Chester Hunchak remembered for big heart and colorful past
Chester Hunchak, aged 67, is remembered as a warmly generous man with a checkered past and vivid moments. Friends recall his playful personality at Hunchak Motors on Maple Avenue and First Street, including impersonating a guitarist to Midnight Oil's Beds Are Burning. Details of his death and the related police shooting remain unreleased.
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Chester Hunchak
Hunchak
Christopher Arkell
Chester
Gerald Boschee
Boschee
Hunchak Motors
Maple Avenue
First Street
Midnight Oil
Tanker rolls on Box Springs Road near Trans Canada
A diesel tanker carrying 13 000 litres rolled onto its side on Box Springs Road west of Medicine Hat. The driver was briefly trapped and rescued by firefighters, with hazmat crews handling fuel cleanup as Box Springs Road was closed until about 6 p.m.
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Curtis Noble
Medicine Hat
Box Springs Road
Brian Bohrn
Toon
Alberta progressives urged to unite amid political flux
Gil McGowan, AFL president, told 200 CAPE Alberta delegates in Medicine Hat that progressives must organize now and for the next election. He linked Redford's resignation to ongoing union tensions and warned the Wildrose could form government. AFL plans open talks in late May during the Conservative leadership race and heading into the fall election.
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Aberta
Alberta Federation of Labour
Alison Redford
McGowan
Wildrose Party
AFL
Conservative party scolds MP Anders over misleading nomination calls
The Conservative Party reproached MP Rob Anders for a campaign script that allegedly misled Calgary Signal Hill members by implying calls came from rival Ron Liepert. The National Candidate Selection Committee demanded accurate outreach, after Liepert filed a complaint with Elections Canada.
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Anders
Ottawa
Rob Anders
Calgary-Signal Hill
Ron Liepert
Liepert
Elections Canada
Selection Committee
NCSC
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Charles Lefebvre
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Cape Alberta
Medicine Hat Lodge
the Canadian Press
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Medicine Hat News
Julia Dreger
Ata
JP Safety Pick
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