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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 26, 1987
Page
1
Alberta minister urges refineries to pay world oil price
Alberta Energy Minister Neil Webber criticized major oil refineries for paying producers in the province below world prices. He said the practice has caused losses up to 340000 dollars a day for producers and 60000 dollars daily in provincial royalties. He noted the drop began about a month ago and urged refineries to adopt the world spot price based on West Texas Intermediate crude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta Energy
Neil Webber
Alberta
Webber
West Texas
Missionary plane crash in Indonesia kills Canadian pilot
A Canadian pilot and six passengers died when a Twin Otter carrying about 30 people crashed near Illaga in Irian Jaya during strong winds and heavy rain. Twenty three passengers were reported injured and treated at a Jayawijaya hospital. Names of the pilot vary between Garry William and Gary Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ap-Reuters Jakarta
Indonesia
Irian Jaya
Ono
Illaga
Jayawijaya
Jakarta
Associated Press
Garry William
Reuters News Agency
Gary Williams
Transsexual organist charged with murder after church fire
Wilhelmina Tiemersma a 38 year old organist is charged with two counts of second degree murder in a Montreal church fire that killed firefighters Jean Pierre Longpre and Pierre Letourneau and injured three others. Arson charges may follow pending review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Claude Parent
Wilhelmina Tiemersma
Robert Quezel
Tiemersma
Raphael Schacter
Montreal Firefighters Association
Unitarian
Jean-Pierre Longpre
Pierre Letourneau
Church Roof Collapse Kills Men as Firefighters Fight Blaze
Fire raged in a church when steel beams melted and walls collapsed. Longpre and Letourneau stood on a ladder at the east wall to clear a stained-glass window for smoke to escape while 25 firemen fought inside. District Fire Chief Joe Timmons described the wall falling and others recount the perilous rescue. Michael Fainstat said a inquiry will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longpre
Letourneau
Joe Timmons
Michael Fainstat
Montreal
Iraq Iranian Missiles Raid Investigated as U.S. Probes
Pentagon and State Department investigators in Baghdad hold talks with Iraqi defence officials over the May 17 Stark raid. The team led by Rear Admiral David Rogers arrived from Bahrain to determine events leading to the attack that killed 37 sailors. Ambassador David Newton described Iraqi actions as cooperative though interview access for the pilot remained unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baghdad
Pentagon
State Department
U.S
Iraq
Bahrain
Pesian Gulf
David Newton
David Rogers
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Newton
Gulf
Rodgers
West premiers discuss economy Meech Lake and farm aid
Western premiers meet in Humboldt to push an economic diversification strategy for the West and call for at least 1.6 billion dollars in grain aid for 1987. They back Meech Lake while debating Senate reform and Ottawa trade talks with the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humboldt, Sask
Meech Lake
Saskatchewan
Grant Devine
Devine
U.S
Ottawa
Western Canada
United States
Europe
West
Bill Vander Zalm
British Columbia
Alberta
Don Getty
Senate
Getty
Vander Zalm
Pawley
Robert Bourassa
Quebec
France leader's visit sees Canada refuse port reopening
During Francois Mitterrand's visit, Ottawa rejected reopening ports to French fishing trawlers off Newfoundland. Mulroney and ministers discussed the French fishing treaty and a prior boundary dispute near St Pierre and Miquelon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Francois Mitterrand
Newfoundland
Mitterrand
Brian Mulroney
St-Pierre-Miquelon
Woodward's fires 424 nonunion workers in two provinces
Woodward's Stores Ltd fired 424 maintenance and cleaning workers in British Columbia and Alberta blaming cost cuts and ($7.7 million) losses last year. The company will contract out services, expecting $1.5 million annual savings. Some workers received severance. 60 chose early retirement. Management said no further layoffs planned but warned of possible cuts if economy worsens. Robertson denied ties to Canada Safeway takeover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Woodward's Stores Ltd
British Columbia
Alberta
Frank Robertson
Monay
Robertson
Woodward
Woodward's
Calgary
Canada Safeway Ltd
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