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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 25, 2005
Page
1
The Thursday forecast suggests sunny spells with slightly warmer daytime highs near 9 degrees. Overnight temperatures fall to minus 3, while the rest of the week remains cold and clear with similar temperature swings.
John Avison, born in Vancouver on April 25 1915, became CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra's first conductor in 1938. Ella Fitzgerald, born in Newport News Virginia in 1918, rose with Chick Webb, led the band after his death, then pursued a solo career from 1942, shaping seat singing and Gershwin Porter song interpretations.
The note recalls a death in June 1996 in the Los Angeles area. It marks 1940 Quebec women’s suffrage, 1945 San Francisco UN founding delegates, Canada’s veto stance, Elvis Presley’s 1956 chart debut with Heartbreak Hotel, 1979 Rock and Roll High School premiere, and 2004 BC Hospital Employees Union strike ending May 2 after 40,000 workers walked out for health care cuts.
Medicine Hat News reports a student loan program for locals aged 15 to 29 to pitch a business idea and receive up to 3000 in interest free start up funds for the summer. Coordinated by Entre-Corp, the 11th year has aided 250 students with training and workshops. Applications close June 30 with a loan repayment deadline October 15, 2005. Pick up applications at Entre-Corp.
The Associated Press reports former U S president Bill Clinton endorsed Tony Blair for a third term during a satellite link to a Labour rally in London. Clinton spoke from New York urging leadership to advance fair trade and poverty reduction as Blair and Gordon Brown outlined Labour plans.
Gordie Croteau of Sudbury Ontario became the first Canadian male world barefoot water skiers champion winning the men’s tricks at the 2005 world barefoot championships on the Olifants River near Pretoria South Africa. He added a silver in the overall standings as American Mike Salbers and Australian Cameron Smith faltered.
Brooks RCMP report a Friday around 8 p.m. theft in the Walmart shoe section. A woman left her Guess black leather purse with multicolored Gs within reach and it was scooped up. No suspect description provided.
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