Saskatchewan Woman Killed in Highway Collision Near Irvine Coast
A Saskatchewan woman over 50 was killed when her Pontiac Grand Am collided with a tractor trailer on the Trans-Canada Highway at Irvine Coast around 12:30 p.m. Sunday. The truck driver was uninjured and RCMP seek witnesses to the crash as investigators continue work. next of kin notification pending.
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Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan
Irvine
Chris Trops
Redcliff
RCMP
Thompson Street
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Trops
VLT Revenue Slumps in Alberta After Referendums
Alberta VLT takings fall 4.78 percent across the province from Nov 1998 to Feb 1999 as Medicine Hat records a 9.2 percent drop. Slot revenue is expected to triple from 1997-98, while players switch to cash payout slots and new casinos. Local operators blame steady VLTs and casino expansion for the decline.
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Medicine
Phil Horch
Joan Tymko
Medicine Hat Lodge
John Hashem
Hashem
Tymko
Syd
Alberta
Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission
Horch
Kevin van Paassen
Vanshaw
Medicine Hat
Keiver Returns Home After Uganda Escape
Mitchell Keiver, a 24 year old Canadian anthropologist from a Three Hills area farm, arrived home shaken after escaping a deadly attack in Bwindi National Park Uganda. He praised his survival and expressed determination to return to Africa to continue his chimpanzee research.
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Itchell Keiver
Uganda
Africa
Keiver
Three Hills
Bwindi
Wisdom Quotes on Joy Anger and Harmony
A Chinese proverb cautions against promises in joy and replies in anger. Doug Floyd observes harmony arises from varied notes, not uniform agreement.
Aboriginals press for share of Prairie resource profits
Aboriginal leaders in Alberta Saskatchewan and Manitoba push for a revenue and benefit sharing from forestry energy and mining on Crown land. Chief Perry Bellegarde says resources were not on treaty tables and eyes joint talks with Indian associations to form a bargaining front.
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Enue
Bellegarde
Edmonton
Indian Association of Alberta
Rod Bushie
Assembly of Manitoba
Alberta
Jeff Chalifoux
Lesser Slave Lake
Aboriginal Affairs
David May
Prairie Provinces
Ernie Lawton
Saskatchewan
Department of Intergovernmental and Aboriginal Affairs
Aboriginal revenue sharing figures from Crown land case
Sharing Edmonton reports key figures on aboriginal revenue sharing from natural resources on Crown land. It lists Alberta 1998 oil royalties and exploration rights at 1.2 billion, Saskatchewan 1998 potash royalties at 113.5 million, and five B C bands receiving 235 675 yearly for research on adjacent Crown land. It also notes fees for B C energy companies to build wells and pipelines and payments for compressor stations per plant and per hectare.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Saskatchewan
B.C
Two armed robbery suspects captured after bus snack stop
Quebec police tipped Ottawa officers about two violent warrants suspects from Montreal area. An unscheduled stop at a west Ottawa gas bar allowed 38 passengers to exit, leaving Frederic Nadeau and Stephane Couture alone and handcuffed to Longueil police.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Sudbury
Greyhound
Frederic Nadeau
Stephane Couture
To Longueil
Que
Combat bra considered in Canadian Forces clothing project
Ottawa shows a $184 million Clothe the Soldier program updating gear for 42,000 troops from 1997 to 2001. An elite team studies a combat bra for female soldiers, weighing comfort for 24 seven use against needed support, while most items remain unisex and field tests use specially designed mannequins. Maj. Joan Prior says prioritizing fitting backpacks and boots over a combat bra.
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Ottawa
National Defence Headquarters
Frank Delanghe
Canada
Delanghe
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