Fried reaches World Games racquetball semifinals in London
Medicine Hat player Crystal Fried advanced to the semifinals by routing a Great Britain opponent 15-2 15-5 in the morning and the Irish competitor 150 153 in the evening. She faces American Cindy Baxter, whom she has never beaten, Thursday at 7 p.m. MDT. Mary Dee also advances to the semifinals as defending champion.
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Fried
Medicine Hat
Crystal Fried
London
England
Great Britain
Cindy Baxter
Baxter
Mary Dee
Province expands drought aid for farmers with well program
The province will supply an extra 1.75 million to drought stricken farmers and those in the Water Well Testing Program. Under Farm Well Completion Supplement they gain 2.75 per foot for wells to 250 feet and under Deep Farm Well Completion Supplement they receive 6.70 per foot for depths beyond 76 metres.
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Fred Bradley
Tom Thackeray
Bradley
Medicine Hat loses bid to overturn gas tax ruling
The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed Medicine Hat's leave to appeal in a fight to reclaim about $50 million in federal natural gas taxes paid since 1980. Mayor Ted Grimm voiced disappointment and said the city will accept the decision, while officials noted surprise at the denial and the case’s national constitutional significance.
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Wilma
Supreme Court of Canada
Grimm
Ottawa
City Hall
Supreme Court
Winston Kerr
Calgary
Crawford
Court of Queen’s Bench
Alberta Court of Appeals
Crawford and Utilities Committee
Ald
Ken Sauer
South Africa recalls envoy as unrest deepens
Riots flare in five eastern Cape communities with police firing on crowds. one black man killed and a youth wounded as security forces restrain protests. The government recalls ambassador designate Herbert Beukes from Washington amid international criticism of apartheid.
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Johannesburg
Eastern
Cape Province
Washington
South Africa
United States
Cathcart
U.S
France
Foreign Ministry
Herbert Beukes
Herman Nickel
Fire reigniting evacuation call near Rock Creek BC
Evacuation alerts issued for rural areas north of Rock Creek as a forest fire, previously contained, flared again on Tuesday. Crews work to stop spread toward the Kettle River while Westbridge homes remain at risk.
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Rock Creek
B.C
British Columbia
Forest Service
Kettle Valley
Kettle River
Westbridge
Skagit Valley
U.S
Vancouver
Nan Vye
Forests Ministry
Vye
Kamloops
Uganda exodus by armed convoy under border closure
Hundreds of foreign nationals including Canadians Americans and Britons evacuate Uganda by armed convoy as borders stay closed after Milton Obote overthrow. A Canadian diplomatic official notes roughly 75 Canadians in Uganda while about 40 Asians with Canadian passports join the main convoy en route to Kenya and Nairobi.
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James Trav
Southam News
Nairobs
Kenya
Uganda
Milton Obote
Bungoma
Nairobi
High Commission
U.S
David Miller
John Frazer
Frazer
Zimbabwe
Canada
Ida Amin Dada
British High Commission
Kisumu
Alo
Cattle Prices Slip as Retail Margins Lift Criticism
Industry sources in Calgary and Medicine Hat say cattle prices have fallen to seven year lows while retail margins hit new highs. Producers report sharp losses per head amid limited retail price relief, sparking calls to reveal who gains from stagnant supermarket prices.
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Calgary Herald
The
Herald
Les Brest
Walsh District
Medicine Hat News
Lyle Taylor
Medicine Hat Feeding Company
Brest
Brost
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Syria
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North Bend
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