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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 02, 2005
Page
1
A forecast shows a chance of showers and thunderstorms with highs around 23 and 22 degrees and lows near 12 and 10. Mostly cloudy periods persist with intermittent showers and cooler highs near 18 degrees and lows around 8 for Wednesday.
June 2 1866 sees Canadian militia falter at Ridgeway as 700 Fenians invade the Niagara Peninsula. In England Guglielmo Marconi earns the first radio patent after earlier long distance signals and, in 1897, forms a wireless telegraphy company. In 1901 he transmits the letter S across the Atlantic to Newfoundland. Two bears at Medicine Hat depot are shot after repeatedly escaping.
Readers observe a single bear chained in the enclosure daily while caretakers and travelers pass by. Separate notes recall Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts born in London and his early career with Alexis Korner, plus Watts later leading a big band in the 1980s.
Arvid Loewen will lead a rotating group of three African orphans on a 7000 kilometre fundraiser named Spoke2005, traveling mainly via the Trans-Canada Highway to raise money for Mully Children's Family in Kenya. They stop in Medicine Hat tonight at Crestwood Mennonite Brethren Church and plan to reach Halifax by June 25, traveling about 240 kilometres daily.
RBC Financial Crestwood teams with AJ's Loan Cupboard for a charity trunk sale on June 3. Donated items will be sold from vehicle trunks with all proceeds aiding AJ's Loan Cupboard to supply affordable home medical equipment. Trunk rentals are $5 and donations are welcome. Call Shelly at 528-6965.
Calgary Zoo reports the first chick hatched from artificial insemination at the Nat Christie Whooping Crane Breeding Facility. Project manager Dwight Knopik notes a major breakthrough after years of attempts since 2003. The species northward recovery has risen from 15 to about 453 individuals.
Saskatchewan residents who rely on SaskPower could face a five percent rate hike by year end or early 2006 due to higher natural gas costs. SaskPower reports 2004 net income of $66 million, down from 2003’s $187 million, and notes a prior 2004 request for nine percent was trimmed to six percent by the rate review panel.
Canada’s Joe Volpe and Saskatchewan immigration minister Pat Atkinson announce a new Canada Saskatchewan immigration agreement to replace the 1998 pact. The accord clarifies roles under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and gives Saskatchewan greater flexibility to attract skilled workers, business people and farmers to meet labour needs.
A 15 year old boy and a 17 year old girl have been charged in the death of Jan Montour, 30, found dead at a Montana Indian reserve home near Hobéma Alberta. They appeared in youth court and will return June 15. Two men were injured. the reserve lies in the Hobbema area.
In Baghdad's Doura district, a mortar barrage killed 12 year old Sabaa Haitham, her brother Sajjad, 10, and their eight year old cousin Mina Mohammed Abid, along with their uncle Lu ay Salih. The attack adds to a wave of violence that has killed at least 772 people since the new government was announced.
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