Sunday Highs and Lows Weather Update Card
Sunday brings a high of 16 and a low of 7 with mostly cloudy skies. The forecast notes a Monday high of 40 and a low of 5 with a chance of showers and clouds. A line warns that higher numbers mean greater risk of sun damage to the skin.
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May 3 1455 to modern Medicine Hat, a quick timeline
A compact chronology traces events from May 3 1455 the Jewish expulsion from Spain to Medicine Hat’s five year growth since 1883 tents gave way to wooden buildings. It notes John McCrae writing Flanders Fields in Ypres 20 minutes and later death in 1918, women's suffrage in PEI, and James Brown birth in Macon Georgia into the modern era.
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Motown and Stax sparks shine on Brown career rise
The 1960s breakthroughs by black artists on Motown and Stax-Volt elevated James Brown from obscurity to mass fame. His first hit with the Famous Flames was Please Please Please in 1956, and in 1986 Living in America topped charts from Rocky 4 soundtrack amid wide media attention.
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Warrant Issued for Middleton's Arrest in Indictable Charges
Former mayoral candidate Robbie Middleton had a warrant issued after missing his trial date. His lawyer Diana Rutschmann said he was out of the country and pending his return from Guatemala in June. Proceedings adjourned to May 12 to set a new trial date.
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Flu free sites win regional awards of merit
Medicine Hat News awards of merit go to Palliser Health Region continuing care and supportive living facilities for influenza free status this season. The influenza season ended in April and Dr Paul Schnee commends staff residents visitors and volunteers for hand washing and staying home when ill.
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Paul Schnee
Special plans for health safety week in Alberta
Alberta observes North American Occupational Safety and Health Week from May 1 to 7 with activities to equip educate and empower workers. Minister Mike Cardinal emphasizes safety as a shared responsibility and urges people to learn how to keep workplaces safe. Visit naosh.org for local events.
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Help for sick boy gets interim drug support
Mackenzie Olsen, a 10 year old from the Siksika First Nation near Calgary, has Hurler Scheie syndrome caused by an enzyme deficiency. The Calgary Health Region will continue providing his expensive therapy as an interim measure while federal action is pursued.
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Leanne Niblock
Mistakes highlighted in deadly RCMP case in Red Deer
RCMP detachment in Red Deer erred in investigating a domestic violence case that ended in murder and suicide. Rod Knecht testified that K-Division officials found systemic issues in investigations and supervision after Josif Fekete shot his wife Blagica and son Alex on September 28, 2003, amid prior calls for protection and a court order.
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Database hacking case put over in two provinces
Fort Qu'Appelle and Saskatoon hosted provincial court appearances for several defendants charged with hacking RCMP computerized databases. Accused include managers of two private investigation firms and a former RCMP clerk from Balcarres, Sask. The matter was adjourned to July 4 in Fort Qu'Appelle and June 27 in Saskatoon amid a lengthy investigation dating to 2001.
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Five die as building collapses after gas blast in Lahore
Associated Press reports in Lahore Pakistan a three storey building collapsed after gas cylinders stored in the basement exploded. At least five people were killed and several wounded with others feared trapped beneath debris and nearby homes damaged. Police official Mobeen Ahmed noted the cause was not immediately known.
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Appeal hearing set for former Saskatoon officers
Two former Saskatoon police officers, Larry Hartwig and Brad Senger, appeal their firing over the 1996 Neil Stonechild death. The pair, dismissed after a commission found they had the teen in their cruiser the night he vanished, attend joint hearings under the Saskatchewan Police Act beginning Wednesday.
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