Sunday High: Negative one degree and a cloudy Tuesday
The forecast notes a Sunday high around minus one degree and a Tuesday with mostly cloudy skies and a chance of showers.
18 Jan 2006
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 2006
Page
1
The forecast notes a Sunday high around minus one degree and a Tuesday with mostly cloudy skies and a chance of showers.
On January 18 1882 English author A A Milne was born. Canada introduced wartime income tax as a temporary measure and 30 percent of music on AM radio between 6 am and midnight must be Canadian. Prince Edward Island residents backed a bridge or tunnel plan by 59.4 percent.
Three fans died when pressed at the front during the opening minutes of an AC DC concert in Salt Lake City. Two 14-year-olds and a 19-year-old woman were crushed as fans surged the stage. The band paused briefly then continued after 15 minutes amid security and crowd pressure.
Medicine Hat Catholic Board of Education trustees agreed to offer full day Kindergarten starting in the 2006-2007 school year. Discussion noted parental support and provincial funding uncertainty with space limitations and a potential $150,000 cost if fully funded. Trustees emphasized funding impact but approved moving forward.
Medicine Hat News reports Brokeback Mountain, filmed in southern Alberta in 2004, won four Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture Drama. Alberta says about $7.5 million was spent in province, with 593 crew members from Alberta. In three years, 53 films have shot there.
Vermilion-Lloydminster MLA Lloyd Snelgrove will travel to Tempe Arizona January 20 to 23 for the fourth annual U S State Legislative Agriculture Chairs Summit. He aims to strengthen Alberta's ties with U S state legislators on agriculture issues and advance the province's agri food interests. The trip costs the provincial government about 1800 dollars.
People view the illuminated Football Globe in Trocadero square Paris near the Eiffel Tower as part of Germany state funded art projects for the 2006 Soccer World Cup. The display is one of 48 installations under the German federal government Art and Cultural Programme.
Investigators weigh whether the Carrot River RCMP corporal, a five-year veteran, was shot at home by design or chance. The off duty officer was wounded Monday evening and transported to hospital before transfer to Saskatoon. A male suspect remains in custody with no charges announced yet.
Canadian Press reports Peter C. Newman filed a regret statement a month after accusations of libelling Conrad Black in Here Be Dragons. Newman's lawyer Howard Winkler says the move is part of a deal leading Black to drop the multimillion-dollar lawsuit and seek a release for future publication.
Medicine Hat jailbirds host a Jail-N-Bail fundraiser at Medicine Hat Mall and Family Leisure Centre to raise about 6000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Eight local celebrities including Mayor Garth Vallely and business leaders take part from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Thursday with half the proceeds staying in Medicine Hat.
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