Hat hopefuls ready for vote in federal riding race
Incumbent Reform MP Monte Solberg leads the field as the June 2 federal vote nears. New Democrat Jim Driscoll, Progressive Conservative candidate Gordon Musgrove, and Liberal Glenn Ennis outline campaign plans focusing on health care, taxes, and government downsizing. Musgrove pledges health care funding and gun control repeal while Driscoll emphasizes Medicare and education.
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Monte Solberg
Solberg
Medi
Glenn Ennis
Liberal Party
Ennis
Reform Party
Musgrove
Driscoll
Oil boom fuels Hat area drilling rush and growth
Local oil and gas activity surges with plans for about 30 gas wells this summer and $20 million in Hat area spending. Industry executives from Amber Energy and Nowsco Well Service expect a multi year upturn, with Rig availability tight and a wave of employment.
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Dave Panabaker
Panabaker
Dave Grove
Beau Canada
West Texas
Grove
John Christoffersen
Amber Energy Inc
Amber
Christoffersen
Lyn Dame
Nowsco Well Service Ltd
Dame
Frank Webber
Medicine Hat
Dikes Hold Amid Manitoba Flood Threats Near Emerson
Wind gusts up to 60 kmh and a 60 percent rain chance threaten towns along the Red River in southern Manitoba. Evacuations were ordered for about 17,000 valley residents and around 200 Winnipeg homes as water rose to within 24 centimetres of floors, while Brunkild and other defenses were strengthened.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Emerson
Canada- U.S
Red River Valley
Environment Canada
Brunkild
Red
Valley
Chretien uses 700 million for provinces as vote looms
Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced 700 million dollars in federal funds for health education and welfare next year, pushing provinces about 1.5 billion more than anticipated. He argued the election is timely to offer a real choice for Canada’s future while floods in Manitoba force special voting arrangements.
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Ottawarime
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Halifax
Store-owner repels armed teen robbers with tomato can
In London Ontario a 75-year-old Hyland Variety owner Liza Mouawad fended off two armed teens during a robbery by grabbing a large can of tomatoes from the counter and striking one assailant in the hand and face, forcing the pair to flee. Mouawad had been robbed six months earlier and vowed to protect herself.
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Ont
Liza
Mouawad
Hyland
Standoff Ends as Texas Group Smuggles Hostages to Jail
In Fort Davis Texas militants linked to the Republik of Texas swap two hostages for a jailed member after invading a neighbor's home and triggering a 12 hour standoff with police. Richard McLaren, calling from a trailer embassy in the Davis Mountains, says the group will not surrender and claims one hostage was released.
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Tex
Republic of Texas
Richard McLaren
San Antonio Express-News
Davis Mountains
Texas
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