Corn Rivalry In Hat Shapes Local Harvest Hubs
In Medicine Hat corn fields grow amid city life as Curtis Huber marks 225 acres along the South Saskatchewan River. He touts two cobs per stalk and yields around 550 bushels per acre, while Taber farmers claim superiority based on heat unit and soil differences.
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Medicine Hat
Curtis Huber
South Saskatchewan
Canada
Huber
Eldorado Farms
Alberta
Washington
Reformers attack Copps flag program in Canada
The Reform party, based in Alberta, condemns Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps for spending 23 million on free flags and aims to sell flags at five dollars above cost in Calgary. The plan would direct the extra five dollars to the federal debt retirement fund.
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Calgary
Reform Party
Sheila Copps
Copps
Reform
Ron Wood
Wood
Federal Debt Retirement Fund
War ends in Chechnya as Lebed proposes five year path to independence
Russian Security Chief Alexander Lebed declared the Chechen war over in Khasavyurt saying rebels agreed to suspend their bid for independence. The accord hints at greater autonomy within Russia and sets a five year horizon to address Chechen status, with no clear details on its final outcome.
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Grozny
Russiaussia
Chechnya
Russia
Alexander Lebed
Lebed
Khasavyurt
Interfax
Aslan Maskhadov
Khasavyort
Dagestan
Chechen Mountains
Dog starts fire after chewing matches in Kelso
Five month old German shepherd Sadie ignites a bedroom blaze when she chews a box of matches. Matthew Gould, 22, wakes to smoke, calls firefighters, douses flames, and finds the dog with the chewed box. Fire Captain Mark Maker calls it a first and notes the dog played with matches.
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Kelso
Wash
Sadie
Mix
Matthew Gould
Gould
Mark Maker
Inquiry hints at accountability in Somalia document tampering case
Gen. Jean Boyle faces scrutiny as the Somalia scandal probes his role though no charges have been filed yet. Judge Gilles Letourneau stresses accountability as Col. Geoff Haswell admits punishment may come despite claimed ignorance of subordinates altering documents in the 1993 CBC release and the 1992-98 Somalia mission.
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Ottawalthough
Jean Boyle
Somalia
Gilles Letourneau
Boyle
Geoff Haswell
Haswell
Inquiry
Letourneau
Canadian Airborne Regiment
CBC Radio
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Taber
David Jensen
Reformers
Canadian Press
Lee Sony
Ann Landers
Associated Press
Kremlin
Moscow
HASV
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