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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 2006
Page
1
Friday shows a mix of rain and snow showers with highs near 4 and lows around -1. Partly to mostly cloudy with additional snow showers, highs near 3 and lows near -4. Tuesday forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with light winds and a high near 4.
On January 11 1815 Sir John A Macdonald’s birth was registered in Glasgow, prompting birthdate disputes. The Karluk, part of Stefansson’s ships, was crushed in the Bering Sea with survivors rescued on September 7 1914. Michael Jackson’s Thriller became the all time best selling LP, later surpassing Saturday Night Fever with over 40 million copies sold. On January 11 1984 also occurred events not specified.
In 1992 Paul Simon became the first major international star to perform in post boycott South Africa. He drew an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 in Johannesburg, far below promoters’ 60,000 forecast, with under five percent of the crowd black due to threats from radical groups. Simon’s tour had ANC backing. Saskatchewan’s Hayley Wickenheiser made history in 2001 as the first Canadian woman on a professional men’s hockey team in Finland, leaving the club in November to be with family after coach doubts.
Medicine Hat Police Service stopped a vehicle near First Street 5.W early Tuesday. Officers found over 15 pounds of bagged marijuana with an estimated value of 76000 dollars. Two Calgary men were charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking.
Police seek a 2002 silver two door Monte Carlo stolen from the 600 block of 5th Street S.W. Alberta plate WNM 741 valued at 20000 dollars. They also search for a man in a bright red Grand Am who used a stolen credit card at a Shell on Dunmore Road. He is described as African American, about 25, five foot ten, 200 pounds with short black hair. Contact police with information.
Development permits total just over 23 million dollars in 2005 in Redcliff with about 10 million each for residential and commercial projects. A west side subdivision and a six unit Broadway Avenue apartment, driven by oilfield activity, dominate new housing. A United Farmers of Alberta Co-op bulk plant and card lock gained MPC approval in December and May brought the highest permit activity with around 5.1 million issued.
Environmental groups press for a federal public inquiry into chronic wasting disease affecting deer and elk in Canada. The disease, first detected a decade ago in Saskatchewan, has since reached Alberta farms and four wild deer last year. Activists sent letters to party leaders outlining proposed responses. Darrel Rowledge called the situation a crisis with growing silence.
Saskatchewan expands imaging capacity with a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging unit at Regina General Hospital. The investment totals about 4.6 million dollars, with 2.2 million from the 2004-05 provincial budget and the rest from federal health funding. The province projects a 32 percent boost in MRI exams to around 21 000 in 2005-06.
Tuesday's sunset sits within Saamis teepae as the high nears 0C. If temperatures rise above zero, the streak of daily highs above freezing reaches three weeks, with above freezing forecast through next Tuesday and possibly a full month.
Alberta's energy regulator rejected Red Deer's concerns that a new Advantage Oil and Gas sweet gas well near the city would hamper future development. The board ruled the city does not own the land and is not directly affected, allowing the project to proceed despite municipal opposition.
More than 700000 Samaritan's Purse shoe boxes addressed to poor children in central America came from Canada among over seven million distributed to 10+ countries in 2005. Andy Clutton, 16, led 70 Canadian youths to Belize to hand out gifts. Since 1993 Operation Christmas Child has shipped 38 million boxes to 125 countries. In Pikangikum, northern Ontario, three youths died by their own actions early 2006, underscoring the need for prevention amid a history of 24 self harm deaths in 2005 across Nishnawbe-Aski communities.
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