Canada’s new gun law stirs fear among owners and clubs
Alf Baldwin a Medicine Hat gun club president and Wes Krause warn the Ottawa act passed Dec 5 1997 seeks gun registration by 2003 and licensing from mid 1998 a shift seen as threatening private property and raising costs to register and insure collections while some owners fear heirloom rifles and pistols may be destroyed rather than passed on.
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Justice Itawa
Hat
Alf Baldwin
Medicine Hat Rifle and Revolver Club
Baldwin
Ottawa
Canada
Wes Krause
Randy Youngman
Krause
Peter Mah
The
Medicine Hat
Grub
New Canadian Gun Legislation Details
The act requires a firearms possession certificate and sets 1998 as the start for registration. Owners have five years to register. From January 1 any gun crime carries at least four years in prison. A June poll of 1,500 Canadians shows 64 percent support the law.
Line dancing to labor in Windsor Park Inn
A woman in her ninth month entered the Windsor Park Inn Stardust Saloon for line dancing and went into labor. An ambulance transported her to hospital where she delivered a healthy baby. Winnipeg officials noted the incident as unusual and advised caution in late pregnancy.
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Winnipeg
Windsor Park Inn
Ron Sneath
Bryan Temoshawsky
Sneath
Russian commandos storm Chechen standoff
Russian special forces backed by helicopters and artillery attacked a Chechen village at 9 a.m. to end a six day hostage standoff. One Russian officer was killed as smoke rose over the burning village hours after the strike. Star Tass said troops infiltrated the village. authorities cited hostage safety and rebel killings as prompting the action.
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Star- Tass
Boris Yeltsin
Security Ministry
Yeltsin
Sergei Medvedev
Rancher Hargrave 43 Dies in Freak Grain Bin Accident
RCMP say Hargrave Harry EK Hargrave 43 was trapped when grain bin debris engulfed him while loading barley near Walsh east of Medicine Hat. Two workers tried to free him. he died about 9 05 a m. He leaves a wife and two children and was active in local cattle groups.
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Harry EK
Hargrave
Walsh
Medicine Hat
RCMP
Dave Foster
Nairn Howe
Alicia
James
Bert
Howe
Irvine High School
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Alberta Cattle Commission
Walsh Cattle Marketing Association
First Christian TV Channel Debuts in Lethbridge
CJIL Jesus is Lord begins on air in Lethbridge amid weather and transmitter delays. Ministers from Victory Christian Fellowship celebrate The Miracle Network launch as 90 hours weekly of local, Canadian and American programming roll out.
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Alberta
Victory Christian Fellowship
Miracle Network
Victory
Dick Dewert
Jesus Is
Lord
Dewert
Allan Hunsperger
Lethbridge
CJIL
All-religion channel launches with multi program format
All religion channel to offer church services drama music and open line shows plus child and youth programs. Project cost 1.8 million to launch and 600 thousand dollars yearly to operate. Non profit channel will run without commercials.
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