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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 05, 2000
Page
1
St Thomas Aquinas elementary School reopens after a Friday fire caused by an electrical cable melting and smoke filling the basement. Acting deputy superintendent David Leahy says crews worked late and students resumed today with the situation back to normal.
A powerful 7.3 magnitude quake near Bengkulu and aftershocks struck Sumatra injuring hundreds and killing at least 44. Residents searched rubble as hospitals faced overload and thousands were left homeless.
Police said only one person was arrested for dropping trousers during a planned mass bare butts protest outside Buckingham Palace aimed at the monarchy. Four arrests were reported in total, including one for drunk and disorderly conduct.
In Kin Coulee Park, Cops for Cancer drew a crowd as Morton led a one dollar drive for cancer relief. Police officers, including Medicine Hat's sergeant, shaved heads for charity, with totals surpassing 1,300 from Morton and about 10,000 from officers, part of a national effort now in its sixteenth year.
Demonstrators protest globalization during the first OAS annual assembly in Canada. Prime Minister Chretien defends free trade as a path to growth and security. Riot police dispersed several protesters with pepper spray and 41 were arrested in Windsor Ontario.
Canadian press report notes Walkerton tainted water incidents prompt scrutiny of manure from large farms. Ron Bennett with 150 cows joins farmers facing groundwater contamination concerns as environmental groups push for formal regulations to curb farm waste.
WHO ranks Canada twelfth in healthy life expectancy at 72 years, with Japan first at 74.5 and the United States twenty fourth at 70. The metric measures years lived in good health rather than total lifespan, using 1999 data across 191 countries.
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