Firefighters help Santa Fund collects gifts at Walmart
Dianne Smith donates to Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund as CFB Suffield firefighters collect toys in the Walmart parking lot. Fifty gifts were brought in, totaling 350 items valued at about $5,250, with $2,000 in cash donations. Hampers delivery is planned for December 17 by the fire department.
Packed house at Tuba Christmas near Fifth Avenue church
Above the audience sang along as the Medicine Hat Concert Band Society staged a holiday Tuba Christmas at Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church on Sunday afternoon. The group featured tuba euphonium and baritone players performing festive favorites.
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Fifth Avenue Memorial United Church
Medicine Hat
Christmas Fun at Crescent Heights High School
Left-Grade 12 student Tanea Janzen assists with face painting during the Students Against Drunk Driving Family Christmas event at Crescent Heights High School. Students organized games and holiday crafts to engage families on Sunday.
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Emma Bennett
Tanea Janzen
Crescent Heights High School
Photostore Visit Offers Photos and Custom Imprints
A Photostore visit invites customers to buy photos and order custom imprints on items like mousepads mugs and slants. The service promotes turning photos into tangible keepsakes through imprint options.
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Medicinehat Pews Con Photostore
Canada resists new Kyoto style targets after Durban
Kent voices critique of Kyoto Kent and says Canada will not join a second Kyoto commitment period or fund the Green Climate Fund until major emitters agree to legally binding targets and transparent inventories. Pembina Institute warns progress depends on ambition and credible action, while ICCS rejects the accord and India urges responsibility differences.
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Durban
Canada
Green Climate Fund
Vancouver
Pembina Institute
Matt Horne
International Climate Science Coalition
Tom Harris
India
Light-O-Rama display grows with Gillespie obsession
Gillespie expands his nightly Light-O-Rama show to about 80 000 lights and a 17 1/2 minute musical medley. He now programs 160 elements up from 32, spending hours per minute of music. Gladys and the family support the project as input and more lights are welcomed.
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Gillespie
Gladys
Light
Rama
Don Gillespie
Man's Christmas light display draws Hatters nightly crowds
Gillespie runs a neighborhood Christmas show drawing many visitors every night with Santa appearances and candy canes. He works on the display at odd hours, saying the goal is to make people smile and forget their troubles. Shows run 6 to 10 p.m weekdays and weekends with 17 minute performances at 6, 7:35, and 9:10 p.m.
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Gillespie
Santa Claus
Mexico
Metis, Riel, and Manitoba's Birth Under Confederation
Post Confederation tensions in western Canada saw Metis pushback as Ontario and U S settlers flood into Red River. Louis Riel set a provisional Metis government in 1870 provoking Ottawa to pass the Manitoba Act carving a province and promising land for Metis children, a land drawout that stretched 15 years amid hostilities.
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Hudson's Bay Co
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Manitoba
Riel
Ottawa
Northwest
Red River
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