Safeway donar boosts Medicine Hat food bank with excess groceries
Food bank receives 563 loaves of bread 268 yogurt cups 25 hams 21 four litre milk jugs and more from Safeway after a strike causes excess unsold food. Manager Vicki Thome says the donations will be repackaged and distributed to families by Friday benefiting individuals during a period of store shortages and empty displays.
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Peter
Medicine Hat Mall Safeway
Food Bank
Safeway
City Food Bank
Vicki Thome
Thome
Toby Oswald
Calgary
Oswald
Medicine Hat Mall
Hat Grocery
Weather update for tomorrow and tonight
Variable cloud cover with highs near 16 degrees and tonight's low around 2. Tomorrow's high noted as 15 with no precipitation. Details appear on weather map page A2.
Filipino examiner cites fall as cause of geologist’s death
Manila reports that Dr. Albert Reyes says the body shows injuries from a fall but cannot confirm it is Michael de Guzman, Bre-X chief geologist, until dental or fingerprints match. Indonesian authorities had claimed de Guzman fell from a helicopter en route to Busang mine in Borneo.
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Manila
Philippines
Indonesia
Albert Reyes
National Bureau of Investigation
Michael de Guzman
Calgary
Bre-X
Reyes
de Guzman
Busang
Borneo
Klein plans tax vote and health reform in Alberta throne speech
Premier Ralph Klein proposed voting on future personal and corporate tax hikes and urged a health framework agreement with doctors. Opposition figures Clarke and Driscoll questioned tax reform viability and savings incentives while noting part time work concerns. The throne speech also previews growth money for education and distance learning and re offering community lottery boards to direct funds.
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Britton Clarke
Ralph Klein
Clarke
Liberals
Jim Driscoll
Driscoll
Alberta
Klein
Hinchliffe suspended at CKUA amid funding and leadership fallout
Gail Hinchliffe, head of Alberta's CKUA, is suspended as the public radio station seeks a budget plan and fresh leadership. The 70 year old executive faced criticism over salary and tactics after the station went off air to address deficits. CBC reported a $162,000 yearly pay and a $2.8 million 1996 budget. Loyal listeners sent pledges and letters to back CKUA’s return.
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Alberta
Public Radio
CKUA
Gail Hinchliffe
Daphne Bain
Ckua Radio Foundation Board of Directors
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Hinchliffe
CBC Television
Calgary
Bain
Pants vs Dresses Spark Induction Dilemma at Ambridge High
Ambridge Area High School faced a dress code clash at a National Honor Society ceremony when nine girls were sent home for wearing pantsuits. Principal Dave Parry insisted on dresses for the March 25 inductees, sparking debate as Amy Stolar and Jamie Hurwar defended modern attire.
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Ambridge
Dave Parry
Ambridge Area High School
Amy Stolar
Jamie Hurwar
Amy
Jamie
Homolka role in slayings questioned in CBC documentary
The Fifth Estate report questions Karla Homolka’s claimed victim status in the Tammy slaying and notes videotaped police interviews and coroner findings that suggest she aided in Tammy’s death. It cites evidence contradicting her plea agreement and states she could seek full parole in July.
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Toronto
Karla Homolka
Paul Bernardo
CBC
Homolka
Kristen French
Leslie Mahaffy
Tammy
Bernardo
Mahaffy
French
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