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17 May 1986
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Medicine Hat News in Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 17, 1986
Page
1
Five killed in two Colorado Springs shooting incidents
Police responding to a robbery call found five dead and two wounded at a tavern and nearby convenience store near Peterson Air Force Base. Two more victims were later found shot to death at the adjacent Quik-Way store. The violence occurred at adjacent businesses near the base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado Springs
Colo
Peterson Air Force Base
Model's joke at Winnipeg airport ends in discharge
Tracy Lee Baird, 24, pleaded guilty to mischief after joking about a bomb at Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport. She was charged for entering a security gate and told officers to look out for the bomb in her purse. The judge noted the time spent in custody and missing the flight as a costly lesson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
California
Kris Stefanson
Tracy Lee Baird
Stefanson
Fires roars through Newfoundland towns as blazes flare
Desperate residents battled a wall of heat and noise as forest fires swept Windsor and nearby Grand Falls Newfoundland and New Brunswick. More than 1,000 firefighters aided by water bombers and helicopters fought hundreds of fires with evacuations continuing and 58 major fires reported in New Brunswick. No deaths or injuries were recorded though many faced scorched homes and damaged property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Windsor
Warwin Blackmore
Atlantic Canada
Grand Falls
New Brunswick
Don Randall
Upper Gagetown
N.B
Emergency Measures Organization
Randall
Tory tender process under fire in Ottawa corruption row
Opposition MPs accuse Public Works of broad tender abuse after data show about half of contracts over five thousand dollars since 1984 were not tendered and Quebec accounted for around five hundred such awards. The case follows charges against Montreal MP Michel Gravel alleging over one hundred thousand in bribes and favors.
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Edison Stewart Ottawa
The
Public Works
Ing
Quebec
Boudria
LaSalle
Marcel Tremblay
Montreal
Michel Gravel
Gravel
Florida
Calgar y plane crash kills two near suburbs
A blue and white single engine Cessna crashed while attempting a forced landing on a Calgary roadway during rush hour. Inside the plane a man and a woman died. two dogs survived. The pilot and passenger names were not released. Witnesses said the engine sputtered before impact. The crash occurred about 10 kilometres northwest of downtown Calgary on the city’s suburban fringe. No other injuries were reported. The aircraft clipped a light standard, spun, then came to rest upside down on the roadway. Officials cited possible engine failure as the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Randall Sabo
Sabo
Couple blasts school in Cokeville siege shocks town
In Cokeville Wy a married couple drove a cart laden with explosives into an elementary school in a Friday attack, taking 150 hostages before detonation. The woman died, the man identified as David Young 42 reportedly shot himself. A female band leader and 73 others were treated for burns and smoke inhalation. condition of the band leader listed as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cokeville
NATO approves US plan to resume chemical weapons
NATO members approve the United States plan to manufacture binary chemical weapons after a 17 year lapse. The move aims to pressure the Soviet Union toward a worldwide ban while stockpiled on U.S. soil and moved to Europe only in crisis. Canada abstains. Netherlands Norway Denmark object.
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NATO
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Europe
Defence Planning Committee
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Norway
Denmark
Canada
David Abshire
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Abshire
Moscow
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