Canada Week celebrates 111th birthday across 1000 communities
Canada Week features skateboarding contests, folk festivals, concerts, and a three hour national broadcast from Parliament Hill. The federal government funds 4.5 million in grants matched locally, with events from Vancouver Stanley Park to Quebec City and Woodstock cycling rallies. Notable acts include Toulouse, Karen Kain, Frank Augustyn, and The Irish Rovers.
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Canada
Festival Canada
Woodstock
Ont
U.S. States
Finland
Holland
North America
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Toulouse
Montreal
Place Des Nations
Karen Kain
Frank Augustyn
Michel Louvain
Nicole Martin
Quebec City
Plains of Abraham
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Folk Arts Council
Metro
Halifax
Manitoba
Ottawa
Parliament Hill
Frobisher
N.W.T
Rene Simard
Maureen Forrester
The
Irish Rovers
Tommy Hunter
Murray McLaughlan
Peace Tower
Quiet Calgary Welcome For Saudi Oil Minister Yamani
Oil minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani and wife arrived quietly at Calgary International Airport for the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists meeting. Security was extreme with RCMP guarding, $20,000 in media accreditation, and a bulletproof car convoy to Banff then back for a dinner in Calgary. Yamani plans events with Alberta officials before touring oil sands in northeastern Alberta.
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Calgary
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Sheik
Saudi Arabia
Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
Banff National Park
Here
RCMP
Alistair Gillespie
Shiek
Gillespie
Banff
Yamanis
Edmonton
Alberta
Peter Lougheed
Medicine Hat Fun Run Opens July 1
The Medicine Hat Y's Men’s service club co sponsors Medicine Hat Fun Run for July 1. A police escorted 10 kilometre route starts at the YM YWCA, ends at Lions Park for a Canada Day picnic. Registration is $2 and includes a T shirt for finishers.
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Medicine Hat Y’s
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Ym-Ywca
River Road
Maple Avenue
First Street
Chinook Drive
Prospect Drive
Third Street
City
Lions Park
South Railway
Kingsway
Spencer Street
Allowance Avenue
Second Street
S.E
Robert Dempster
Canada Week opens with art exhibit at Centre
More than 300 people attended the opening at the National Exhibition Centre for Canada Week. A gallery show featured 52 works by city elementary students while the Medicine Hat Police Boys Band performed. Mayor Milt Reinhardt opened the event and Dr. Ken Sauer unveiled the exhibition. Next year organizers aim for full citywide school participation. The event runs into July 3 with a street dance tonight in the 400 block of Third Street S.E.
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National Exhibition Centre
Art Gallery
Medicine Hat Police Boys
Milt Reinhardt
Ken Sauer
Andrea Ashton
Michelle Bakonyi
Bakonyi
Marsh Palmar
Downtown Business Association
Third Street
S.E
Macleod’s
OK Economy
Five Die in Western Canada Weekend Crashes
Five people from Alberta and Saskatchewan died in crashes over the weekend. Dennis Black, 19, and Maureen Powers, 24, from Edmonton, perished in a head on collision near Seba Beach. Anthony Cardinal, 48, of Carvel, was struck on Highway 16 near Spruce Grove. Mary Northrop, 40, of St. Albert, died in a Highway 63 crash south of Fort McMurray. In Saskatchewan, two Prince Albert men aged 23 and 30 died in a separate head on collision.
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Edmonton
Prairies
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Dennis Paul Black
Maureen Gail Powers
Seba Beach
Alta
Anthony Cardinal
Carvel
Highway 16
Spruce Grove
Mary Northrop
St. Albert
Highway 63
Fort McMurray
Prince Albert
MPs race to pass bills before summer recess in Ottawa
MPs plan to advance three business bills and draft constitutional reform while rushing into a three month break. Debate on the reforms stalls as Social Credit blocks broader talks, with Knowles predicting a possible leader-only debate, excluding senators from the Senate committee.
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Juliet O'Neill
Ottawa
Stanley Knowles
New Democratic House
Commons
Export Development Corp
Allan MacEachen
Social Credit Party
MacEachen
Progressive Conservatives
New Democrats
Commons Senate
Leonel Beaudoin
Richmond
Senate
House of Federation
Beaudoin
Knowles
Social Credit
NDP
Debris Cleanup Looms After Friday Sulphur Derailment
In Calahoo Alta 36 CNR cars carrying sulphur derailed blocking the main street. No injuries were reported. Debris includes twisted hopper cars and hundreds of thousands of pounds of sulphur chips. Track repair and a temporary rail setup began over the weekend to remove sulphur and wrecked cars while the permanent track is restored.
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Calahoo
Alta
Joe Gusta
CNR
Edmonton
Whitecourt
Main Street
Compromise sought after Panama salvage of BC schooner Freelance
Dr. Phillip Ney urged Britain Columbia to seek compensation from Panama for the 81 ton schooner Freelance worth about 60000 dollars bought last month to mark Captain Cook bicentennial. Indios raided the grounded ship on a reef near the San Blas Islands stripping hardware and panelling while seven Vancouver Island crew looked on. Police did not intervene and salvage prospects faded as resources ran out. Ney may recommend sale for salvage.
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Ney
Vancouver Island
Icacos Island
Rawlf
Quest Star Society
Bugs Control Ends Crop Beetle Damage in Ontario
A University of Guelph professor reports that damage to oat, barley and wheat crops caused by the cereal leaf beetle has been brought under control across Ontario, offering relief to farmers in the region.
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Guelph
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British Columbia
Vancouver
Stanley Park
Drayton Valley
Winnipeg Community Folk Art Council
Thunder Bay
Toronto
York University
Council On Canadian Unity
Frank Webber
Yamani
Martin
Kinavee S.E
Urgo
Unisphere
St. Peter Lutheran Church
St. S.E
Canadian Council For International Cooperation
Michael Doherty
Gail Anderson
Marvin Haave
Panama
Paiste
County Juste
Redcliff
Redcliff Fire Fighters Association
Las Vegas
Sam Schank
Roto
Foughty's Cycle Shop
Parkview Drive
N.E
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