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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 2005
Page
1
Friday through Sunday cloudy with chances of snow showers. Highs range from minus five to minus nine degrees, with lows from minus fourteen to minus eighteen. Brisk winds and icy surfaces expected. wrap warmly and limit travel when possible.
On this day in 1649 Jesuit priests Jean de Brebeuf and Gabriel Lalement were tortured and killed by Iroquois forces. Also noted Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter sold out in 10 days. Delmonico Restaurant honored, Nanaimo Mercantile Review referenced. C PR rail set to run daily passenger and express service Montreal to coast starting next week. A westbound train arrival anticipated and eastbound passenger due the next day. Mr Small and Mr Davin begin collaboration on a government grant project.
Medicine Hat notes mark the departure of Lord Strathcona's Horse a 537 mounted unit recruited across Manitoba British Columbia and the Northwest Territories for the Boer War They sailed to South Africa as the third Canadian contingent commanded by Strathcona Donald Smith wealthy Canadian high commissioner to Britain. Floods hit Medicine Hat after a March blizzard with waters inundating Flats area. A plane crash near the California Mexico border claimed ten lives including seven from Reba McEntire's band. Liza Minnelli and David Gest wed in New York. Bush set a one day disarmament deadline for Iraq after Azores summit with Britain Spain and Portugal.
Medicine Hat mayor Garth Vallely announces the Mayor's Youth Advisory Committee to link 14 youths aged 13 to 29 with city decision makers. The group will meet over the next year to identify youth issues, provide feedback, and engage in community matters reflecting youth opinions. Members include Megan Sehn, John Hampson, Serena Batemen, Jilayna Stigter, Jennifer Leblanc, Megan Sawatsky, Morgan Pudwell, Shane Chynoweth, Cole Butgerell, Kathryn Tatham, Sarah MacKenzie-Fisher, Morgan Harrison, Sarah Duggan, and Scott Raible.
Interim Alberta Alliance leader Paul Hinman says the Klein government does not go far enough to counter federal plans to legalize same sex marriage. He calls for Alberta to refuse marriage licenses to same sex couples even if Bill C 38 passes and to pursue a constitutional amendment banning such unions.
PM Paul Martin spent Tuesday in Edmonton touring the National Institute of Nanotechnology at the University of Alberta. He visited three labs, viewed high end X ray and scanning instruments, and spoke with researchers about government support for research and development. University leader Rod Fraser praised the facility as a top five global nanoscience hub and a platform science for tomorrow's economy.
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney had a routine procedure to remove a benign lung lesion at a Montreal hospital. He is recovering well and expected to be discharged in a few days to convalesce at home. Aides said he could be home in time for his 66th birthday, with doctors calling the surgery minor.
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