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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 23, 2007
Page
1
The forecast shows Friday and Saturday mostly sunny but markedly colder with highs around minus four to minus twelve degrees and lows from minus six to minus fourteen degrees. Partly cloudy conditions persist with continuing bitter cold in the region.
In Louisville a Jefferson County judge granted a new trial after a juror drank vodka during the deliberations. Judge Geoffrey Morris called the behavior extreme and disruptive, noting the foreman’s report that the juror became inebriated and unable to participate after the verdict in a case involving a garbage truck collision and a claim of injury.
A mangled vehicle rests on Branscombe beach near Sidmouth as dozens of people comb the pebbles. They explore contents spilled from the stricken vessel Napoli, grounded about a mile offshore on Monday.
Police responded to a residence on the 300 block of Tenth Street after a knife fight at about 3:30 am Monday left one man with multiple stab wounds and another with a knife in his possession. Both were taken to Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. The assailant faces assault with a weapon and breach charges. investigation continues.
A Saamis Tepee tip broke off due to steel weakness and high winds. Rust near the break was found on the remaining structure. City staff will shorten the intact tip to match the broken end and an overall engineering review is being planned.
U S Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins will visit Calgary Medicine Hat Alberta on Tuesday and Wednesday. He will address the Calgary Chamber of Commerce meet with University of Calgary students meet Premier Ed Stelmach and other officials in Edmonton and present at the University of Alberta. The United States is Alberta’s largest trading partner and accounts for about 72 billion dollars of exports in 2005 representing over 90 percent. Seventeen of Alberta’s top 20 export destinations are U S states and the United States provides about two thirds of Alberta’s foreign investment.
Alberta minister Luke Ouellette questions a party plan to give former premier Ralph Klein an undisclosed payout, arguing taxpayers deserve a fair amount. Cabinet officials note past premiers have received cash gifts, while party president Doug Graham defends the practice.
Victims urge jurors to deny Kuldip Singh Samra any parole. Eleven witnesses read impact statements at Osgoode Hall hearing. Former friend Amarjit Tatla, paralyzed by the shooting, questions Samra's remorse. In 1982 Samra entered an Osgoode Hall hearing with a .357 revolver and killed Bhupinder Singh Pannu and lawyer Oscar Fonseca.
Israel announced public security minister will visit Canada to deepen bilateral ties, as Prime Minister Olmert met Foreign Minister MacKay and praised Canada’s support during difficult periods. Olmert denounced Ahmadinejad’s threats and urged a united stand by the free world.
A Statistics Canada study shows Albertans work more hours than other Canadians with many in agriculture and petroleum. About 6.4 percent of workers log around 2,700 hours annually, while officials warn government approvals of major projects strain the labour force and call for limits on development.
Scientists at an Alpine conference in Alpbach warn glaciers in the Alps could vanish by 2050 if melting continues at current rates, with Tyral in western Austria seeing about 3 percent mass loss annually. They urge preventive measures to protect valleys from future floods as global glacier melt accelerates.
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