Gas price rise prompts call for probe in Canada
NDP MP John Solomon urged federal action after reports that natural gas prices jumped up to 40 percent in five months. He demanded a Competition Bureau inquiry, saying energy as a life necessity leaves consumers and winter heating costs exposed while Medicine Hat’s municipal utility shields locals from market swings.
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Murder in Duchess prompts suspect in court today
A man in Duchess was arrested in connection with a farmhouse homicide that occurred around 1 a.m. Tuesday near the junction of Highway 36 and Highway 550. Brooks RCMP hold details, citing court appearance this morning and ongoing investigation with Calgary Major Crimes assisting. Neighbours report the victim’s kin were hard to locate.
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Early harvest shows promise in Alberta and Saskatchewan
Farmers report strong yields in winter wheat with 61 bushels per acre in one field and about 50 in another, despite hail. Canola, barley and spring crops fare well in parts, but prices concern growers as marketing costs loom. Hay and pastures benefit from favorable weather and good moisture.
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Mystery freighter bound for Canada with suspected migrants
Immigrant officials track a vessel believed to sail from Asia toward Canada on a zig zag course. Contact attempts delayed by night conditions and seas, with intercept unlikely until daylight. Vessel 60 nautical miles off Queen Charlotte Islands, unconfirmed human cargo aboard amid prior smuggling cases on the coast.
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Canada
Bottle note reaches its Belgian finder decades later
A Belgian sailor's 1957 note to a Canadian sweetheart, sent from an Atlantic bottle, traveled through time. Discovered on an Icelandic shore in 1998, the note named Pierre Latinis and his address, leading diplomats to locate him in Belgium. He recalls hoping the message would reach Canada and recounts reconnecting after many years.
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