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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 2001
Page
1
Premier Ralph Klein told The Canadian Press he will remain in the premier's chair until at least 2005 and possibly beyond. He noted the 100th anniversary year in 2005 and said he would decide then whether to seek another term. Klein has won three straight elections, most recently 74 of 83 seats.
In Edmonton a new owner paid 20000 dollars for a mansion originally listed at 575000. The wobbly house sits above a 60 metre drop and may require hillside shoring to avoid plunging into the river valley. Former owner Doreen Lutsky welcomed the sale.
An anonymous jibing line questions why ignorance would feel bliss and mocks those who cheer or ignore.
Canada plans to send elements of the secretive Joint Task Force Two to the Middle East to join allied special forces for operations in Afghanistan. Defence officials limited details on numbers and timing while noting the unit's expansion beyond domestic hostage rescues to broader unconventional warfare.
In Medicine Hat, local charities report reduced year end giving with Salvation Army, Food Bank, Lung Association and United Way noting shortfalls. Salvation Army campaigns at half their $160000 goal. United Way reaches 78 percent of a 370000 target. Food Bank relies on December January funds.
The United Way seeks $5 gifts from non-donors to reach $370,000 and needs volunteers for a gift wrap and coat check at Medicine Hat Mall. Salvation Army requests food and money donations and helpers for Adopt-a-Family and kettle shifts. call numbers 527-2472. Medicine Hat Food Bank seeks money and food items at 532 South Railway St. S.E. and 528-4313. Alberta Ling Association donations via 529-8935.
More than 300 BC forestry workers gathered at the B C legislature to demand a deal that protects jobs and rejects concessions to the United States. Pierre Pettigrew welcomed a WTO panel to review the 19.3 percent U S duty on Canadian softwood lumber while Canada pursues negotiations and legal options. The U S imposed provisional countervailing duties last August and added a 13 percent provisional anti dumping duty amid subsidies accusations tied to low stumpage fees. Canada exported about 10 billion dollars of softwood to the U S last year.
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