World car rally Around the World in 80 Days passes Alberta
Classic car rally Around the World in 80 Days will bypass Medicine Hat due to time limits and head via Waterton to the U S. The fleet, all built before 1968, includes a 1913 Rolls Royce Silver Ghost as the oldest entrant. Cars depart Beijing for Anchorage to begin the North American leg en route to New York and a flight to Africa.
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Health money decisions await ministers in September
Health Minister Allan Rock said ministers will decide on new health funding in September after a two hour conference call with provincial ministers. He cautioned no details on restoration of 4.2 billion in annual transfer payments and noted progress toward a national health reform plan. Deputy ministers meet in Yellowknife next week to follow up.
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Yellowknife
Wisdom on snoring and age in quotable lines
A speaker reflects on her husband’s snoring as a comforting sound and notes that aging is not a defeat but a victory. The lines convey acceptance of difficult truths and a positive view of growing older through two quoted maxims.
Tour boat sinks off Flowerpot Island leaving two missing
Canadian search resumes for two 12-year-olds after True North II capsized near Flowerpot Island in Georgian Bay. Coast Guard and police led rescue with 18 saved including 11 children. Authorities plan morning dive for remaining victims as investigation begins.
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Henricki Foerster
Paisley
Wade Simmons
Tiverton
Scenic Flowerpot Island
Swift
Ross Thomson
Parks Canada
Thomson
Burnside development plan under fire for rushed approvals
City planning commission faces scrutiny as aldermen weigh a Burnside project that would create 2,400 single family homes and higher density housing near the South Saskatchewan River for about 6,000 residents. Commission member Gerry de Vries questions structure and conceptual scheme approval together, arguing potential zoning and traffic issues.
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Linda Canham
Canham
Ajit Atwal
Half of British men wear trousers too tight
Research by Stephen Gray of Nottingham Trent University found 50 percent of British men wear trousers too tight after surveying over 2000 men. He notes men avoid admitting weight gain and may squeeze into smaller sizes in front of mirrors.
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London
Reuters
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Soccer to Open Methanex Bowl Amid Football Frustration
Medicine Hat players and officials feud over field use as soccer opens the Methanex Bowl before football. Soccer books the $250 000 field in mid March, with 34 teams across six divisions and finals Sunday, while football faces being edged off Crescent Heights and seeks to christen the venue.
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Wayne Alexander
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