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Partly cloudy skies with a high near 14 and a low around 4. Another period shows mostly cloudy conditions with a 12 high and 0 low. A final line notes a high near 10 with partial cloud cover.
12 Apr 2005
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 2005
Page
1
Partly cloudy skies with a high near 14 and a low around 4. Another period shows mostly cloudy conditions with a 12 high and 0 low. A final line notes a high near 10 with partial cloud cover.
April 12 report recalls the Fourth Crusade occupying and plundering Constantinople. A seven year old boy in Medicine Hat dies after poison weed ingestion, as his four year old sibling was left at home. Ontario grants women voting rights. Bill Haley and the Comets release Rock Around the Clock, first rock n roll hit to top a chart after Blackboard Jungle.
Summary of figures from music and politics include Bill Haley who helped popularize rock and roll and died in 1981 at 55, Boxcar Willie Lewil Martin who died at 67 in Branson after a large concert career, and references to Canada adopting O Canada in 1980. The passage also recalls East Germany’s 1985 apology gesture and Calgary’s Southern Alberta Opera Association beginnings.
The Saamis Medicine Hat Tepee Association will relinquish its lease at the tepee site. President Anita Neefs says the land will return to the city for maintenance and the association will focus on growing membership and fundraising. Trailers will be moved off site and utility bills will no longer be their responsibility. The group, founded in 1989, aimed to develop the site into an Aboriginal tourism venue.
Grasslands Naturalists announce a spring to summer Alberta itinerary visiting Murray Lake Police Point Park and Bindloss. Events include birding on April 16 owling on April 23 warbler walk on May 12 wild flower walk on May 25 and a June 4 species inventory followed by a July 9 to 10 stay at a century old Bindloss log cabin and a Grassland to Rockland tour from May 18 to June 6 covering Brooks Dinosaur Park Writing-on-Stone Park Waterton Park and Crowsnest Pass.
West Canadian Press reports Prince George BC Premier Gordon Campbell announced a five year 200 million dollar program to widen Highway 97 to four lanes between Prince George and Cache Creek. The project aims to improve safety and efficiency for communities in the province's heart.
A Calgary man faces 18 charges after a road rage incident left a plainclothes police officer punched and attacked at a busy intersection. Suspect allegedly tailgated a taxicab, confronted the driver, and had a knife pulled on the officer. Charges include robbery, weapon offenses, assaulting an officer, impaired driving, and resisting arrest.
Edmonton guards union head Dan MacLennan says overcrowding leads to double bunking and increased risks of sexual assaults. The Remand Centre, built for 300, now houses about 650 inmates, prompting calls for individual cells. A man publicly recounts being beaten and sexually assaulted by his cellmate, with another incident involving a second inmate, under a publication ban.
Deputy Conservative leader Peter MacKay says Gomery inquiry fury and poll gains create a real chance of a snap election. Polls show Conservatives at 36.2 percent nationally, Liberals at 25, with Harper remaining silent on timing. Alberta wildlife officers trap a coyote in Edmonton campus garage and release it unharmed outside city limits.
ITV reports 12.1 million viewers watched Ken Barlow and Deirdre Rachid wed on Coronation Street, peaking at 12.9 million. Royal wedding average audience was 9.7 million across ITV1 Sky News and BBC, with cameras covering the Windsor blessing at St George’s Chapel.
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