Weather Index Mainly Cloudy with Light Chance of Rain
The weather index notes mainly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of precipitation on Tuesday. Highs around 08 and lows near 05. Map page B4.
15 Sep 1986
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1986
Page
1
The weather index notes mainly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of precipitation on Tuesday. Highs around 08 and lows near 05. Map page B4.
Medicine Hat now charges $175 to hang and remove banners across Second Street S.E. downtown. City Clerk Larry Godin cited direct costs and council approval on September 2. Kinette Club president Shirley Fisher says the fee strains volunteer groups and should not divert public funds.
In Kalamata Greece a 5.6 magnitude quake struck at 2 41 pm local time injuring 37 and damaging two more apartment blocks after aftershocks of 4.1 and 3.8. The epicenter matched Saturday’s 6.2 quake and communications with Athens were cut.
A bomb exploded at Paris police headquarters on the Île de la Cité, injuring 36 people with six seriously. The blast followed a wave of attacks claimed by a Middle East group and came after new anti terrorism measures were announced.
The Globe and Mail reports the federal prison project moved from Drummondville to Port Cartier on orders linked to Prime Minister Mulroney. The change increased the project cost by about 18 million and prompted an audit by the Auditor General Kenneth Dye.
A Time Air Beechcraft 99 with 12 passengers and two crew made an emergency landing in Calgary after the left landing gear failed to deploy. The aircraft circled the airport for two hours to burn off fuel and finally tipped onto its left side but no injuries were reported. Undercarriage and one wing were damaged.
Canadians across the country joined the sixth Terry Fox Run to honor the late cancer activist. Veterans like John Andrews recalled Fox’s fundraising spirit as Rick Hansen paused his world wheelchair odyssey in Sherbrooke to participate. Thousands took part by running walking cycling or wheelchairs to raise funds for cancer research.
Medicine Hat aided the Marathon of Hope in St John’s and Thunder Bay before it ended in September 1980 after cancer was found in Terry Fox’s lungs. Fox died in June 1981 at 22 and is buried in Port Coquitlam. His grandmother Mary Anne Wark, 76, completed the Melita Man leg in a wheelchair raising about $250. Organizers expect a new yearly total near $4 million with early reports over $2 million from 39 percent of sites Sunday night.
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