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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 03, 2006
Page
1
AP Photo shows residents frolicking in Clarens South Africa as Americans endure a heat wave. The region battles one of its harshest winters with at least four deaths reported as heavy snow rain and rockfalls close interior mountain roads and a border post with Lesotho according to local reports.
An 17-year-old girl once praised by a Manitoba judge for reform now faces assaulting a police officer charges. She awaits bail decision after her lawyer's appeal, while a judge delayed ruling pending more information. The episode followed a court ceremony where she received flowers, a card, and movie passes.
The Tools for School campaign runs August 1 through 20 at Staples Medicine Hat Mall Boylan Drugs and the United Way office. Donors may drop backpacks pencils paper crayons duotangs calculators and non toxic highlighters. Donations are distributed via United Way to schools and classrooms in need. For details call 526 5544.
A fountain activation event at Leinweber Park Pond is scheduled for August 9 from 7 to 7 30 pm. Mayor Garth Vallely and John Christie, winner of the Make it Real Scholarship, will conduct the ceremony. The Yellow Pages Group funded the fountain to aerate Leinweber Park Pond behind Callins Crescent SE.
A Calgary judge ruled Truehope Nutritional Support not guilty of selling Empowerplus pills to bipolar patients without federal approval. The court found that removing the pills could have posed a health risk, noting relapse of symptoms when treatment stopped. Health Canada had previously demanded proof of safety and effectiveness.
Ross Rebagliati leaves a Vancouver press conference after announcing legal action against CTV and Whistler producers for alleged misappropriation and defamation of his character. The Olympic snowboarder spoke at the event on Wednesday detailing his grievances and intended remedies.
The Canadian Press report from Kamloops notes that B C welfare rates may rise in some categories next year while current-year rates are expected to stay the same. Income Assistance Minister Claude Richmond considers a ministry budget increase for 2007 amid a public clash between NDP and Liberals over welfare levels and child poverty.
Montreal. A prisoner escaped from a van taking inmates from the Riviere des Prairies detention centre to the Montreal courthouse after using his feet to break a window. Other convicts remained inside. only Sylvain Hamel, 35, fled while facing armed robbery charges scheduled Wednesday afternoon.
Decima Research released to The Canadian Press shows national polling near tie with Conservatives at 32 percent, Liberals 31 percent, and New Democrats 16 percent. Ontario support favors Liberals 42 percent to 33 for the Conservatives, and Quebec support tilts to the Liberals for the first time since last winter's campaign.
A roadside bomb in Kandahar province killed one NATO soldier and injured another before dawn. The two were evacuated to a NATO base in Kandahar where one was pronounced dead, with no further details released.
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko named his former foe Viktor Yanukovych as prime minister on Thursday in a bid to unite the country after four months of political uncertainty from a hung election. He announced two hours after the constitutional deadline passed, noting Yanukovych’s memorandum on national unity preserves the president's policies.
UN diplomats said a Security Council resolution to stop fighting in Lebanon could take until next week as the United States and France seek to bridge wide gaps. Disagreements linger over dispatching peacekeepers to disarm Hezbollah versus imposing a ceasefire. The UN postponed a meeting of potential peacekeeper states for a second time, awaiting a formal resolution.
Bombs exploded on a soccer field in Baghdad killing 11 young players and spectators aged 15 to 25. At least 42 others died elsewhere in sectarian violence. two Americans among the dead. Police said the blasts occurred in the Amil district as Iraqis were to assume security duties.
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