Realistic joint police training at Canadian Forces Base Suffield
At CFB Suffield RCMP, military and municipal police train together in high risk scenarios using paint pellet guns to simulate gunfire. Officers wear protective gear but face potential welts from high velocity shots as realism is emphasized. Forty officers completed the two week course.
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CFB
Suffield
Canadian Forces Base
RCMP
Herb Hahn
Lethbridge
Hahn
Mike Meins
Peter Mah
Paul Gagne
Oliver Steindorff
Louis Robichaud
Meins
Canadian Forces Base Suffield hosts joint police training
RCMP, military and municipal police run April 7 18 training at CFB Suffield with 39 officers. Medicine Hat and Fort McLeod participants instruct on handcuffing unarmed combat and high risk car stops. Exercises stress quick decision making and observation with experts in arson, crime scene protection and statement analysis.
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Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
RCMP
Medicine Hat
Fire Department
Stacey Kesler
Tabor
High River
Robichaud
Ron Goulette
Camp Wainwright
Goulette
Oliver Steindorff
Shilo
Man
Germany
Canada
Steindorff
Paul Gagne
Fort McLeod
Gagne
Weather forecast: cloudy with chilly temps
The forecast shows mainly cloudy conditions today with a high near 17 and a low around 1 as Friday's high remains 17 and low 1. Precipitation is listed as 0.0 mm. See weather map Page A2.
Flood Threat Looms Across Central Alberta as Snow Pack Spikes
Central Alberta battles floods from the Vermilion Paddle and Lower Pembina basins as flood warnings spread. Homes basements and farms flood. Vegreville airstrip closed. 100 farms expected to feel impact with roads washed out. northern streams near Grande Prairie and Peace River may break banks within 48 hours. Officials cite snow pack 50 percent above normal.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Vermilion
Paddle
Pembina
Medicine Rivers
Grande Prairie
Peace River
Vermilion River
Vegreville
Ed Wieclaw
Minburn
Water Sciences Branch
IRA Bomb Threats Shut Major Roads and Rail Stations
The IRA triggered bomb alerts across northern England and the Midlands disrupting morning traffic and halting four main-line rail stations. Prime Minister Major linked the threats to efforts in Northern Ireland, while Labour Leader Blair condemned the actions as outrageous and tied them to a broader coded campaign affecting travel and events like the Grand National.
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England
Midlands
John Major
Irish Republican Army
Northern Ireland
Labor
Tony Blair
Albany dealer repels armed robber with weed trimmer
Oran McGlamry, 74, chased and struck a gunman with a humming weed trimmer after he demanded money. Jason Gordon, 17, was charged with armed robbery and related offenses after the incident at the car dealership. The assailant fled. Gordon sustained minor pant injuries.
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Albany, Ga
Oran
Jason Gordon
Gordon
Vick
Bre X The Movie to Hit Screens in 1998
Toronto producer Alliance Communications has secured film rights to a Brian Hutchinson book about Bre-X. Alfred A. Knopf Canada signed a separate book deal, hoping the movie boosts sales, similar to The English Patient after its Oscar success. Maclean's writer Jennifer Wells also has a book in progress with Penguin.
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Toronto
Brian Hutchinson
Alfred A. Knopf Canada
Random House
Canada
Knopf
Hutchinson
Anne McDermid
Goose Book
Michael Ondaatje
Maclean’s
Jennifer Wells
Penguin Publishing
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Central Alberta
Southam Newspapers
Malin
Ann Landers
Finance
All City News
Doonesbury
London
IRA
Canadian Press
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