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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jan 24, 2006
Page
1
Partly cloudy and colder with highs around minus two to two degrees and nighttime lows near minus four. Snow showers possible as the day features a brief forecast and notes the CPR telegraph completion spanning from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
The article recalls Petrograd being renamed Leningrad after Lenin’s death. It notes Polish workers’ 1981 boycott over a five day work week and Solidarity protests amid rising prices, martial law, and crackdown. It lists Gordon MacRae death in Lincoln at 64, his career peak in the mid-1950s, and later TV work and recordings amid personal struggles. It also mentions Titanic soundtrack charting, the Beatles poll result, Peter Gzowski’s death at 67, and Freddy Fender’s 2002 kidney transplant in San Antonio.
Several bylaws to borrow money for projects cleared first reading on Monday night. Bylaw No 3685 seeks 1,020,000 dollars to overhaul stormwater along Division Avenue North in Crescent Heights. CAO Gerry Labas says flow checks show where pipe replacement is needed as sections fail and emergency repairs were required. The bylaw advances to public notice before further readings at the next meeting.
Redcliff RCMP explain that on January 21 at 8:50 a.m. a theft was reported at a Suffield fuel station. The vehicle fled east on the Trans-Canada Highway toward Redcliff, police pursued. two men fled on foot in Medicine Hat and were later arrested by Medicine Hat Police Service. Investigation continues with possible charges. Redcliff RCMP urge seatbelt use with a $115 fine this year and remind drivers front window tint is illegal.
A young boy dressed as a militant takes centre stage during a Hamas tally in Gaza on Monday, highlighting a stark scene amid ongoing tensions and public displays.
Brooks RCMP say a steamer truck driver lost control on a curve about 12 kilometres south of Highway 544 early on January 22. The vehicle rolled, the driver required Jaws of Life extraction and was taken to Medicine Hat Regional Hospital with minor injuries. Investigators continue.
Emergency call centres in Alberta face a major issue as an automatic dialing feature on mobile phones can trigger 911 with a single key press. Katherine Mackenzie of Foothills Regional Emergency Services urges users to disable the feature and to keep children from handling cellphones.
Edmonton police charge 32 year old Raymond Charles Yellowknee of Wabasca with four counts of dangerous driving causing death after a head on crash with a stolen pickup chased by police. Accused also faces causing death while fleeing, possession of stolen property and driving while suspended. Female driver and two female youths died. a six year old girl was injured and died Sunday.
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