Sunday 12 High Follows Cloudy Forecast
The forecast calls for a high around 12 with mostly cloudy skies and light flurries. Winds are mild, with a chance of brief snow showers across the region.
08 Mar 2006
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 08, 2006
Page
1
The forecast calls for a high around 12 with mostly cloudy skies and light flurries. Winds are mild, with a chance of brief snow showers across the region.
On March 8 1867 the British parliament passed the British North America Act with key votes after a late rush by MPs. The act proclaimed March 29 with Confederation slated for July 1, Queen Victoria. Also noted is 1982’s Canada Bill patriating the Constitution and a New York burglary case using fingerprint evidence. Diana Ross gave her first solo concert in Framingham, Massachusetts.
The 1970 death of guitar legend Jimi Hendrix in London remains an open verdict from an inquest. Kathy Etchingham pressed for a new inquiry claiming evidence supports an earlier death date.
The Town of Maple Creek will get 77302 from Saskatchewan's Community Share 2006 Program which allocates 32 million to 802 municipalities on a per capita basis. Funds may fund seniors centre wheelchair ramps playground swings firefighting equipment infrastructure repairs energy savings safe water projects and related public facilities.
Preliminary estimates put Saskatchewan exploration value at a record 194 million in 2006, surpassing 2003 2004 and 2005 figures. Mining ranks third in the province's economy after oil gas and agriculture with mineral sales reaching a 3.3 billion record in 2005 including 2.6 billion for potash.
The father of nurse Sarah Christine Bowes, 27, from Grande Prairie Alberta says the case against his daughter is based on suspicions. Bowes, a licensed practical nurse at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, appeared in court on Monday charged with 56 counts across eight offences. She reserved her plea to April 10 and remains in custody.
The Crown will proceed with 26 first-degree murder counts against Robert Pickton after quashing one charge involving a Jane Doe. The judge ruled the removed count did not meet Criminal Code requirements and prosecutors will not appeal. The case moves forward in British Columbia Supreme Court.
Tim Hortons confirmed by Ron Joyce will open a coffee shop in Kandahar to serve Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan. Joyce says the Oakville management team has it in hand and expects the project to proceed soon, though no exact timeline was set.
Canadian Football League player Kevis Smith will face two counts of aggravated sexual assault in Regina after a British Columbia charge was merged with the Saskatchewan case. A BC Crown spokesman said the merger followed discussions with the Surrey, BC victim and family. Smith's Regina lawyer said the move is procedural and both cases proceed.
London AP reports an author suing the Da Vinci Code publishers admitted in court on Tuesday that he exaggerated claims the novel borrowed from his work. The case centers on Michael Baigent and Richard Leigh whose 1982 book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail is alleged to underpin Dan Brown's bestseller.
Provincial Court in Medicine Hat hears Curtis Ian Bedore admit three trafficking charges and one possession for trafficking. Sentencing set for March 9 after Crown and defense agree to move the case and details emerge of undercover drug purchases totaling 980 dollars plus 82 Ecstasy pills found on Bedore. Separately, Redcliff man Jeffrey Burgess receives one year probation for a string of oilfield thefts tied to Cypress County, with 2300 dollars owed to a quad owner and other stolen items recovered.
Michael Samoleski, 36, of Medicine Hat, is scheduled for 9 30 a m on March 14 at the Medicine Hat Provincial Court after lawyers review case details. Police say he demanded a price from an escort at 103 Southview Drive F E and produced a weapon, allegedly holding the escort against her will. He faces sexual assault confinement and threats charges.
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