Medicine Hat tops North America in water use per person
Medicine Hat’s assistant city engineer Siew Mak argues residents use about 1,000 litres (220 gallons) per person daily, based on the city’s yearly production divided by population. Water and sewer superintendent Herb Arndt backs the claim, noting Medicine Hat leads Canadian cities and even tops some U.S. cities in per capita consumption.
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Wilma Sellers
Medicine Hat
Siew Mak
North America
Mak
Herb Arndt
Canada
Salina
Kansas
U.S
Weather Forecast Sunday Cloudy with Light Chance of Rain
The forecast calls for cloudy conditions Sunday with a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Expect a high near 19 and a low around 8 with map on page B5.
Palace attacks amid Beirut Green Line clashes
In Beirut two rockets hit President Amin Gemayel's palace as fighting along the Green Line intensified. Nine people died and 41 were wounded in the area, while French hostages' wives reported letters from Marce Fontaine and Marcel Carton claiming their husbands are in good health.
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Beirut
Amin Gemayel
Paris
Eliane Fontaine
Rei Night
Marcel Fontaine
Fontaine
Marcel Carton
Jean-Paul Kauffmann
Inanda riot toll rises as armored units patrol town
South African security forces moved through Inanda as Durban clashes killed at least 54 people in four days. Police arrested Rev Allan Boesak and 18 others amid funeral procession protests in Guguletu. Looting and arson continued. Umlazi's residents reported many injuries and shortages of food backing the turmoil.
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Inanda
South Africa
Ap-Reuter
Durban
Allan Boesak
Cape Town
Guguletu
Boesak
World Alliance of Reformed Churches
Umlazi
KwaMashu
MP uncovering snitch tale sparks Ottawa probe
An unnamed man paid to aid a federal price fixing inquiry in Western Canada says his cover is blown and seeks 25 000 to change identity. RCMP and the Competition Bureau debate threats while Bob faces possible referral to Justice Department for prosecution.
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Ottawa
Canada
Bob
Liberal
John Nunziata
Parliament Hill
Aeice
Nunziata
Ian Nielsen-Jones
RCMP
Nielsen-Jones
Bureau of Competition Policy
Justice Department For Prosecution
Bureau
Involv
Nielsen- Jones
BC farms face drought as grape crops thrive and livestock suffer
A record hot dry July boosts the BC grape crop with high quality expected for the 85 vintage, while hay crops fail in the north and central regions. Livestock producers may reduce herds by 20 to 50 percent, some could go out of business, due to widespread hay shortages and drought.
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Brenda Dalglish
Vancouver
British Columbia
Richard Stewart
The
Association of
B.C. Grape Growers
Stewart
Okanagan Valley
South Central
Lorne Leach
B.C. Cattleman’s Association
Kamloops
Leach
Canadian Cattleman’s Association
Saskatchewan
Towsley
Fraser Valley
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Teres
Peter Mehrer
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B.C
Okanagan
John Tomson
Thomson
Ralph Towsley
B.C. Vegetable Marketing Commission
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