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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 08, 2005
Page
1
Northwest Territories Act and Medicine Hat Fire Upgrade
The Northwest Territories Act created a lieutenant governor and territorial council. Medicine Hat received a new hydrant and test results pleased citizens, boosting the town’s water throw to 30 feet. Hughes' Drug Store was robbed of cash and horse liniment. Mary Pickford, an early Academy Award winner and America's Sweetheart, was mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Hughes’ Drug Store
Mary Pickford
Notable 20th Century Music and Film Figures
Gladys Smith born in Toronto 112 years ago today later became Mary Pickford. She debuted in 1900 and starred in Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and Little Lord Fauntleroy. In 1919 she, Fairbanks, Chaplin, and Griffith formed United Artists. Cobain found dead at 27 in Seattle. Nirvana's Nevermind and In Utero albums propelled grunge globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Louise Smith
Toronto
Pickford
Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Douglas Fairbanks
Charlie Chaplin
D.W. Griffith
United Artists Corporation
Kurt Cobain
Nirvana
Seattle
Cobain
Rome
Date set for Alexis Owsjanikow heart surgery
Alexis Owsjanikow will undergo her third heart operation next Monday at Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton. The procedure, postponed last month due to a cold, may require transfer to Alberta Children’s Hospital in Calgary depending on her recovery. Tammy, her mother, keeps Alexis home to avoid infections as she prepares for a potentially monthlong hospital stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexis Owsjanikow
Alexis
Tammy
Stollery Children’s Hospital
Edmonton
Alberta Children's Hospital
Calgary
Human error prompted four days in remand for Fettig
Alberta Justice blamed human error after a Medicine Hat man, Simon Fettig, spent four days in remand following a warrant of committal for a $2,875 insurance ticket. Fettig says he was told by police of an August payment deadline and that a judge had extended it. Justice officials say they cannot confirm exact detention length or compensation while the matter is reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta Justice
Simon Fettig
Fettig
Mark Cooper
Cooper
CPIC
Canadian Police Information Centre
Saskatchewan lawmakers cut pay raise to 1 percent
Regina reports Saskatchewan legislators reversed earlier approval and will take a 1 percent raise this year to align with public-sector wage limits. Premier Lorne Calvert cited public reaction and bargaining effects as the reason for the about-face. The new salary is $69,246 yearly including tax-free expenses, down from $71,867 with a 4.5 percent raise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
Saskatchewan
Lorne Calvert
Alberta reports 946 major projects worth 107 billion
Alberta government officials say more than 100 billion dollars in major projects are planned or underway. A March 2005 inventory totals 946 projects valued at about 107 billion with about 84 percent in Cold Lake Calgary and Edmonton. Major sectors include oil sands infrastructure and institutions. The largest regional total is Cold Lake Wood Buffalo at 64 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Clint Dunford
Dunford
Cold Lake
Calgary
Edmonton
Wood Buffalo
Lethbridge Medicine Hat
Woman's body found floating down North Saskatchewan River
Edmonton police report a woman's body found on an ice floe in the North Saskatchewan River on Thursday. It marks a second suspicious female death in the area within a week, with homicide detectives and RCMP Project Kare investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
North Saskatchewan
50Th Street
Chris McLeod
Project Kare
RCMP
Prairies
McLeod
Spruce Grove
Man found guilty in stabbing death at house party
In Saskatoon a 20 year old man was found guilty of second degree murder in the stabbing death of 17 year old Matthew Winding during a violent house party dispute over a kiss. Jurors cried as evidence showed Cody Eagle punching Winding while Mike Beardy swung a bat and Eagle allegedly wielded a bloody knife saying I stabbed him. Eagle faces sentencing on April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
Cody Dwayne Eagle
Matthew Winding
Eagle
Mike Beardy
Vinding
Beardy
Jurors Told to Weigh Witness Credibility in Ellard Trial
Vancouver jurors were instructed to judge if witnesses testified reasonably and whether they had motives to benefit from their statements as Justice Bauman outlined inconsistencies between police reports and trial testimony in the Kelly Ellard case. Ellard, 22, faces second degree murder in Reena Virk's death on November 14, 1997.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Kelly Ellard
Robert Bauman
B.C. Supreme Court
Ellard
Reena Virk
Tibetan town rattled by 6.5 quake with no deaths
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck western Tibet near Tarong at 4 04am local time damaging about 50 houses but causing no deaths or injuries. Five rescue teams were dispatched as officials confirmed the event and noted proximity to the Nepal border on the Himalayas northern slope.
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Beijing
Tibet
Lhasa
Tarong
Tibet Seismological Bureau
Suo
China
Nepal
Himalayas
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