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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 03, 2005
Page
1
A garbled forecast mentions mostly cloudy and partly cloudy conditions with highs around 17 to 21 degrees and lows near 9 to 10. The UV index warns of sun damage risk as radiation levels vary by time and day.
June 3 marks Medard Chouart des Groseilliers sailing from England a journey tied to the Hudson's Bay Co formation. William Lyon Mackenzie King later became Canada's first labour minister. Seventy years ago Western Canada men began the Ottawa Trek to press R B Bennett over relief camps seeking work wages and camp end. Curtis Mayfield born in Chicago, a key figure in black music who formed the Impressions in the late 1950s.
Jerry Butler joined Mayfield after For Your Precious Love. Mayfield re formed the Impressions in 1961, wrote It's All Right in 1963, left in 1970, and scored with Superfly in 1973. He was paralysed in 1990 by a falling light standard and died in 1999 at 57. George Michael's I Want Your Sex was banned by the BBC and U.S. stations, with Michael claiming the song spoke of love not lust.
1990 report states Michael Jackson was taken to a Los Angeles area hospital after chest pains. Tests revealed bruised ribs from a vigorous bedroom dance practice. The piece links his health scare to a high energy routine.
Two Calgary men Xi Wen Wu and Trung Huynh were granted bail in Medicine Hat Provincial Court with strict conditions after a year long police operation yielded $80,000 in crack cocaine. They must post 2500 bail each, avoid contact with others charged, report to probation up to three times weekly, and adhere to a curfew and no alcohol or drugs.
Medicine Hat Police Service says two vehicles, a dark grey GMC Sierra and a red Pontiac Sunfire, collided near the 22nd Street and Dunmore Road intersection around noon on Wednesday. Investigators seek witnesses to describe what happened and ask anyone with information to contact the detachment.
A partial road closure begins June 8 as the 10th Avenue reconstruction progresses from 18 St W to South West Drive. Through traffic is halted and motorists are detoured onto Ninth Avenue to serve Cottonwood businesses residents and the Cottonwood Coulee Golf Course. The closure lasts about three weeks with all businesses remaining open.
Edmonton family recalls the 2002 fatal bus crash when a rock smashed the windshield of Robert Stanley’s school bus. The 75-year-old driver died at the scene after pulling over and signaling hazards. No arrests have been made, and his wife Judy pleads for someone to come forward.
David Duane Pasqua, 35, transferred from a Quebec prison Wednesday, was killed the day he arrived at the Saskatchewan Penitentiary. The death is treated as a homicide as corrections officials and the RCMP investigate. Warden Brenda LePage called it a very serious matter.
Arvid Loewen of Winnipeg rides from Vancouver to Halifax in heavy rain to raise funds for Mully Children's Family Homes. Three of the shelter’s 800 orphans join, taking turns behind the bike along the Trans-Canada Highway.
Sask residents or former residents have until July 11 to nominate individuals for the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. The award honors outstanding achievement benefiting the province in fields like agriculture business arts and public service. Posthumous nominations are accepted within one year of death.
Prime Minister Paul Martini told 1,200 Quebec supporters at a Montreal fundraiser that the Liberal party will not let the sponsorship scandal ruin its reputation for fixing Canada’s public finances. He said the party put finances in order while Gomery prepares a report due in the late fall.
A Costa Rican coast guard operation recovered two bodies from the Pacific after a small plane crash in western Costa Rica. Five parachutists and a Costa Rican pilot were aboard with two others missing, while one survivor from the group was rescued. The search covered a 50-km ocean stretch with three guard vessels, fishing boats, and search rafts.
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