High River Hit By Alberta Tornado Teardown and Aftermath
A tornado touched down near High River Alberta injuring a driver with a broken leg and causing property damage. Grain bins were hurled across Highway 2 and a tractor-trailer was flipped. Environment Canada confirmed a tornado as part of a broader Alberta system.
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Alberta
Environment Canada
Calgary
Highway 2
High River
Gary Hudson
Don Benkie
United Farmers of Alberta
Benkie
Hudson
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Fox Valley
Sask
Stifora
Don Tanner
Bomb threat forces Medicine Hat Mall evacuation
A morning bomb threat at Medicine Hat Mall caused a near hour long disruption. Police used bomb disposal gear and a robot while staff and customers waited in the parking lot before being allowed back in. Police continued investigating the threat with details not released.
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Medicine Hat
Lindsay Fraser
Tim Roebuck
Zellers
Mall Security
Kraushaar
Calgary
Melville
Sask
Colin Marco
Frank Webber
Medicine Hat Mall
Coca-Cola Fixes Typo on 12 Pack Copyright Text
Coca-Cola moves to correct a misprint where the word disk reads cok on about two million Olympic promotion 12 packs distributed in the Atlanta area. The typo appears under the copyright line and will be covered with a sticker on warehouse stock only.
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Atlanta
Coca-Cola
Bob Baskin
Coca-Cola Co
Rumor of refugee boatload reaches Canada
Prime Minister Jean Chretien dismissed reports of a boatload of refugees landing illegally on the East Coast as unsubstantiated. RCMP and immigration officials said they had no confirmed sighting or information. The Halifax Mail-Star cited unnamed sources about a Gambian port departure and a CBC report connected to a Pakistan‑bound boat possibly heading for Nova Scotia.
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RCMP
Nova Scotia
Bill Price
al Reardon
Halifax
Halifax Mail-Star
Canada
Interpol
United States
Mail-Star
CBC
Pakistan
Weather Outlook: High 26 Tomorrow Low Tonight
The forecast calls for a high of 26 degrees tomorrow with a low tonight. A weather map on Page B4 provides regional details and temperature trends.
Red Cross labeled scapegoat in Krever ruling
Ottawa reports the Red Cross faces blame in the tainted blood tragedy as the Krever inquiry gains power. Judge John Richard’s 73 page ruling upholds Krever findings while denying the Red Cross and others’ challenges, prompting potential appeals and questions over responsibility for the hepatitis and AIDS infections.
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Ottawa
Red Cross
Krever
Douglas Lindores
John Richard
Lindores
Richard
Horace Krever
Maceutical Companies
Dallaire apologizes to Chretien during trial
Andre Dallaire apologized to Prime Minister Jean Chretien and his wife for his actions in the Nov 5 break in at 24 Sussex Drive. He described a lifelong schizophrenia driven mental illness and said he regretted the attempt to kill Chretien. Chretien accepted the apology from the G 7 summit in Lyon France.
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Ottawa
Jean Chretien
Andre Dallaire
Chretien
Dallaire
Ication
Sussex Drive
Lyon
France
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Hall
Dennis Dudley
Saskatchewan
Hat Mall
Ian McDougall
Medicine Hat News
Canadian Press
Ann Landers
City News
Davis
Doonesbury Entertainment
Chretiens
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