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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 02, 2007
Page
1
The forecast lists highs from Thursday to Saturday with frigid lows. Daytime highs hover around the single digits to near zero, while overnight lows dip to minus numbers. Expect light snow at times and mostly cloudy to partly cloudy skies.
Police pursued a 45 year old man who seized an idling ambulance at the downtown convention centre and sped through red lights at up to 100 km/h. The ambulance crashed in a snowy field near Edmonton Garrison where a police dog and helicopter helped arrest him. no one was hurt.
Brooks RCMP investigate four suspicious fires from the night of December 26 to the morning of December 27. Two dumpster fires near downtown, a vehicle fire, and a structural fire by Brooks Composite High School are being probed as possibly connected. Police seek public help to identify any suspects leaving the scenes.
Alberta Lt Gov Norman Kwong says Premier Ed Stelmach’s cabinet is heavily rural and less urban than expected after shrinking the cabinet from 24 to 12. Kwong, the Queen’s representative, notes his role isn’t political while recalling Stelmach’s ascent after Ralph Klein’s resignation last month.
Calgary resident Gary Carman refuses to clean spray painted swastikas and the word Jew from his front door, saying he won’t give vandals the satisfaction. He suspects adults rather than kids caused the message and noted the work involved seemed extensive after a visitor reported the scene.
Two year old Jaden Dyke welcomes newborn sister Laura May at the Health Sciences Centre in St John s Newfoundland. Laura May weighed 9 pounds 1 ounce and entered the world New Year s Day at 12 13 a m Newfoundland Standard Time. The baby is the province s first newborn of 2007 and possibly Canada s.
North Vancouver RCMP report two hikers stuck on Mount Seymour on the North Shore due to heavy snowfall and elevated avalanche risk. They are in cellular contact and seeking a safe descent route while awaiting guidance from authorities.
Kevin Needham says his 17 month old son Tyler Lee and daughter Holly Ann Needham are back at their Raleigh home after their birth mother Allison Lee Quets, 49, was arrested in Canada on kidnapping charges. The FBI reported the twins and Quets were found in Ottawa. Quets faces potential international parental kidnapping charges as a court hearing looms.
A US Japan team reports knocking out prion genes in a dozen cows to block mad cow disease. Lab tests show brain tissue from two engineered cows did not develop the disease when exposed to prions. Experts say this could add protection for consumers but FDA approval is needed for any food product. Barbara Glenn of the Biotechnology Industry Organization calls it a major step for consumer benefit. Surviving cows are being injected with BSE to verify immunity.
RCMP continue to probe a gate crash at Harrington Lake in Gatineau Park northeast of Ottawa. A woman smashed through the white fence hoping to meet Prime Minister Stephen Harper. she was in police custody with no charges yet.
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