Petition drives to oust Volker Stevin over snow clearance
Local trucker Don Ternes gathered over 1,700 signatures at four truck stops to urge Alberta Transportation Minister Lol Stelmach to meet him about Volker Stevin’s late October snow removal on the Trans-Canada Highway. He cites slow clearing, lack of equipment, and night work as issues, while Volker Stevin’s Hood cites visibility and weather as constraints.
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Volker Stevin
Lol Stelmach
Don Termes
Trans-Canada Highway
Redhll
Brooks
Bassano
Strathmore
Minister of Transportation
Jim
Ternes
S$pan
Terry Slood
Southeastern Alberta
Hood
Department of Transportation
Lin
Ministry of Transportation
New Alberta inmate calling system advances in 2004
The Alberta government moves to install a computerized inmate calling system in prisons and remand centres after a February 2000 bomb threat at Medicine Hat Arena spurred reform. The plan limits collect calls, charges a possible 1.85 dollar fee, and aims to curb harassment while still allowing essential contacts with lawyers and advocacy groups. Critics warn it could limit access to counsel and burden families.
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Tigers
Alberta Governent
Richard David Barker
Barker
Peter Tadman
Alberta Solicitor General
Medicine Hat Remand
Lie
Edmonton
Tadman
John Howard Society
Tom Engel
Ralph Klein
Prowler nabbed near Medicine Hat College residences
Medicine Hat police detained a 26 year old man after multiple prowling reports at the college near Primrose Drive. He faces trespass by night and probation breach charges to be laid next week. police note other incidents under investigation and urge students to stay in lit paths and report suspicious activity.
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Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat College
Primrose Drive
Mark Keller
Keller
Saskatchewan
Gord Larl
Earl
Cryptoquip Sample Puzzle Clue And History
A cryptoquote explains substitution where one letter stands for another. The sample shows A for three Ls and X for two Os with hints about word length and punctuation. It references yesterday’s line about the slick astronomer and a longfellow clue for AXD (AXYDLBAAXER).
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Ghm Byu Jozhyn
Alberta coprolite find crowns a paleontologist’s career
Alberta paleontologist Wendy Sloboda unveils a 64 cm long coprolite with muscle tissue remnants, the largest fossil dung discovery to date. Her career spans discoveries from Saskatchewan hadrosaur eggs to a 70 million year old bird-track region in Argentina, plus Mongolia expeditions and molds for museums worldwide.
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Wendy Sloboda
Sloboda
Saskatchewan
Warner
Alberta
Devil's Coulee
Onefour
Manyberries
Mberta
Karen Chin
Chin
Entina
Ton of Fun closes Medicine Hat location after years
Ton of Fun in Medicine Hat has closed after selling its building. A hand written note on the door announced the closure and a message on the answering machine thanked customers. Owner Chester Henry declined further comment. The chain began in 1996 and once had five franchises including Calgary and Lethbridge. The Calgary store no longer exists and Lethbridge was sold to Angela Labrash’s in laws who now run that location.
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Medicine Hat
Ton of Fun
Chester Henry
Tan of Fun
Lorien
Adventure Zone
Calgary
Henry
Lethbridge
Angela Labrash
Labrash
Drunk Robbers Pass Out During Video Store Robbery
In Edmonton around 2:30 am three men armed with a knife and a hammer attempted a robbery at Video Station. One fled, two stayed. one held a worker while the other passed out. Police forced entry, arrested both men, and took the drunk thief to hospital.
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Edmonton
Mike Woodman
Home Depot Plans Hat City Store Next to Wal-Mart
Home Depot will locate in Medicine Hat after city council approved the sale of eight acres in the Southlands subdivision for 1.7 million dollars. The store will feature about 80,000 square feet of floor space and an 18,000 square foot garden centre, positioned directly south of Wal-Mart.
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Home Depot
Medicine Hat Home
Southlands
Wal-Mart
City to buy natural gas assets from Berry Creek Resources
City council approves a $260,000 purchase for 31 BCF of natural gas assets in the Allee Buffalo area from Berry Creek Resources Inc. The deal is conditional on due diligence and a sale agreement satisfactory to the CAO and legal department, funded from the gas utility depletion reserve.
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Berry Creek Resources Inc
BCF
Allee Buffalo
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Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology
Drumheller
Nomadic Expeditions
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Slobode
Dinosaur Research Institute
Indianapolis
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Dinosaur Park
Ainem
Museum of Natural History
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