Canadian Angus Heifer Gift To Queen Mother On Birthday
Alberta rancher Leo Brietzke will present a 500 kilogram Canadian black Angus yearling, Belvin Canadian Blackcap 38-99, to Queen Mother on Aug 17 at Castle of Mey in Scotland. The gift, valued with a 3500 premium, funds breeding stock for the royal herd and involves Sunny Ridge Farms in Three Hills.
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Alberta
Leo Brietzke
United Kingdom
Canada
Brietzke
Sunny Ridge
Three Hills
Canadian Angus Association
London
Mey
Scotland
Trucker Held After Dover Immigrant Truck Deaths
Dutch driver detained in Dover over the suffocation deaths of 58 illegal immigrants found in a truck at the port. A second suspect was arrested in Rotterdam in a raid on three houses as Dutch investigators link the tragedy to the vehicle company owned by Arie Van der Spek.
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London
Dover
Rotterdam
Arie van der Spek
Alberta states funeral honors Grant MacEwan living spirit
Albertans gathered in Edmonton for the province’s first state funeral since 1963 for Grant MacEwan former lieutenant-governor educator and politician He was lauded as the living spirit of Western Canada by peers and took part in a service attended by former premiers and current leaders.
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Grant MacEwan
Alberta
MacEwan
Alberta Liberals
Calgary
Robertson-Wesley United Church
Sandra Schaffler
Grant
Joseph Grace
Don Getty
Getty
Ralph Klein
Farmer’s testimony questioned in Monsanto canola case
Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser faces rebuttal from Monsanto lawyers who call his testimony lacking credibility. They allege he knowingly planted Roundup Ready canola without permission and dispute his pollen contamination theory as the company cites 1997 samples from road right of way showing near 100 percent tolerance.
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Monsanto
Saskatchewan
Schmeiser
Trent Horne
Percy Schmeiser
Bruno
Saskatoon
Arthur Renaud
Renaud
Poodle Surprises Family After Five Day Homeward Trek
Demi the nine year old white poodle escaped a boarding kennel on June 7 and walked about 30 kilometres through mud and woods to find home. Owner Greg Hammond said her street smartness surprised them as she crossed traffic and reached within five kilometres of home. She was thinner and dirtier but otherwise fine after the journey.
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Bill Erickson
Southview School
Southview
Erickson
Ross Glen School
Rick Massini
Massini
Webster Niblock
Guy Smith
Dave Beresh
Beresh
Marit Fedosa
Fedosa
Winnipeg
Greg Hammond
Demi
Hammond
British Columbia
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