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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 06, 2005
Page
1
April 6 highlights in early colonial and musical history
On April 6 Louis de Frontenac was named governor of New France while George Frideric Handel conducted his last public performance of The Messiah before dying eight days later. Handel shaped baroque music for a century. Vancouver became a city. The board of trade met. a committee drafted a reply on actions to support a flouring mill in Medicine Hat, with instructions to M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis de Frontenac
New France
George Frideric Handel
Handel
Board of Trade
Medicine Hat
Immigation agency to close and move. other regional mentions
The 1985 notice reports Sutherland shutting the immigration office and relocating to Vancouver while Medicine Hat leaders critique the move amid a surge of recent European immigrants sheltering in sheds. It notes demand for an immigration agent, interest in river lands, and a pending wagon bridge across the Saskatchewan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sutherland
Vancouver
Medicine Hat
Europe
Saskatchewan
Two Await News On Disposition In Marijuana Bust
Medicine Hat News reports Rebecca Smith Bow Island and Eric Matz Burdett await disposition on charges under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act after RCMP found nearly 300 marijuana plants in a Burdett area farm. Plant counts included about 240 in a field and 50 in a shed. Matz faces an extra firearm charge. Both charges were put over until April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burdett
Rebecca Smith
Bow Island
Eric Matz
Matz
RCMP
Hill's preliminary hearing set for May
John Hill, facing multiple theft and weapons charges, will have a preliminary hearing May 13. He has been in custody since November after jumping from a motel window and fracturing his leg. Police found a .22 caliber handgun, a walkie talkie, and disguising clothing in the hotel room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hill
Hill
Alberta approves changes to smoke ban bill debate
Premier Ralph Klein says amendments soften a private member bill to ban smoking in public places while keeping certain outlets for non child focused venues. Calgary rookie Dave Rodney introduced the bill, but was absent for a California engagement as Team USA faced off at the World Curling Championship in Victoria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Klein
Calgary
Dave Rodney
Rodney
California
Train Derailment Triggers Evacuations in San Bernardino
AP photo shows a derailed Union Pacific freight train in San Bernardino California leaking two hundred gallons of a flammable liquid. The derailment left the train in a deep trench prompting evacuation of about 250 people from two adjacent communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Bernardino
Calif
Union Pacific
Man pleads guilty to attack on senior in Alberta home
Ken Ross Bell pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in Didsbury provincial court for attacking 92-year-old Alyce Francis in her home in March 2004. Bell and his twin brother Stuart Rolling Hills Alberta carried her upside down and dropped her, causing neck and back injuries. Sentencing set for June 13. Francis, a former Carstairs teacher, expresses relief the case ends after an emotional year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Didsbury
Alberta
Ken Ross Bell
Frank Maloney
Bell
George Combe
Stuart
Rolling Hills
Alta
Alyce Francis
Carstairs
Francis
Bells
Alberta government reverses course on marriage protection
Premier Ralph Klein reasserted caucus leadership and secured unanimous support after plans to re-enact protection for the marriage act were cancelled. Two and a half weeks earlier the caucus had opposed Klein and voted to restore the notwithstanding clause to maintain a man-woman definition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Klein
Body of young woman found near Edmonton golf course
A second young woman’s body was found on the edge of Edmonton at a family owned golf course. RCMP task force members investigated but officials said no link to prior unsolved slayings yet. Police treat Monday’s death as homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
RCMP
Mourners Attend Terri Schiavo Funeral Mass in Gulfport
Hundreds of people gathered in Gulfport at Most Holy Names church for a funeral mass arranged by Terri Schiavo’s parents Bob and Mary Schindler. Her husband held cremated remains and prepared a separate service. At least 800 attended as the service aired on loudspeakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Fla
Terri Schiavo
Bob
Mary Schindler
Most Holy Names of Jesus Catholic Church
Peter Jennings Reveals Lung Cancer Diagnosis
New York ABC anchor Peter Jennings disclosed on Tuesday that he has lung cancer and will start chemotherapy next week. He plans to continue World News Tonight as much as possible, despite being replaced briefly by Elizabeth Vargas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Peter Jennings
World News Tonight
Jennings
ABC
Elizabeth Vargas
Ottawa seeks international probe into Zahra Kazemi death
Ottawa demanded an international forensic inquiry into the torture and death of Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi in Iran. Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew said he pressed Iran’s Kamal Kharazi by telephone, aiming to pressure President Mohammad Khatami at a UN conference in Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Canada
Zahra Kazemi
Iran
Mohammad Khatami
Paris
Pierre Pettigrew
Kamal Kharazi
Canada’s Norad role seen as crucial to missile defence
Defence Minister Bill Graham says Norad would have failed without Canada’s radar data share for the U S missile defence system. An August 2004 treaty amendment allowed Canadians at Norad H Q to interpret and transfer satellite and radar data to U S Northern Command. Canada has since opted out of missile defence but stays in Norad and remains a strong alliance advocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
North American Aerospace Defence Command
Canada
U.S
Defence
Bill Graham
Norad
United States Northern Command
Graham
Commons Defence Committee
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