21 Mar 2001
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 2001
Page
1
Prime Minister Jean Chretien voiced confidence in the Canadian dollar as it hovered around 64 cents US. He said Canada will do all it can to back the weak loonie amid investor nerves and a rush to the U.S. dollar. The loonie closed Tuesday at 63.87 cents US after dipping to 63.75 earlier.
The world’s largest floating oil rig sank in the South Atlantic off Brazil 120 kilometres from shore after an explosion. Petrobas reported over one million litres of diesel aboard began leaking as a cleanup flotilla of 11 ships deployed barriers and dispersants. Scientists and government downplayed environmental impact due to the remote location.
Poet Maya Angelou states that prejudice burdens memory and distorts time, confusing the past and threatening the future while making the present inaccessible.
Medicine Hat council narrowly votes to extend tourism services for 2001 while a provincial overhaul looms. Chamber of Commerce and Wings Organization had bid for a three year contract. re-evaluation due as provincial tourism planning may change. Community input urged for a regional approach before reopening.
Alliance MP Rahim Jaffer tearfully apologized in the Commons for covering up after his executive assistant Matthew Johnston impersonated him on a Vancouver radio show. Jaffer said it was wrong for his aide to claim to be him and that he lied to the producer.
An independent 39 page Calgary board report finds the Lost Coast Trail trip leaders untrained and lacking risk awareness. No disciplined action planned though two students and a chaperon died during the California expedition led by Calgary public schools.
Canadian Press reports Taco Bell will give every U S resident a free taco if the Mir space station crashes into a 12 by 12 metre bull’s eye target in the South Pacific. The 143 tonne satellite is expected to reenter around 11:30 p m Thursday local time.
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