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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 2006
Page
1
A clipped forecast shows Monday to Thursday with varying conditions. It lists highs from minus three to three, lows from minus four to minus eleven, noting mostly cloudy or cloudy skies and possible snow turning to rain. The UV index warning appears, describing sun radiation risk levels.
A chronology cites a Hudson's Bay Company monopoly on Vancouver Island in 1849, Telimco radio ad in 1906, limited spread of commercial radio until the 1920s, a 1983 storm with 141 mm rainfall causing massive damage in Grand Falls and Bishop's Falls, and a 1992 meningitis immunization push by Ontario and Quebec governments following a prior surge.
The report notes a severe disease outbreak hitting Ottawa regions, parts of Quebec, and Prince Edward Island. It marks the largest mass inoculation in Canadian history since the 1950s polio campaigns, with children and teens primarily targeted.
Medicine Hat Police seek information on a dark blue 1995 Plymouth Voyageur stolen from the Medicine Hat Mall parking lot near the food court between 1 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. on January 11. No suspects named. tip line available via Crime Stoppers.
Encana Corporation will pay a 249 402 penalty after pleading guilty to failing to notify Alberta Environment of chlorine level deficiencies at its Christina Lake facility. Between Feb 5 and Apr 22, 2003, chlorine levels in the holding tank fell below minimum on 38 days. The fine includes 10 000 and 200 000 to a community training program at Keyano College plus 39 402 to develop training material with the Alberta Water and Wastewater Operator Association and others.
Augustine Volcano about 75 miles southeast of Homer Alaska belches steam and ash on Thursday. Seismic rumblings ease to pre eruption levels a day after two brief explosions sent ash into Cook Inlet sky as scientists still expect another eruption.
The Government of Alberta announced a 2.5 million boost for Cypress View seniors housing expansion and a 260 thousand grant for high health needs supportive living units in Daysland. MLA Doug Griffiths and Minister Yvonne Fritz announced the grants as part of a November one time capital funding package that totals 140 million to fund about 4 200 units of supportive living affordable housing and seniors housing.
A seven-year-old from Dawson Creek, Northeastern British Columbia, is diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare disease affecting about two in a million. He was airlifted to BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. doctors say recovery is likely within a month.
North Vancouver officials warned up to 1,000 residents on a mountainside to be ready for evacuation due to persistent rains threatening a landslide. The alert covers 296 homes and follows a fatal slide in the area last year, with monitoring ongoing around the clock.
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