New Colour Comics Section In Medicine Hat News
Today’s Medicine Hat News launches a new colour comics section with additions and removals. It features Lynn Johnston’s For Better or For Worse, B C Wizard of Id Corn ered and Hagar, Garfield continues, and new titles Real Life Adventures Red and Rover Non Sequitur Pickles join. Existing favorites Herman Hi and Lois Blondie return. 9 Chickweed Lane is dropped after a readers poll.
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Medicine Hat
Lynn Johnston
North America
B.C
Wizard of Id
Cornered
Hagar
Garfield
Red
Rover
Herman
Hi and
Lois
Blondie
Edmontons Not Criminally Responsible for Train Push
Edmont on man Gordon Merrick was found not criminally responsible for pushing a pregnant woman in front of a train in November. Forensic psychiatrist Vijay Singh testified Merrick acted under command of a god and suffered a major mental disorder. The 22 year old victim Lisa Albrecht sustained minor injuries as the train halted moments before contact. Merrick, 39, faced attempted murder charges.
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Edmonton
Gordon Merrick
Lisa Albrecht
Vijay Singh
Singh
Merrick
Wir and Wispo. A reflective quote from Mark Twain
The line urges pause and reflection when alignment with the crowd grows strong. It attributes the thought to Mark Twain and frames it as a caution about conformity.
Pension gain costs Hatter benefits
Jim Bakkeli 44, a wheelchair user and former grain elevator manager, loses AISH medical coverage when his federal CPP disability pension tops the $850 monthly threshold by 56 cents. He must pay for glasses and about $150 monthly prescriptions, plus $18 daily group-home costs. Local officials discuss raising the AISH cutoff in next budget and indexing programs to match pension increases.
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Medicine Hat
Jim Bakkeli
Bakkeli
Canada Pension Plan
AISH
Bonnie Macdonald
Macdonald
Human Resources and Employment
Clint Dunford
Rob Renner
Renner
Northamptonshire becomes first county to regain foot-and-mouth free status
Northamptonshire is the first British county cleared of infected-area status as authorities lift restrictions after the foot-and-mouth outbreak. Officials lifted infected-area rules around a Leicestershire farm and extended general controls remain on about 1,000 farms in the two counties and nearby counties including Oxfordshire Buckinghamshire and parts of North Yorkshire.
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British County
Wootton
England
Britain
Northamptonshire
Tom Griffiths
Paul Turney
London
Leicestershire
David King
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
North Yorkshire
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Protests clash with police as Summit opens in Quebec City
Riot police and demonstrators fought as tear gas and water cannons were used to disperse crowds near the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City. Hundreds faced off around the security fence for leaders from 34 countries. Dozens of arrests and injuries reported, while Prime Minister Chretien condemned a small extremist group.
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Quebec
Quebec City
U.S
George W. Bush
Jean Chretien
Robert Poeti
Lotto luck strikes again in Toronto family
Angel and Mercedes Rojas of Toronto won 1 million dollars from Lotto 6/49 bringing their total wins to two jackpots in three years. They first won 5 million as part of a separate Lotto 6/49 draw. Odds of a single jackpot are about 14 million to one, while two jackpots are in the billions.
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Angel
Mercedes Rojas
Quebec
Canada
Rojas
Don Pister
Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp
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