Prince backs adopt-a-veggie plan to save rare vegetables
London Reuters reports Prince Charles who talks to plants supports a Ryton Organic Garden program to financially back rare vegetable varieties. For 20 dollars a year supporters can adopt a vegetable as the garden already saved 700 types including Lazy Housewife French bean and Snow White Cherry tomato. A Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed the backing though the prince may not personally adopt a vegetable.
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London
Reuter
Prince Charles
Charles
Jo Burton
Ryton Organic Garden
Coventry
Prince
Burton
Buckingham Palace
Torso found in suitcase near North Saskatchewan River
Edmonton police investigate missing person reports after a woman's torso, unclothed and likely dead 1 2 days, is found in a suitcase during Hawrelak Park training. Divers search the riverbed for further clues while autopsy notes no cause of death. Authorities contemplate murder and dismemberment, with a possible non local origin.
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Edmonton
North Saskatchewan
Hawrelak Park
Kurt Schmidt
Annette Bidniak
Hat may make sprinklers mandatory in new homes
A fiery demonstration of sprinkler effectiveness in houses prompts Hat aldermen to consider mandating sprinkler systems in all new homes. The display underscored safety benefits and spurred debate on policy requirements for upcoming residential construction.
Sprinklers debated for Burnside housing safety plan
The Municipal Planning Commission considered making sprinklers mandatory in Burnside developments. After debate council will study the issue further. Fire tests on a Medicine Hat house showed one sprinkler system can limit damage, while a second test left the building uninhabitable, highlighting safety benefits and cost concerns for retrofits and new builds. Aldermen weighed the financial impact on residents and avoided proposing tighter bylaw regulation.
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Burnside
Ald
Wayne Craven
Medicine Hat
Garry Mauch
Maud
John Hamill
Valerie Neigum
Mauch
Ren Sauer
Craven
Hamill
Lacey Construction
Pat Peterson
Anatomy of a house fire timeline test in Medicine Hat
A simulated house fire begins with a wastebasket flame on the ground floor, triggering smoke detector activation as the fire spreads. Temperatures rise to 260 C then 760 C, with lethal upstairs smoke and flames reaching outside. Fire costs in Medicine Hat run about $460,000 annually.
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Garry Mauch
Medicine Hat
Fighting Rages as Bosnian Safe Area Zepa Under Siege
Heavy fighting escalates around Zepa, one of six UN designated safe areas in eastern Bosnia. UN spokesman Ivanko notes tank and mortar fire west of the town, while rockets hit Sarajevo and the Presidency building. Serb commander Mladic vows to seize all safe areas as NATO warns of air strikes if attacks continue.
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Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Zepa
United Nations
Alexander Ivanko
Reuters
Bosnia
Ivanko
Gorazde
Haris
Silajdzic
Ratko Mladic
NATO
United States
U.S
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