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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 02, 2005
Page
1
The UV Index forecasts the ultraviolet radiation from the sun indicating higher risk of skin damage with higher numbers. Sunday features a high of 11 with a second show and partly cloudy skies. Tuesday warms to 16 with a low of 3 and a small amount of wind.
March 2 report notes an act legalizing marriages performed by Methodist ministers. Also covered are Medicine Hat school trustees presenting a financial statement, a schoolhouse meeting on building accounts and disbursements, growing immigrant arrivals, and a Halifax Queen's Hotel fire that killed 28. Sony and Philips unveil a jointly developed compact disc system, a 12 centimeter digital medium encoding sound as binary data.
The text contrasts vinyl’s analog Recording with digital CD audio, notes the rise of CDs by the 1980s, and mentions a Karajan remark at a 1980 demo about noise reduction. It also recalls the moon's distance and curling champion Sandra Schmirler’s death, citing cancer after childbirth and her later broadcaster role.
Medicine Hat News reports the public services committee proposed reducing civic recognition awards to one per category each year, cutting from eight recipients last year. Awards will now be presented at a special reception rather than at a city council meeting, honoring residents for contributions to quality of life in medicine hat across recreational cultural humanitarian environmental and other fields.
A policy for environmental stewardship grants is postponed until a priorities plan is finished later this year. The grants aim to raise awareness of environmental opportunities, boost citizen conservation participation, and fund volunteer initiatives. Funding from the city council remains undecided.
The Westaskiwin Court of Queen's Bench invalidated about 7,000 tickets issued April 1 to May 26, 2004 after finding the photo radar operator lacking laser radar training. Alberta Justice said roughly $700,000 will be refunded to those who paid. A Devon setup on Highway 60 prompted RCMP review following operator training gaps.
A 26 person crew works in the early hours painting the inner ring on sheets of ice at Rexall Place Edmonton for the 2005 Men’s Curling Championships. The event runs March 5 to 13 with the Brier title up for grabs.
A five nation study led by University of Alberta scientist Alexander Wolfe finds warming alters Arctic lake ecosystems in Canada, Norway, Finland, the UK and Russia. Team of 26 researchers studied algae, water fleas and insect larvae in 46 northern lakes, signaling global warming effects on food chains.
McLean Virginia AP reports the Supreme Court decision barring execution of juvenile killers means Lee Boyd Malvo cannot face the death penalty for the 2002 Washington sniper shootings or other slayings. Malvo, 17 at the time, already sits sentenced to life without parole in two murders. Prince William County prosecutor Paul Ebert says he will not seek further convictions against Malvo.
Gordon Lightfoot returns to Orillia with a December 3 concert to make up for a 2002 cancellation caused by a near fatal stomach ailment. The event honors original ticket holders at 8 p.m. in the Lightfoot Auditorium, with new tickets on sale March 21 at 1 pm at the Opera House box office.
Randy Ferbey warns winning Edmonton Brier will be tougher and vows peak performance. His curling team Nedohin Pfeifer Rocque seeks a record sixth Canadian title, after past successes with Pat Ryan. The event starts in Edmonton this weekend. Toronto doctors contest obesity study on NES players, criticizing BMI as flawed. Tony Galea questions a JAMA report claiming 56 percent of NES players are obese, arguing height weight doesn't distinguish muscle.
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