Weekend Weather Summary Remains Cold Across City
Saturday records a high of 22 with a low of 10 while Sunday peaks at 23 and drops to 6. Wednesday forecast shows partly cloudy skies and a warm high near 27.
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 2007
Page
1
Saturday records a high of 22 with a low of 10 while Sunday peaks at 23 and drops to 6. Wednesday forecast shows partly cloudy skies and a warm high near 27.
A golfer's swing in RenoNevada sparked a wildfire after striking dry grass beyond a golf course. About fifty firefighters contained the blaze to eight hectares with no injuries or property damage reported.
Medicine Hat gas prices sit around 1.03 a litre on Tuesday, five cents below the Canadian average as prices ease over the past two weeks. GasBuddy data show Alberta’s lowest reports of 96.8 and 99.5, while Fairview, Slave Lake and Peace River reached 115.9 per litre.
City council heard good news as CAO Gerry Labas announced no further increases to natural gas and electric utility rates through year end after a mid year review. Rates were adjusted upward last January to align with the goal of full market cost recovery by 2008.
Edmonton area communities that rely on forestry call for a long term strategy as the mountain pine beetle devastates forests in Alberta. Nine million hectares have already been killed in British Columbia, with three million trees infected in Alberta. Towns such as Hinton Edson Grande Cache Drayton Valley Whitecourt and Jasper face potential disruption and the report asks Alberta to treat the beetle as an emergency and special case.
Innisfail Alberta unveiled a life size bronze German shepherd statue at the RCMP training centre to honor 32 canine officers killed in the line of duty since 1965. Insp Lawrence Aimee said the ceremony drew about 200 attendees and the monument society, formed in 2001, raised about $32,000.
Vancouver based BC Ferries reopened its internal probe into the March 2006 sinking of the Queen of the North. President David Hahn cites many unanswered questions as new data from the ship recovered by the Transportation Safety Board informs their ongoing investigation.
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The Atlantis shuttle's heat shield is deemed safe for reentry by mission managers a day before landing A forecast of thunderstorms threatens the first 1:55 p m EDT landing window at Kennedy Space Center with clouds and storm activity violating flight rules but the heat shield remains cleared for touchdown.
Welcome Wagon named Western Canada Community of the Year honors for 35 000 to 65 000 population towns. Mike Hertz publisher of Medicine Hat News received the award from three Welcome Wagon representatives in Edmonton after a decade of partnership. The News credited for keeping Hatters informed on events and subscriptions.
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