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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 26, 2001
Page
1
Three Bloodvein residents survived a van crash when a vehicle fell through thin ice on Lake Winnipeg Sunday. RCMP divers recovered the bodies of Tommy Goosehead, 14, and Oliver McKay, 21, Monday. Two other survivors suffer frostbite and one remains in hospital.
In Calgary Premier Ralph Klein joined 250 volunteers to dish turkey and trimmings to over 1,500 people at the Mustard Seed Street Ministry. He recalled past volunteer work and spoke of a cabinet review ordered after a previous Edmonton shelter incident.
Medicine Hat Police Service cautions businesses about faxes from Nigeria seeking personal and financial data. The letters promise large sums of American money for details. Police urge ignoring the faxes and discarding them. Do not share social insurance numbers or bank details by phone or fax. Credited banks do not request information in this manner.
A brief quotation notes skepticism about allocating funds to study the poor, suggesting a misaligned use of resources. The remark frames a critique of social spending priorities and echoes debates on welfare and research funding.
Pilgrims faced checkpoints and damaged streets in Bethlehem as Yasser Arafat could not visit the Church of the Nativity. Latin Patriarch Michel Sabbah led mass while Beit Sahour held prayers, and villagers noted scarce turnout and ongoing tensions shaping the holiday observance.
Toronto authorities report 17 year old Ian Duffey died after reentering a burning townhouse to reach his 14 year old sister Alyshia. His mother Pauline Duffey and stepfather Rob Dupont survived with burn injuries. Investigators seek cause as apartments burned and victims treated.
Today in History notes that on this date in 1791 the Canada Act created Upper and Lower Canada with elected assemblies while the governor and crown appointed executive power. Also on this date in 1852 the Marco Polo was declared the fastest ship, 1893 Mao Zedong was born, and 1982 Time named a computer as Man of the Year.
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