10 Apr 2001
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 10, 2001
Page
1
The British Army cancelled May exercises at CFB Suffield over foot-and-mouth concerns. Alberta Energy Company holds shallow gas rights through the base and large parts of deep gas and petroleum rights. AEC may gain more time to advance work but timing remains uncertain.
Joe Handley, Northwest Territories economic development minister, pitched abundant hydroelectric potential at Meet the North in Edmonton. He said the resource could meet Alberta's growing demand, support oilsands projects, and possibly feed California, calling it untapped and significant.
Alberta launches a 3.2 million plan to pay for public patients at private MRI clinics until seven new provincial machines are running, with Medicine Hat expected by June. Privately paid scans may be refunded, and a doctor panel will determine eligibility. The move aims to cut wait times and boost public access.
Ron McAndrews of Industrial Backhoe pulls apart debris at the Ranchmen Motel on Monday. A gas explosion on March 14 made part of the building structurally unsafe necessitating demolition.
Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day alleged Justice Joel Siloff, who ordered seizure of BDC documents, was a former partner in Pouliot Mercure the firm connected to the Grand-Mere golf course deals. Day urged injunctions and a judicial council complaint while the BDC denied any document destruction.
Canadian Alliance Leader Stockwell Day faced ridicule and criticism after contradicting an earlier admission that he had met and hired a detective with a questionable past. Day blamed a reporter for not verifying whether he was at the meeting and said he assumed due diligence had been done. Opponents mocked Day over office competency as NDP Leader Alexa McDonough questioned accountability and truthfulness.
London AP reports Steven Thoburn, 36, convicted in Sunderland magistrates court of selling produce in pounds and ounces, the first British prosecution of its kind. He faces up to 2,350 Canadian dollars on each count and possible court costs, amid EU metric weight rules taking effect January 2000.
Six month old Camilo Sandoval Ewen died in New York after a liver transplant. His Canadian parents had raised more than 240000 for a live donor in the United States, sparking controversy as officials debated whether the operation could have been done in Canada. Donations continued despite questions about misdirection and donor relations.
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