Two-Vehicle Crash Sends Three to Hospital on Trans-Canada
A vacuum truck and a pickup collided near the Trukkers Restaurant corner on the Trans-Canada Highway Sunday night. Three people from Calgary in the pickup were injured. a 46 year old man with pelvis and leg injuries, a 44 year old woman, and a 21 year old man with soft tissue injuries. The pickup was turning left when the collision occurred at about 9 20 p m.
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Ray Gradwell
Redcliff Fire Department
Trukkers
Joe Heaton
Medicine Hat Ambulance Service
Calgary
Gradwell
Chretien objects to British knighting of Canadians
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien protested to Tony Blair over two Canadians receiving knighthoods without Canada’s consent. Terry Matthews of Ottawa, founder of Newbridge Networks, and George Bain of Queen’s University Belfast were honored in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. Chrétien stressed respect for Canada’s approval and did not challenge the individuals’ achievements.
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Ottawa
Jeah Chretien
Tony Blair
Canada
Terry Matthews
Newbridge Networks
George Bain
Queen's University
Belfast
Chretien
Britain
United Kingdom
No war among these dogs and cats
Sudbury report of a dog Pixie nursing six abandoned three week old kittens. Pixie lactated within 24 hours and fed the litter, a local veterinarian noting such maternal nursing can occur without prior offspring.
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Sudbury
Ont
Ron Joly
Ontario
Pixie
Joly
Wit and Wisdom of Max Frisch
A brief aphorism attributed to Max Frisch states that technology is the knack of arranging the world so we need not experience it. The quote reflects on the efficiency and abstraction of modern tools.
Irrigation committee approves more water for farmers
The Main Canal Advisory Committee increases water allotment from eight to 10 inches per assessed acre for the St. Mary River Irrigation District and private users. Farmers including Wil Van Roessel and oryi Nelsbmiis discuss rationing, crop choices, and potential gains from the extra two inches while reflecting on past decisions and weather risk.
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St. Mary River
Main Canal Advisory
Wil van Roessel
Bow Island
van Roessel
Oryi Nelsbmiis
Burdett
Nelson
Alberta Environment
Tech rout drags Canada as Nortel slashes jobs
The global tech slump deepens with Nortel Networks cutting 10 000 jobs and warning of a record quarterly loss. JDS Uniphase lowers quarterly sales expectations while 360networks misses an 11 million dollar interest payment, signaling wider recession risks for the economy.
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Toronto
Nortel Networks
Bellwether
Nortel
Douglas Porter
BMO Nesbitt Burns
Fed
U.S. Federal Reserve
JDS
U.S
Cisco Systems
Porter
Benoit Chotard
National Bank Financial
Chotard
First Timers Shine at Father's Day River Run
At the YMCA River Run in Medicine Hat over 300 participants joined the Father's Day 5K. Melanie Hanson, a first timer and University of Calgary microbiology graduate, won the women's 10K in 47 minutes 38 seconds, while Gavin Felton led the men in 34 minutes 28 seconds.
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Melanie Hanson
Medicine Hat
Hanson
University of Calgary
Michelle Craats
Craats
Michelle
Gavin Felton
Felton
Batus
Murray Barker
Murray
Blaine Woodcock
Mick Key
Gavin
Deddeda Stemler
Barker
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Max Frisch
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