21 Apr 2003
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 21, 2003
Page
1
A sledding incident in Southern Alberta resulted in the death of a person described as a sledder. Authorities investigated the accident scene to determine circumstances and whether safety measures were followed.
Barry Strandquist a 42 year old Crowsnest Pass logger and married father of two died after his snowmobile triggered an avalanche near Andy Good Peak. The slide swept him 450 metres down a mountainside as a group of six rode the ridge. Rescue crews found his body 60 metres from the machine. The incident marked the 28th avalanche death in BC and Alberta this season.
A Toronto nurse diagnosed as probable SARS rode the GO train on two occasions while symptomatic between Monday and Tuesday, prompting Southern Ontario health officials to tighten surveillance. Authorities urge isolation for patients recently from Toronto with fever and cough if SARS cannot be ruled out. A Vancouver hospital restricts visitors after a patient contracted SARS from a nurse, with 59 quarantined and wards closed to new admissions.
Canadian troops in a six week 35 million dollar exercise in eastern Alberta shy from frontline combat. 3rd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment members regret not joining the US and UK forces in Iraq while awaiting possible peacekeeping duties in Kabul. Canada says it will help postwar Iraq after consultations with allies and the UN.
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