Dramatic rescue on ledge tests helicopter skills
A 16 year old girl hiking near Cadomin Caves south of Hinton was isolated on a ridge after a rock hit her ankle. Helicopter pilot Brian Halbert landed on the narrow ledge with single rail as trees were cut to clear space and rescue teams aided the effort.
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Hinton
Cadomin Caves
Hinton Rcmp Const. Garth Anholt
RCMP
Brian Halbert
Halbert
Ken Brands
Brands
Gas bill threat to Medicine Hat greenhouse jobs
Art Van Dam of River View Greenhouse warns a 54 percent rise in natural gas costs could force layoffs and three month shutdowns. Other greenhouses fear reduced activity and higher prices, while officials note residents would still pay lower rates than elsewhere in the province.
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Medicine Hat
Art van Dam
River View
van Dam
Albert Cramer
Rolling Acres Greenhouses
Cramer
Ken Sauer
Utility Services Committee
Alberta
North America
U.S
Lyle Aleman
Red Hat Co-op
Hat
Redcliff
Aleman
Len Coad
Canadian Energy Research Institute
Bob Palmer
Dave McCord
Garlic braid breaks world record in Manitoba market bid
Rory Timmers stacks his barn with garlic to surpass the Guinness record with a 213 metre braid. He aims to sell the garland at a Sunday market and donate 18 dollars per metre to the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada Manitoba branch.
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Rory
Timmers
England
Multiple Sclerosign Society of Canada
Manitoba
Russian rescue effort shifts to piloted capsule for Kursk
Russian Navy prepares a piloted escape capsule to reach the Kursk submarine 108 meters below the Barents Sea as oxygen dwindles for 116 crew. Earlier unmanned capsules failed to dock amid storms and currents, officials said, while NATO and allied talks continued and survivors tapped SOS signals.
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Murmansk
Russia
Arctic
Barents Sea
Kursk
Navy
Star-Tass
Adm
Vladimir Kuroyedov
Moscow
Ttar-Tass
Severomorsk
Brussels
NATO
RTR
Farmers push Ottawa to pay to take land out of production
NFU presses for a multinational set aside plan to reduce grain stocks and lift prices. Fred Tait argues $40 an acre per year costs less than the farm income crisis and crop insurance would still be needed. Don Dewar says Canada should join actions now as Saskatchewan groups work on viable proposals.
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Winnipeg
Estern
Ottawa
Fred Tait
National Farmers Union
European Union
Tait
United States
Europe
U.S
Don Dewar
Manitoba
Keystone Agriculture
Canada
Saskatchewan
Strategist quits Alliance amid Atlantic Canada controversy
John Mykytyshyn, an Ontario Conservative insider, resigns from the Canadian Alliance national council after calling Atlantic Canadians lazy and demanding government charity. Stockwell Day defends the party while protesters target Day at a Toronto pub, accusing him of anti gay and anti choice views.
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Toronto
Canadian Alliance Party
National Council
Ontario
John Mykytyshyn
Alliance
Ken Kalopsis
Canadian Alliance
Stockwell
Mykytyshyn
Atlantic Canada
Day
Stockwell Day
Andrea Calver
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Allan Rock
Rock
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
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Margaret Thatcher
Andy ' Warhol
Wuar
Ann Landers
Aee
Penenenes Living
Neve
City News
Reuters
NFU
Canadian Press
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