10 May 2005
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 10, 2005
Page
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A series of brief forecast lines notes mostly sunny and cool conditions with highs from 41 to 24 degrees and lows from 1 to 8. Several entries mention partly cloudy and milder spells, showers and possible thunderstorms, with varying high and low readings.
May 10 reports Jacques Cartier reached Cape Bonavista on first voyage to Canada. Canada’s capital moved from Kingston to Montreal for five years. Immigration agent Sutherland notes about 140 settlers came this spring. Medicine Hat News issued an eight page weekly and arranged telegraphic service. Twenty two German settlers from Pennsylvania arrived at Dunmore aiming to settle southeast of town, with about as many expected soon.
Ottawa appoints its own minister to Washington and not the British ambassador. The Carter Family records Wildwood Flower widely praised for Mother Maybelle Carter’s guitar. The Rolling Stones begin London session with Come On single. The Who starts MSG run selling out eight hours after tickets go on sale. John Berry undergoes brain cyst surgery in Los Angeles with Your Love Amazes Me a Top 10 hit. Chuck Guite and Jean Brault face fraud charges in the federal sponsorship scandal with about two million tied to the firearms registry.
Mike Emery leads a crew of eight in a weeklong interior refurbishment at the Tim Hortons Dunmore Road location. The project, starting Sunday night, will last about one month and aims to reopen May 31 with a chrome and stainless steel motif.
Medicine Hat News reports Albertan Brian Vass has created Pure Math Online to help students struggling with Pure Math. The program blends professional teaching with at home learning, aiming to make math fun and effective. Vass invites inquiries at 403-374-0902 or via www.puremath.ca.
A six year old Alberta girl Corinne Gustavson was slain in 1992 while playing near a fence. Clifford Sleigh 42 pleaded guilty to kidnapping and manslaughter as opening statements in the Alberta trial referenced first degree murder charges. Crown rejected manslaughter plea and proceeded on murder. Jury selection earlier drew 1000 potential jurors, the largest in Canada since the Bernardo case.
A legislature bill from a multi party committee proposes a permanent electronic voters list, streamlined absentee voting, and adjustments for prisoner voting and party registration thresholds. Also noted is the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan project delivering 2300 entries over 1000 pages by centennial time.
Health economist Steve Morgan of the University of British Columbia argues that Canada should create a national system to track prescription drug use and assess whether new, pricier medications offer better outcomes than older, lower-cost options. Spending rose from 7.6 billion in 1996 to 18 billion in 2004.
Labour legislators in London pressed Tony Blair to step down days after he won a historic third term. The rift within the party grows as unease over the Iraq war and a potential leadership challenge before his term ends deepens.
Rimouski Oceanic forward Sidney Crosby shoots on Halifax Mooseheads goalie Jason Churchill as Halifax trails 3-0 in the series after a 5-4 loss in Halifax. Crosby is 87 and Churchill 31 are the top names in this third game of the QMJHL playoffs.
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