transfers or fulfilled conditions, accusing a scheme that harmed Carrian shareholders and banks while inflating the company’s apparent success. The court has heard how Carrian rose rapidly, its stock briefly defying market trends, and how Tan mingled with top bankers. Continued on Page A9.
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