Cattle drive tests riders as wind causes mishaps
On the Centennial cattle drive opening leg from Suffield to Medicine Hat a series of mishaps tested riders and wagons. Include runaways broken gear spooked horses and a rider treated for a concussion while others aided in stabilizing a broken axle and injured riders.
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Roy Clark
Clark
Canadian Forces Base
Suffield
Leo Maynard
Cluny
Medicine Hat
John Quinn
Echo Dale
Frank Webber
Buffalo
Calgary
Quinn
Dozer Dash Runs Toward Home in Ontario Yard
Marguerite Guilbeault was watching the Olympics when a runaway bulldozer veered toward her house east of Windsor. Barefoot she chased the machine as it struck a second home on her property, damaging foundations and plumbing. Police suspect children may have started the bulldozer from a nearby excavation site. no one was hurt.
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ST. Joachim
Ont
Marguerite Guilbeault
Windsor
Leo Guilbeault
Canucks win bronze as Myden seals track medal in Atlanta
Curtis Myden earned bronze in the men's 400 metre individual medley in a tight race with Tom Dolan and Eric Namesnik, posting a career best 4 minutes 16.28 seconds. Clara Hughes added bronze in the women's 104.4 kilometre road race won by Jeannie Longo Ciprelli with Imelda Chiappa second.
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Atlanta
Aceue
Curtis Myden
Clara Hughes
Myden
Tom Dolan
Eric Namesnik
Dolan
Hughes
Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
Italy
Imelda Chiappa
Winnipeg
Hamilton
Ont
Quebec Floods Ravage Saguenay Region Evacuations Rise
Floodwaters across the Saguenay region of Quebec forced about 10 000 people from their homes as storms dumped up to 155 millimetres of rain. Seven deaths are blamed as authorities tally damage and promise aid while police helicopters lifted residents from rooftops.
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Rose Bolduc
Chicoutimi
Quebec City
Global warming raises risk of deadly infectious diseases
Ottawa scientist John Last warns that a 0.5C temperature rise could yield 80 to 120 million more malaria cases across Africa and the Americas. He notes rising infectious disease threats, with malaria and equine encephalitis linked to greenhouse warming and WHO data on deaths.
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Ottawa
Africa
Central
South America
John Last
University of Ottawa
Shanghai
Beijing
World Health Organization
North America
Last
The
WHO
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Canada
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Long Southam
Vancouver Sun
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