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Newspaper
Mesa Tribune
Location
Mesa, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1994
Page
20
Statistics Canada reports Canada’s average per person net government debt reaches 23065 with federal and provincial totals at 661.2 billion. Ottawa holds the largest share at 17657 per person. Debt growth from 1982 to 1987 and the recession of 1990 fueled rising costs and interest on the national debt.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien told Regina audiences to relax about Quebec politics after touring a Regina computer firm. He asserted markets should heed his political judgement, noting Quebec’s Liberal government must call an election by fall amid polls showing a PQ lead. Parizeau has vowed a provincewide referendum if he wins.
Three men robbed patrons at Just Desserts cafe in downtown Toronto late Tuesday, killing 23 year old Georgia Leimonis with a double barreled shotgun. Police collected tips as residents expressed shock and fear. Local bystanders described the scene near the crime scene with concern for safety in a usually peaceful area.
In 1985 British Columbia hospitals kept unscreened and untreated blood products in their blood banks despite safer blood options becoming available. The article notes the former medical director of British Columbia health authorities voiced concerns over continued storage practices and potential risks to patients.
Health Minister Diane Marileau said Ottawa is studying plain cigarette packaging and aims to move quickly. She spoke after meeting Ontario Health Minister Ruth Grier as provinces press for federal action, noting a parliamentary committee will begin hearings this month.
Vancouver business and hockey figure Frank Griffiths, longtime owner of the NHL’s Vancouver Canucks and Hall of Fame member, died in hospital at 77 after years of health issues including recent pneumonia. He bought the Canucks in 1974 and led a storied, often challenging tenure marked by 15 straight losing seasons. Griffiths was also named to the Canadian Business Hall of Fame that day.
Montreal jurors in the second manslaughter case against former officer Allan Gosset spent a third day deliberating without reaching a verdict. Gosset, 44, faces charges tied to the 1987 fatal shooting of Anthony Griffin, who tried to flee after being arrested outside a west-end police station.
Max the police dog of Simi Valley has valley fever, one of 23 county canines infected. Public Health epidemiologist Marilyn Billimek notes no new human cases since mid March after the January 17 Northridge earthquake. A 71-year-old man in Simi Valley died from valley fever, and county cases spiked after the quake, though LA County reports no outbreak there.
Trivia Mata Hari born Gertrud Margarete Zelle in 1876 at Leeuwarden Netherlands. She married a Dutch officer and started a European stage career posing as a Javanese temple dancer. She appeared in Berlin in 1907 and was recruited as a German spy. During World War I she lived in France and obtained confidential Allied information from officers. Arrested by French services in 1917, she was court martialed and executed by firing squad.
Frederick Remington, a New York native renowned for Old West paintings and bronzes, spent his closest brush with cowboy life during a ten month period on a sheep ranch in Kansas.
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