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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 2006
Page
1
In Hohhot Inner Mongolia a woman named Li tried to give her dog a driving lesson. She operated the pedals while the dog watched from the steering wheel and they crashed into an oncoming car with no injuries though both vehicles sustained minor damage.
Freestyle motocross star Travis Pastrana of Annapolis Maryland performs a backflip in front of a David Letterman poster on 53rd Street New York as he preps for an appearance on Late Show With David Letterman.
Brooks RCMP seek a lone male who robbed the Cassils Road Brooks Shell Select at 1 a.m. Brandishing a small knife, he forced a female clerk to the cash register and fled on a bicycle with cash and cigarettes. Suspect described as Caucasian, dark hair, 5'6". Call 403-362-5548 or Crime Stoppers.
Brooks RCMP seek suspects after rocks and beer bottles were thrown at a Greenbrook Mobile Village residence about 10 30 p m on Aug 23. Several windows were broken before the perpetrators fled in a truck. Police ask for tips from the public via 403 362 5548 or Crime Stoppers at 1 800 222 TIPS 8477.
A westbound minivan collided with a semi trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway about 20 kilometres west of Suffield at 7:20 p.m. on August 26. Three people were taken to hospital. One van occupant had a collapsed lung. the semi driver had minor injuries.
Lt Callan Hope of the 1st Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry delivered 22500 US dollars to Fisher House near Landstuhl's military hospital. Since January injured Afghan soldiers were evacuated there and their families joined visits funded by about 20000 from 1st Battalion and 2500 from a veterans association. Brig Gen Larry Gollner said the gift honors care provided to relatives.
A Lebanese boy in the southern Beirut suburbs holds a Nasrallah image given by adults as U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan visits the area. The district has endured 34 days of Israeli attacks in the Israel Hezbollah conflict.
Alberta’s red hot economy drives record demand for skilled workers with over 53,000 apprentices, up 130 percent since 1995. Provincial programs like the Registered Apprenticeship Program boost training, starting with five students in 1991 and now serving more than 1,300 participants.
A Greyhound bus traveling from New York City to Montreal crashed through a guard rail in Westport, landed upside down in an embankment, and reportedly killed five people while trapping others. Police said five deaths were unconfirmed by late Monday, with at least 20 passengers receiving medical care. The back of the bus was crushed and a rear wheel bent inward. Ingrid Mattson, newly elected president of the Islamic Society of North America, noted her community’s democratic capability during her remarks from Chicago ahead of the Rosemont convention.
The University of Alberta study shows dialysis patients in Alberta have nearly four times higher chances of receiving a deceased donor kidney than in Ontario over five years. Saskatchewan Atlantic provinces Quebec also had shorter waits, while BC and Manitoba had similar or longer waits. Dr. Marcello Tonelli notes Ontario patients face 1 to 3 extra years.
Google will sell EBay advertising outside the United States and introduce click to call technology to connect buyers with EBay merchants and Google advertisers. Meg Whitman and Eric Schmidt comment on potential long term impact and revenue prospects, with terms not disclosed.
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