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Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 2005
Page
1
Cartier Leaves St Malo For Canada In 20 Days
On April 20 French explorer Jacques Cartier departed St Malo on his first voyage to Canada and reached Newfoundland in twenty days. In Medicine Hat council skepticism arose over motorized ambulances as the Canadian Legion offered fundraising while the council noted hospital needs outweighed an ambulance. Parliament marked the date by passing a bill to establish the Canadian navy with a Department of Naval Service under the minister of marine and fisheries, a permanent force, naval reserve, volunteer reserve, and a naval college, receiving royal assent on May 4.
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Jacques Cartier
St-Malo
Canada
Newfoundland
Medicine Hat
The
Canadian Legion
Department of Naval Service
Minister of Marine and Fisheries
Naval College
Dolly Parton Early Single Puppy Love Released in 1959
The note recalls Dolly Partons first single Puppy Love released when she was thirteen. Also mentioned is Anik II, Canada's second communications satellite, launched in 1972. A Wembley tribute concert for Freddie Mercury drew seventy two thousand fans and featured Elton John and others. Madonna and Time Warner signed a large deal forming Maverick. Michael Jackson unveiled a wax statue in Paris.
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Dolly Parton
Puppy Love
Anik II
Canada
Wembley Stadium
London
Freddie Mercury
Madonna
Time-Warner
Maverick
Michael Jackson
Sony
Medicine Hat district to receive 147000 for school resources
Education Minister Gene Zwozdesky announced nearly 150000 will go to Medicine Hat's public school district from the province for textbooks and resources. The funds, part of 128 million for extra resources, will arrive by end of March and may be used this year or carried forward for future years.
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Medicine Hat
Gene Zwozdesky
Zwozdesky
Zvezdesky
Infant body found in Wetaskiwin yard homicide probe
The body of a baby wrapped in a blanket was found in a home yard in Wetaskiwin. Mounties consider the death a homicide with twelve RCMP on the case. They urge anyone with information to contact officers as Edmonton area concerns rise. Wetaskiwin lies 68 kilometres south of Edmonton.
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Wetaskiwin
RCMP
Edmonton
Alberta orders six percent auto insurance cut
Alberta government orders a six percent reduction in auto insurance rates after insurers failed to lower them voluntarily. The mandate follows protests over 30 to 40 percent increases and echoes earlier tensions in New Brunswick over similar issues.
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Edmonton
Alberta
New Brunswick
CPR upgrades in Saskatchewan expand Western Canada rail network
Medicine Hat News reports Canadian Pacific Railway will invest 160 million to extend track capacity from the Prairies to the Port of Vancouver, boosting Western Canada throughput by over 12 percent and adding more than 400 freight cars daily. Saskatchewan upgrades target Maple Creek Swift Current Antelope Aikins Seven Mile and Zola as part of broader capital plans. In potash, Agrium Mosaic and Potash Corp Saskatchewan announce multi million projects aided by tax relief and incentives to expand production capacity and revive idle capacity.
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Saskatchewan
Prairies
Vancouver
CPR
Canada
Maple Creek
Swift Current
Antelope
Aikins
Seven Mile
Zola
Agrium
Vanscoy
Mosaic
Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
Lanigan
Allan
NHL talks stall amid lockdown clash at union split
No progress reported from Tuesdays labour talks as the NHL and NHLPA plan more frequent meetings to end the seven month lockout with a session next week. Bruins owner Jeremy Jacobs allegedly triggered a heated exchange over costs and linkage while the union denied tying costs to 54 percent of revenues. The scene closed with tension over the equity of a linked system. Students leave Columbine High School ahead of the sixth anniversary of the 1999 shooting in Littleton, marking a somber reminder of the tragedy.
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National Hockey League
Sill
NHL
NHL Players’ Association
Boston Bruins
Jeremy Jacobs
Nhlpal
Union
Columbine High School
Littleton
Cola
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