Hat's levee welcomes 1997 New Year's gathering in Medicine Hat
Ina Leahy and 602 Hatters attended the lieutenant governorf s levee in Medicine Hat marking the first time the event was held south of Edmonton since 1905. Lt Gov Bud Olson and wife Marion greeted guests along with police and military officials as the crowd enjoyed snacks and music from the College Academy String Quartet.
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Ina Leahy
Leahy
Bud Olson
Marion
Edmonton
Jim Horsman
Horsman
Olson
Gordon Towers
College Academy
Medicine Hat
Don Kylle
RCMP
Errol Cruickshank
Peter Kenward
CFB
Suffield
Cruickshank
Alberta
New France
Wilf Larson
RCAF
Sam Leung
Lachlan Bell
Ben Draper
Calgary
Peace River
Legion and union settle at Medicine Hat after lockout
The Royal Canadian Legion and its Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees union reach a tentative pact to end a lockout as nine workers continue picketing pending ratification. Wages drop 10 percent to 6.18 to 7.68 an hour. restoration tied to the Legion's 160000 dollar deficit. Police logged one Dec 19 noninjury incident amid tense lines.
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Royal Canadian Legion
Lucille Edwards
Hat
Hotel Employees Restaurant Employees Union
Edwards
Legion
Ron Duff
The
Rob Siegmund
Medicine Hat Police Service
Northwest Storm Toll Grows As Rivers Rise
Flood warnings covered dozens of rivers across Washington Oregon and California as storms since Christmas killed fourteen people in the region. Counties declared emergencies while communities from Guerneville to near San Francisco watched the Russian River swell to near flood stage carrying debris and hazardous debris including tires and propane tanks.
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Guerneville
Calif
California
Monterey
Dan Keirns
Washington
Oregon
U.S
San Francisco
Palestinians seek tough Hebron peace deal amid market shooting
An off duty Israeli soldier said he fired alone in Hebron market wounding five Palestinians. Police detain a second soldier over possible knowledge of the attack as U S envoy Dennis Ross pushes Netanyahu Arafat talks to pace a withdrawal timetable and Palestinian control.
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Hebron
West Bank AG
Pte
Noam Friedman
U.S
Dennis Ross
Ross
Benjamin Netanyahu
Yasser Arafat
West Bank
Israel
Netanyahu
Friedman
Hosni
Miracle wrong lane drive on QEW ends without crash
Ontario Provincial Police say an 18-year-old Port Colborne woman drove nearly 33 kilometres in the wrong lanes on the Queen Elizabeth Way near Vineland and Queenston Lewiston Bridge, prompting about a dozen calls before stopping. she faces drunk driving charges.
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Vineland, Ont
Canada
Ontario
Queen Elizabeth Way
Niagara Region
Queenston- Lewiston
U.S
Hamilton
Vineland
Port Colborne
Ont
New Year Deaths From Fireworks and Gunfire
A Houston man fatally shot his seven year old daughter during New Year gunfire while another man died at a party as revelers fired weapons at midnight. An Edmonton woman bit her mother in law’s finger during a New Year’s Eve fight. In Los Angeles a herbal drink caused illness at a rock concert leaving several hospitalized. Police discouraged gunfire to greet 1997.
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Edmonton
Inlaw
Houston
Ben Beall
Harris County Sheriff’s Department
Los Angeles
Weather snapshot with cold temperatures and flurries
Cloudy with flurries and temperatures dipping wildly. Tomorrow high near minus ten with a low around minus fifteen. Wednesday's forecast calls for a high of seven and a low of minus seven with no precipitation.
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AN McDougall
Duff
Sean Ranney
Eric Peterson
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Associated Press
Ann Landers
AG Canada
Bem
Tee World
Sgrdrad Sauaseane
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