Talk of the Town Highlights Island Memory and Local Business
Angus Henderson notes a Hat resident who lived on Sable Island 300 km off Nova Scotia. Dan Smith recalls sand dunes seal hunts shipwrecks and beached whales. Retiring TD Bank manager Bob Garness discusses tech speed and city life in Medicine Hat. Jerry Biffart returns from Vietnam and Val Fel esky graces Western Investor cover. Angus Henderson reachable at angush1 telusplanet.net.
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Nova Scotia
Dan Smith
Dan
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Bob
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Vietnam
Jerry Biffart
Mutual Group
the Christian Assembly of Canada
Jerry
Reform
Liberal
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce
China
Val Felesky
Val
Angus Henderson
Telusplanet
Low Bidder Faces Revote On Brooks Water Project
Brooks Asphalt and Aggregate Ltd., the second lowest bidder, may win the $207 000 Brooks water and sewer contract after Mon day councillors tabled a recommendation to award to the low bidder BY Z Construction Inc. of Medicine Hat. Councillor Bev Nelson cited loyalty to a hometown company and legal caution prompted by bid law precedent. Town manager Kevin Bridges and town engineer Lawrence Sim noted a clause allowing rejection of the lowest bid and advised obtaining legal advice.
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Brooks Water and Sewer
Z Construction Inc
Medicine Hat. Com
Bev Nelson
Brooks Asphalt and Aggregate Ltd
Nelson
Kevin Bridges
Lawrence Sim
Weather roundup for southern Alberta and nearby regions
The Medicine Hat area and districts report cloudy skies with periods of rain in the morning and rain into the afternoon, highs near 15C. Tonight mostly cloudy with scattered showers, lows around 9C. Friday to Saturday bring variably cloudy skies with highs in the mid 20s and overnight lows in the teens, with scattered showers expected in some zones.
Edmonton man charged over date-rape drug case warning issued
Police warn women about date-rape drugs after a 34 year old Edmonton area man was arrested for allegedly drugging his wife with Rohypnol. Investigators confirm the pill found may be Rohypnol though final toxicology is pending. Authorities note the drug’s quick onset and amnesia risks and outline legal penalties in Canada.
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Edmonton
Sherwood Park Rcmp
Mickey Finn
Sue Olsen
Canada
U.S
Bottling Shift Signals Major Breweries May Go Cans
Western Canada faces a bottle shortage as Shamrock Recycling Centre president Ken Millen says breweries may switch to cans by 2000. Ads urge beer drinkers to return empties from garages and attics. NATO forces display strength over Yugoslavia as Serbia resists Western pressure in Kosovo. Reggie column previews Saskatchewan Roughriders 1998 CFL season with cautious optimism.
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Shamrock Recycling Centre
I Western Canada
Millen
Western Brewers Association
Reggie
Graham Kelly
Saskatchewan Roughriders
Kelly
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