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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 30, 1997
Page
3
Medicine Hat Police Service SWAT team responded after threats involving firearms were reported at midnight. Officers found the suspect had left. he was arrested Saturday at 9 30 a.m. on an assault charge. Police have not released the suspect’s name.
A Calgary woman, Donna Lorina Kearney, 36, was a passenger in a Dodge Ram Van when it collided with a Kenworth Semi-Tractor Trailer around 9:30 a.m. on Highway 1 three kilometres east of Brooks. Passengers Yvonne Kaitlin Kearney, 2, Dylan Joseph Kearney, 5, and Yvonne Shirley Still were treated and released at area hospitals. The RCMP report the incident is under investigation.
Police investigate two missing cars this weekend. A brown 1981 Plymouth Horizon Alberta plate GLK 374 was taken from Goodyear Tire Plant parking lot. A grey 1986 Honda Prelude British Columbia plate TEV 962 was taken from 400 block Third Street S.E. Contact 529-8400 with information.
Christopher Rode 21 of 525A Allowance Ave SE was speeding on Dunmore Road when he lost control near Ravine Drive SE. His Ford LTD station wagon rolled over and he was hospitalized with scrapes and cuts but later released. Police continue investigation.
Police investigate three possible break ins reported Friday night or early Saturday at Revelstoke Lumber Crestwood Pharmacy and Bonanza Restaurant all on Dunmore Road near Crestwood. Break and enters discovered about 6 a.m. Saturday by staff.
Nearly 3,000 spectators braved rain to watch a mock assault at the British Army Training Unit Suffield open house. Fifteen tanks ten APCs and 110 soldiers joined by Royal Artillery and army air corps staged the prairie battle amid wet conditions as Maj. Steve Ridd called it routine training but a rare public display.
Medicine Hat marked its first freedom of the city for a British Army unit, the 337 year tradition dating to King Richard II. Maj. Steve Ridd explained the practice, as Col. Bellamy led BATUS troops from River Road to city hall. Mayor Grimm praised BATUS impact and a commemorative granite stone and mural were unveiled.
British Army Training Unit Suffield marked its 25th anniversary with a two hour parade in Medicine Hat despite 25 degree heat. Five regiments marched, with soldiers praising drills and enduring conditions while locals faced rain and mud during an open house.
Wet weather could not dampen Bow Island Agricultural Society activities as riders and crowds faced mud and showers during Sunday rodeo events. Organizers reported strong attendance across Friday jamboree Saturday parade and weekend activities with about 500 volunteers and staged entertainment for families.
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