Weather snippet Sunday to Tuesday forecast
Partly cloudy and warm conditions expected from Sunday through Tuesday. Highs range from 30 to 33 degrees with lows from 14 to 15 degrees and mild daytime temperatures.
27 Jul 2005
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 2005
Page
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Partly cloudy and warm conditions expected from Sunday through Tuesday. Highs range from 30 to 33 degrees with lows from 14 to 15 degrees and mild daytime temperatures.
July 27 note states public school begins one week from Monday and Medicine Hat children will picnic at McCord's Grove before term. The town experienced smoke from mountain fires. A coal seam was struck 235 feet deep. Banting and Best discovered insulin 84 years ago at Toronto.
1972 report notes United Nations and North Korea signed a Panmunjom truce finishing the three year Korean War. Also covered are arts milestones from Anne of Green Gables premiere and Two Gentlemen of Verona musical versions, plus several public order and rights items from Canada.
Ten organizations across Alberta received grants for education projects spanning cultural understanding to human rights education. The funds come from the Human Rights Citizenship and Multiculturalism Education Fund, chaired by MLA Fred Lindsay, who said the grants will advance multiculturalism in Canada.
The local blind maker, started with three staff in Medicine Hat and Montreal, celebrates a major expansion in the light industrial area. The 15 000 square foot site grows to 24 000 square feet in the 500 block of 17th St SW with plans to add 20 more employees in coming months.
A Tuesday Page A3 story corrected gate prices for the Stampede. Adults pay 6 dollars, youths six to twelve pay 3 dollars, and children five and under enter free. Previous figures of 15 dollars for adults and 6 dollars for kids referred to Stampede Rodéo only.
Canadian Press reports Edmonton Infrastructure Minister Lyle Oberg faced rejection from Tory caucus over a plan to permit commercial billboard strips along Alberta highways. Premier Ralph Klein condemned the idea as an eyesore and safety hazard, citing five kilometre strips of large illuminated signs. Opposition and greens welcomed the U-turn, with Liberal Harry Chase praising the move as senseless in-field spam ending.
Premier Ralph Klein announced that Alberta will create private supplemental health insurance for residents focusing on non emergency procedures. Health Minister Iris Evans was instructed to start the process, signaling another move toward privatizing health care.
A Red Deer widow calls for permanent suspensions for drivers responsible for fatal crashes after the Oct 27 2004 death of Howard Pockett near Elnora. The case follows a Stettler driver's looming three month suspension amid her plea to remove licenses to deter deadly crashes.
Regina health officials report a preliminary positive test for a woman showing mild West Nile symptoms, with confirmatory results pending. Saskatchewan saw five human West Nile cases last year, down from 2003 when over 900 were positive and six died. Kevin Charles Lenius appeals his second-degree murder conviction for strangling his estranged wife in 2003, arguing trial judge erred by allowing cross examination on previously inadmissible evidence.
Justice Minister Ron Stevens said Alberta could invoke the notwithstanding clause of the Charter to protect marriage commissioners who refuse same sex marriages. He noted the measure would be used if necessary to safeguard religious beliefs, and that retroactivity would apply to July 20 when the federal Civil Marriage Act took effect.
The Crown will not pursue an assault charge against convicted teen killer Kelly Ellard. The assault causing bodily harm charge was stayed, linked to the February 2004 park attack on May Klaiver, then 98, near New Westminster, Vancouver area. Geoffrey Gaul cited no immediate reason for the stay.
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