Lakeside Packers in Canada halts operations amid mad cow scare
With the U S border closed to Canadian beef, Lakeside Packers shutters and tests a work share plan with HRDC. About 2500 workers face shifting schedules as plants pause, some taking vacation to keep pay. Wooding, a 29 year oldMedicine Hat resident, weighs job options while awaiting exports resumption.
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James Wooding
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U.S
Wooding
Medicine Hat
Lakeside Packers
Brooks
Lakeside
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Lakeside woes spark Brooks town concerns
Lakeside plant slowdown in Brooks jeopardizes 2500 jobs and local economy as mayor warns of broader harm. Merchants fear cattle trade impact while residents rally in support of beef industry amid mad cow disease findings.
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Lakeside
Brooks
Don Weisbeck
Weisbeck
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Kite Flying Festival to aid sick kids in Medicine Hat
Principal Eric Karnas of Ecole Les Cypres promotes a community Kite Flying Festival to raise funds for Medicine Hat Regional Hospital. The event features kite flying colouring face painting and prizes and runs Thursday June 12 from 6 to 8 p m at Southridge Community Park behind St Patrick's School with all proceeds helping hospitalized children.
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Eric Karnas
Karnas
Ecole Les Cypres
Medicine Hat
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