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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 09, 2007
Page
1
The bulletin notes Saturday 13 highs at 11 below zero and a 17 below zero low with mostly cloudy, less cold conditions. Monday 15 brings a high near 21 below zero and a low around 28 below zero. The temperatures indicate extreme cold with persistent cloud cover.
A Dublin man confronted a burglar in his home after finding him inside. The homeowner fired warning shots and ordered the intruder to shed his pants and shoes. The burglar fled barefoot and pantless, and two weeks later remained at large as police, with search dogs, could not locate him. The homeowner was not hurt.
Honda of Decatur salesman Dan Meyer swallows a sword in the showroom on January 3. A 49 year old with three years of practice, he handles blades up to 24 inches long for customers who buy new automobiles. Meyer is among 12 to 24 sword swallowers worldwide per the Sword Swallowers Association International.
Medicine Hat city council approved a 410 000 purchase from the 2007 Fleet Services Capital Budget. Funding comes from debenture borrowing. Items include a 4x4 tractor equipment trailer three quarter ton 4x4 two half ton 4x4 one ton with damp body and one skid steer.
Lawyers for two men charged with first degree murder in the Edmonton area slaying of a 13 year old girl argue for dismissal due to pretrial publicity from a co-defendant’s guilty plea. Justice Burrows is to hear the motions next Tuesday.
CP PHOTO shows Indian folk artists from Rajasthan rehearsing on the eve of the Bharatya Lok Kala Mahotsav in Ahmadabad. Over 400 artists from twelve states will perform during the three day festival starting Tuesday.
Liberal Leader Stephane Dion tells Halifax Chronicle Herald editorial board that environmental reforms will not harm business including oilpatch firms in Alberta. He asserts the Liberal platform serves centrists with a social conscience and argues there is no anti business stance.
Prince Albert Conservative MP Brian Fitzpatrick says he will retire from politics after his present term. The Nipawin lawyer, first elected in 2000, is in his third term and cites the need to give the community time to find a new candidate. He has not decided his post political plans.
Allison Quets, released on bail, returned to court after spending the weekend in Renfrew with friends. RCMP and city officers escorted her as she headed back to the United States following her Dec. 29 arrest on suspicion of kidnapping the 17 month old twins from their adoptive parents.
President Abdullahi Yusuf arrived in Mogadishu with his administration seeking to establish a functioning government after years of chaos since 1991. CBS News cited Pentagon sources reporting a U S strike against al Qaida operatives in East Africa linked to the 1998 Kenya Tanzania embassy bombings. He planned meetings with clan elders at the former presidential palace.
Natural gas like odor spread across much of Manhattan and parts of New Jersey prompting 911 calls and evacuations while residents listened to updates. The smell faded by early afternoon but officials worked to identify the source and reassure the public.
Canadian and U S experts gather in Toronto to discuss evidence based rules for hospital and long term care animal visitation to reduce pathogen spread. Recommendations may curb certain animals and require hand hygiene and health testing before visits.
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