Hatters endure record snow in Medicine Hat
Loa and Delores Beatch stay home as Medicine Hat endures a record 14 centimetres in 24 hours. Leonard and his wife shovel out and Delores takes another unpaid day off. Environment Canada cites the snowfall while city officials estimate about 40 000 dollars in snow removal costs.
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Delores Beatch
Leonard
Rattlesnake Dam
Medicine Hat
Delores
Paul Petropoulos
Environment Canada
Lethbridge
Bill Tuttle
Tuttle
Hat sets January snow and precipitation records
Medicine Hat recorded about 14 centimetres of snowfall which melted to 10.8 millimetres of precipitation, a January 3 record. The previous precipitation record was 4.1 millimetres in 1901. The town’s January snowfall high remains 20.6 millimetres set on January 12, 1960.
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Medicine Hat
Confusion Over Ottawa Gun Law Delays Continues
Ottawa faces delays in implementing new federal gun control laws as licensing and registration provisions are stalled amid political debate. Edmonton police report confusion as penalties for crimes with firearms take effect January 1998 while registration is pushed to 2002.
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Ottawa
Edmonton
Morris Sawchuk
Sawchuk
Driving with dad ends in arrest after involving 12 year old
In Hemet California police arrested 33 year old Donald Stevens after he chose to drive home while intoxicated and used his 12 year old son as the designated driver. Stevens faced charges of public intoxication allowing an unlicensed juvenile to drive and possession of a controlled substance. He was held on 5000 dollar bail as officers pursued the pickup for several blocks at low speeds. The son followed directions to keep moving until reaching the family home driveway.
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Hemet
Calif
Donald Stevens
Stevens
Riverside County
Abolish income testing for Alberta seniors urged
Alberta seniors groups demand scrapping income tested programs saying they are too complex and unfair. Hazel Wilson of the Alberta Council on Aging cites misapplied premiums and retroactive bills for nine months, with rebates only for some, as proof universal programs were simpler and cheaper to administer.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Hazel Wilson
Alberta Council On Aging
Ministry of Community Development
Wilson
Walter Coombs
The
Society For the
Gas buildup linked to oil tank explosion near Medicine Hat
Fire department officials say a 500 000 BTU heater may have ignited a flammable gas mix inside a Beau Canada Exploration crude storage tank eight kilometres northeast of Medicine Hat. No injuries, 130 barrels remained, tank valued at 22 000. Investigations continue.
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Medicine Hat
Elroy LaFond
Beau Canada
LaFond
New cancer fighter extends victims lives
CALGARY doctors report a new regimen using taxol with platinol shows advanced ovarian cancer patients live 50 percent longer with better quality of life. Dr Gavin Stuart of the Tom Baker Cancer Centre calls the improvement significant though not curative. Patients return to work and family life.
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Calgary
New England Journal of Medicine
Gavin Stuart
Tom Baker
Stuart
Ovarian cancer facts and a Canadian study outcome
The report notes 2200 new Canadian cases and 1350 deaths annually with 75 percent diagnosed at advanced stages. It cites a Calgary study using faxol/platinol showing median survival increase of about 50 percent, and a 13 month longer life for advanced ovarian cancer patients. Dr William McGuire leads the Emory University study.
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Canada
Stuart
Calgary
William McGuire
Emory University
Atlanta
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