Snow knocks out power in Medicine Hat area
Snowfall of 3.2 centimetres and rain early morning disrupted power in Medicine Hat and nearby district. Power outages affected Wild Rose Trailer Court and parts of Riverside, with crews restoring service by late morning. Officials attributed outages to high winds, wet snow, and ice on a switcher, with milder conditions expected soon.
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Medicine Hat
Winston Kerr
Riverside
Kerr
Wild Rose Trailer Court
Elkwater
Manyberries
Orion
Seven Persons
Walsh
Irvine
Schuler
Murray Richardson
Trans Alta Utilities Corporation
Richardson
Lorne Thompson
Southeast Hill area wins second round in keeping schools open
Parents in Medicine Hat celebrate a board decision to keep Central Park and Earl Kitchener schools open for now. The panel urges wider study of accommodation, noting the neighborhood school value and the need to reduce the number of Hill area schools due to enrollment limits and budget pressures.
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Hill
Steve Welling
Central Park
Earl Kitchener
Welling
Medicine Hat
Skip Macdonald
Southeast Hill
Macdonald
Finance Committee
Bob Block
Block
C Channel Up For Sale In Toronto Pay TV Plan
C Channel a national pay TV service started three months ago is for sale at 3.5 to 4.5 million dollars. President Edgar Cowan says a buyer could find a terrific bargain while the company faces financial trouble and may not survive the month without fresh capital. TD Bank has refused further credit. subscriptions lag 60 percent. Original investors have tied 5.82 million dollars in, Cowan notes. First Choice or CBC operators could be potential buyers. Cowan expects subscribers to receive full pay and hopes for a full June and July, but time is running out.
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Toronto
C-Channel
Cowan
Saree
CBC
First Choice
National Movie Channel
Crow rate set for Commons showdown vote
The government won permission to introduce legislation ending the historic Crow rate after a 20 hour Commons dispute. MPs from three parties backed a rare vote on whether Transport Minister Jean Luc Pepin could table the bill. The Liberals prevailed 112 to 88 over combined opposition.
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Ottawa
Commons
Jean- Luc Pepin
New Democrats
Liberals
New Democrat House
Ian Deans
NDP
Syria warns of war over Lebanon troop withdrawal
Syria says a wide scale war with Israel could erupt if Israeli troops stay in Lebanon. Foreign Minister Abdul Halim Khaddam spoke as Syria and Saudi Arabia discussed a U S brokered pullout plan. The plan links Israeli withdrawal to that of Syrian and Palestinian forces.
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JIDDA
Syria
Israel
Lebanon
Abdul Halim Khaddam
Hafez Assad
Saudia Arabia
U.S
George Shultz
Lebaon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Clean up Canada urged to show sincerity on acid rain
Canada must clean up its own backyard to convince the United States of its commitment to curbing acid rain. Allan Gotlieb, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., told a $100-a-plate fundraiser that opponents seize on the Sudbury Inco smelter to attack tougher controls, but he remains optimistic about progress.
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Canada
United States
U.S
Allan Gotlieb
Washington
Gotlieb
Movement Against
Inco Ltd
Sudbury
Ont
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