Weather Forecast Sunny With Few Showers Possible
Mainly sunny conditions with a 20 percent chance of precipitation on Thursday. High near 32 and low around 13. Maps on page B6.
28 May 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 28, 1986
Page
1
Mainly sunny conditions with a 20 percent chance of precipitation on Thursday. High near 32 and low around 13. Maps on page B6.
Six people arrested in Moosomin in a weekend raid were charged with cocaine possession for trafficking in Regina but the material turned out to be baking soda used as a cutting agent. Charges were dropped for all six. Norman McKenzie remains in custody on an unrelated matter.
Ottawa and Washington weigh tariff relief under GATT as compensation for higher U S levies on British Columbia cedar products. Officials warn gains may be too late for Prime Minister Mulroney as Ottawa seeks tariff cuts rather than direct cash to workers.
Ottawa Multiculturalism Minister Otto Jelinek refused a final bid from the National Association of Japanese Canadians to negotiate compensation for wartime injustices. Art Miki said the cabinet will not negotiate with the NAJC as it does not represent all Japanese-Canadians. Proposals consider up to 10 million in individual compensation, far below Price Waterhouse's 300 million estimate to cover 21 000 interned Japanese Canadians.
Southern Alberta forest fire danger may climb to extreme with heat wave continues. Cypress Hills Park prohibits campfires except in designated facilities. Northern Alberta reports three fires out of control with crews and bulldozers assisting near Slave Lake High Prairie and Lodgepole areas.
Vancouver's Sikh community remains split and fearful after the gun attack on Punjabi planning minister Malkind Singh Sidhu. Moderate leaders report militant intimidation as the separatist movement fractures the 70 000 strong B C Sikh population amid tensions tied to India's Punjab crisis and Khalistan aims.
Analysis accuses extreme Sikh nationalists in British Columbia of turning Sikhism into vengeance as about 100 adherents in the province pursue headlines. Punjabi minister Dosanjh, shot on Vancouver Island, belongs to the Akali Dal. An accused Vancouver-area Sikh was acquitted of aggravated assault last year.
Paul Strickland reports Alberta policy favors aluminum cans over beer bottles harming Douglas Inc. in Redcliff. Manager Don Gibbons says the Beverage Container Act deposits drive job losses, with upwards of 1,500 man years already lost and more could follow.
Gibbons spoke to an Environment Council of Alberta panel in Medicine Hat about waste disposal. He argued for pausing the Beverage Container Act for three years and dropping bottle deposits to aid recycling, warning of possible job losses if the act remains. Rose Eresman of Redi Enterprises Bottle Depot opposed dropping deposits, noting potential spillover of glass and metal. she emphasized the act provides employment and supports recycling.
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