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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1994
Page
1
In Stuck in a tree SAANNCH British Columbia a 34 year old woman climbed a tall fir in a Victoria suburb to sightsee. About 15 metres up she froze as branches cracked and firefighters used an aerial ladder to lower a rescuer who secured her in a safety harness and brought her to safety.
Angolan national radio quoted by the BBC says an Angolan air force plane misread its course in thick fog and unintentionally fired on a school near Waku Kungo, killing 89 pupils and destroying the school. The military expresses condolences and vows to minimize the suffering.
Sherritt Inc seeks to extend a five year grant program worth up to 70 million dollars, with 40 million from Alberta and 30 million from Ottawa, to support its Westaim subsidiary. The program expires next year and provincial officials warn future funding may be lower as cuts already hit Westaim. Michael Weedon says Westaim is beginning to show commercial success.
In Toronto 2000 demonstrators protested the NDP governments 68 to 50 defeat of Bill 167 extending many spousal benefits to same sex couples. Activists blamed Liberal Leader Lyn McLeod and praised street action while pledging ongoing pressure.
A British soldier, Marc Anthony Smith, 25, was killed when his Land Rover collided with a Warrior tank at Canadian Forces Base Suffield during training. Kenneth Hedley, 31, was seriously injured and in stable condition with shrapnel wounds. no tank crew were harmed. The incident is under RCMP and British Royal Military Police investigation.
Prime Minister Jean Chretien warned that Canada may scale back or cancel peacekeeping in Bosnia if the arms embargo is lifted or progress toward peace stalls. He spoke after visiting Canadian troops in Visoko and meeting Bosnian leaders, stressing Canada will decide independently.
Two men survived a light plane crash 100 kilometres southwest of Calgary. They fled a pursuing grizzly, scrambled up a spruce tree, then waited for rangers after signaling rescuers. Brownlee and biologist John Paczkowski were unhurt and later rescued.
An oil sands worker uncovered three rock blocks weighing over 20 tonnes containing what may be Alberta s most complete ichthyosaur fossil from the Cretaceous. Experts at the Royal Tyrrell Museum and Syncrude say the site may yield a skull. the large blocks are secured at the Fort McMurray plant interpretive centre.
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