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13 Jan 2005
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 2005
Page
1
A brief weather note reports mostly sunny skies with cold air and intervals of cloudiness. A chance of snow showers is possible, with no major accumulation expected.
The record cites Jonathan Swift's ordination in Ireland in 1695 and recalls 1849 Hudson's Bay Co. monopoly on Vancouver Island. It notes Stephen Foster's 1864 death in New York and his manuscript for Beautiful Dreamer found upon death, while mentioning his songs and ties to minstrel shows and black dialect.
A compact run of cultural milestones includes a scathing contemporary review of songs deemed skin deep, Stephen Foster's declined fortunes and drinking, the first Telimco radio ad in 1906, Capitol’s Beatles US debut in 1964, Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison in 1968, a 1994 AIDS awareness campaign by country stars, and the 2004 Oka standoff near Kanesatake with police and Grand Chief James Gabriel amid community strife.
The Catholic board and teachers may close schools at any time, but government intervention is deemed unlikely. A spokesman for Human Resources and Employment minister Mike Cardinal, Leanne Stangeland, said both sides maintain their strike or lockout mandates during negotiations, with no expected Cardinal involvement.
Lt Gen Rick Hillier, a Newfoundlander who led the NATO mission in Afghanistan, is set to be named Canada's chief of defence staff. An official notification will come from the Prime Minister's Office by week’s end, according to a senior defence official.
Cpl Gretel Quinonez joined several teams of Canadian military doctors nurses and technicians who opened four clinics on a Sri Lankan coast Wednesday to provide basic treatment to survivors of the December 26 tsunami. The White House said U S search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq ended without evidence of the banned weapons Bush cited to justify the war, prompting Democrats to demand an explanation.
Rescuers using shovels bare hands and small video cameras found the bodies of a woman and three children before dawn, raising the death toll to 10 in the seaside hamlet mudslide.
The Calgary Stampeders are now owned by a 12 member local group promising non intervention in day to day operations. Buyers include John Forzani Dave Sapunjis Ted Hellard and Doug Mitchell with Michael Feterik exiting.
A Canada Post worker told Wednesday a jersey found in a mailbox matches Sidney Crosby's world junior hockey championship sweater. The report notes the flap of the item concerns Crosby and suggests contact with hockey officials.
Canadian music icon Ian Tyson continues touring after decades with a series of concerts in Canada and the United States. He performs at Medicine Hat College Theatre on January 20 as part of his ongoing rancher spirit and musical career.
Judges will travel across Canada starting next month on a 13 city audition tour, visiting Whitehorse Sudbury Moncton and other cities traditionally skipped by Idol. The effort aims to find the country’s next singing sensation.
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