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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 07, 2005
Page
1
A brief weather segment lists Sunday and Monday temperatures with highs in the low to mid teens and overnight lows around zero. It notes partly cloudy skies on Sunday, increasing cloud cover and showers by midweek, with continued cold highs and frigid nights.
On April 7 1875 Canada’s Northwest Territories Act established a lieutenant governor and territorial council. Mary Pickford born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto 1875 became a famed silent film star and co founder of United Artists. Billie Holiday born in Baltimore left a lasting jazz legacy with Strange Fruit and God Bless the Child.
The text chronicles Ethel Holliday's career with mention of her 1948 narcotics jail, 1959 death. Diana Ross starring in Lady Sings the Blues (1973) based on Holliday's life. the Broadway opening of South Pacific at Majestic Theatre with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza, its 1,925 performances, and 1958 film adaptation. Kofi Annan’s birth. Jagger Richards meeting Brian Jones. Wham’s 1985 China show. George Michael arrest in Beverly Hills, his coming out, and legal consequences.
Major Brad Smith of the Medicine Hat Salvation Army presented the Policemen's 23rd Psalm to Redcliff RCMP members on April 5. The event honored four Mayerthorpe RCMP deaths in March. Edmonton division HQ developed the initiative. Four thousand prayer cards were produced for RCMP and municipal police. Presentations were also made to Medicine Hat City Police and Brooks RCMP.
Medicine Hat News reports a 21 year old male driver faces impaired driving charges after a Wednesday rollover at the intersection of Brier Park Road and 23 Street N.W. Police found a Ford quad cab severely damaged. breath samples indicated a blood alcohol level above .08.
RCMP treat the death of 26 year old Nelson McDonald as suspicious after his body was found outside the Grande Cache Correctional Institution. He was last seen leaving his Grande Cache home Friday afternoon and reported missing later that day. An autopsy on Wednesday will determine the cause of death.
In Edmonton the proposed 2.6 billion freight rail link to Fort McMurray is shelved as costs outweigh benefits. Oilsands firms say freight levels do not justify the expense, favoring road investment. The study cost over 1 million dollars and was funded by a group led by Rod Love.
Power line maintainers Wayne Romanuk and Norm Fraley from Peterborough Utilities Services work on a 50-foot hydro pole at Burnham Point Park in Peterborough Ontario. They secure an osprey nesting platform under a train bridge on a Wednesday.
Saskatchewan Saskatoon David Ahenakew’s lawyer Doug Christie says diabetes extra medication and wine caused the defendant to make anti-Semitic remarks. Christie will present evidence over two days arguing illness affected his client’s judgment. In Prince Albert a Grade 5 teacher Keith Barss is suspended after sexual assault charges. court date set for April 19. Emergency crews rescue a window washer clinging to a Broadway building in Winnipeg.
Clearwater RCMP report a 48 year old European tourist died after an avalanche in the Cariboo Mountain range near Blue River. The man and a second heli skier were descending when a wall of snow swept over him around noon Tuesday. the second man was submerged but escaped unharmed. The victim’s identity remains with held at family request.
Conservation officer said up to 500 bald eagles die annually on British Columbia south coast with as many as 50 carcasses found around North Vancouver. An unnamed Vancouver-area suspect of First Nations descent is sought as the middleman in an eagle trafficking ring.
Dora Jones, 32, faces a federal charge for transmitting a threat to injure Michael Schiavo in interstate commerce. The threat referenced Terri Schiavo, who died March 31 after her feeding tube was removed amid a protracted court dispute between Michael and Terri’s parents. The case arose from an AOL posting in which Jones claimed she was “just kidding.”
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