02 Sep 1995
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 02, 1995
Page
1
Jane, a survivor from Medicine Hat, describes the first beating by her husband and the surrounding silence from in laws. Gerry Carter cites learned behavior from abusive homes as shelters across Alberta operate near capacity with long waits.
The Medicine Hat shelter logged 317 clients and children in 1994 up 17 percent from 271 in 1993. Of 1994 cases 21 percent were physically abused 37 percent psychologically abused six percent sexually abused. One woman Jane endured years of abuse until leaving after counseling. She recalls repeated beatings and fear of an unpredictable ex-husband.
Legal experts in Canada dismiss the rebels demand for royal intervention as off the wall and futile. Eugene Meehan of Ottawa calls an appeal to the UK Crown or Privy Council an oxymoron, noting such actions have failed before.
NATO halted bombing raids after three days of strikes on the Bosnian Serb heartland. Serb Croat and Muslim leaders agreed to sit for peace talks next week in Geneva, a breakthrough Holbrooke called a momentum shift though warned of hard work ahead.
In Toronto Paul Bernardo is sentenced to life. Fathers Dan Mahaffy and Doug French thank Canadians as hundreds of supporters and journalists crowd around the families after the nine guilty verdicts including two counts of first degree murder. They speak of pain, closure, and lasting loss for Leslie Mahaffy and Krista Kristi Kristie ten French.
The News will not publish on Labor Day Monday and will resume as usual on Tuesday.
Alberta tavern owners and charity casinos clash over video lottery terminals as a government committee calls for freezing VLT numbers and moving machines to casinos. Both sides warn of a fight for control of a revenue stream driving hundreds of millions to government coffers since 1991.
In Sheffield council flats a security camera sparked eviction threats after filming a toddler with a dog. The council bans pets, but officials backed down when Kerry Mitchell explained the dog was a fluffy toy seen with Thomas Mitchell.
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