11 Jul 1995
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1995
Page
1
Harri Pellonpaa aged 17 defeated 20 rivals in Pelkosenniemi Lapland to kill 21 mosquitoes in five minutes, earning a silver trophy and a weekend resort stay. Contest rules barred insecticides nets or swatters and required jury verification of all dead insects.
The eastern UN safe area at Srebrenica was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces despite NATO airstrikes. Dutch peacekeepers abandoned their post after being attacked as UN warnings went unheeded. NATO strikes followed, aimed at punishing the attackers and protecting nearby units.
Redcliff wakes to the worst hailstorm in years after an 8 p.m. blast. Don Stigter of Casey's Greenhouses escapes injury by sheltering in a boiler room as glass roofs collapse and cucumber crops are ruined. Environment Canada links the storm to a North Dakota warming over Alberta. Local businesses assess damage while residents brace for possible more storms as temperatures drop.
Lt Col Peter Kenward, previously removed as head of the Airborne Regiment, is expected to be reinstated as CFB Suffield base commander after unofficial word of promotion to full colonel. Military officials gave no official confirmation.
A land parcel on Bridge Street could be used for multi family housing as residents discuss selling to the city. Pat and the Dimmer family own homes deemed unfit to live in and consider offers, while the Dimmers seek a decent buyout and a possible return to their Flats home if offered.
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