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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 16, 1985
Page
1
Soldier injured in Edmonton war game training
A Canadian Forces soldier, Sgt. B. A. McGrath of the Third Royal Canadian Regiment in Winnipeg, was hurt during war games at CFB Wainwright and is in satisfactory condition at Royal Alexandra Hospital after being airlifted Monday night. The base declined to specify the injuries or how he was hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Cfb Wainwright
B. A. McGrath
Jan Mortensen
McGrath
Royal Alexandra Hospital
Third
Royal Canadian Regiment
Winnipeg
Greece snubs NATO ship over Turkey tensions
Greece refused refueling facilities to a British merchant ship taking part in NATO exercises. The socialist government kept Greece out of the exercise due to differences with Turkey, a rare snub between alliance members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Reuter
Greece
NATO
Turkey
Bank rate falls in Canada as rate cut hits 9.7 percent
Ottawa reports Bank of Canada cuts the rate by about 0.25 percentage points to 9.7 percent from 9.93 percent last week. The move follows U S rate relief and signals easing pressures on Canadian borrowing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
USS
Canada
Bank of Canada
Justice blocks McLeod probes in probe case
The Saskatoon police association failed to compel disclosure of an internal inquiry into Police Chief Norm McLeod. Justice W G N Egbert dismissed the association's application and urged exhaustion of remedies via the Law Enforcement Appeal Board. The May 2 police commission decision stands unless appealed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Sellers
City Police Association
Norm McLeod
Court of Queen’s Bench
Police Commission
McLeod
W.G.N. Egbert
Law Enforcement Appeal Board
Egbert
Police Association
Scott
Association
Lawrence Gordon
Gordon
Bob Skauge
Premiership backing fuels Alberta leadership bid
Western premiers endorsed Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed extending support in a bid described as crucial for provincial leadership. The passage notes Trade and premiers backing amid tense political landscape in Grande Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grande Prairie, Alta
Alberta
Peter
Lougheed
United States
Tamil civilians slain in revenge raid shocks Sri Lanka
About 50 Tamil speakers in Colombo were hacked and burned to death by attackers seeking revenge for nearly 150 deaths in a Tamil separatist raid. Police described a coastal ferry attack off Jaffna peninsula with dozens killed and many wounded. officials disputed navy involvement. The violence marked a major civilian toll in Anuradhapura and heightened ethnic tension across Sri Lanka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombo
Jaffna Peninsula
Jaffna
Sri Lanka
Ceylon
Anuradhapura
Vilpattu
Fort MacLeod Sees Narrow Escape From Ammonia Spill
In Fort MacLeod Alberta residents escaped serious harm as drifting wind spared the town during a Tuesday night ammonia spill from a truck train collision east of the community. Officials said while evacuation was unlikely the fumes could have caused breathing and eye irritation while crews cleaned up. Police cited a truck tanker driven by 47 year old Fred Leverick of Kipp as the collision partner with the CP Rail freight train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Macleod
Alta
Alberta
Alberta Environment Department
Albert Poulette
Edmonton
RCMP
Fred Leverick
Kipp, Alta
CP Rail
Treason trial tests apartheid foes in South Africa
Sixteen opponents of apartheid go on trial in Johannesburg in the nation’s largest treason case in 25 years. Leaders of the United Democratic Front are among the defendants, charged under common law treason and sabotage statutes for alleged revolutionary aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
Reuter
South Africa
United Democratic Front
African National Congress
South African Communist Party
South African Council of Trade Unions
John Dugard
University of the Witwatersrand
Britain
United States
Dugard
Archie Gumede
Albertina Sisulu
Walter Sisulu
Sebokeng
UDF
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