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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 12, 2007
Page
1
Forecast for Monday through Friday features partly cloudy conditions on Monday and mostly sunny warm weather on Tuesday. Highs range from 26 down to 19 degrees with nightly lows between 8 and 11 degrees.
Emergency crews freed a male driver from a stolen sport utility vehicle after a pursuit ended with the SUV wedged at the I-35 and I-37 interchange in San Antonio. The driver escaped pursuit, crashed the vehicle, and suffered no serious injuries.
Greg Yorke of New Glasgow Nova Scotia plans a permanent tattoo of Bruce Frisko after 25000 people joined a Facebook group. The 21 year old says the ink will be a headshot of Frisko about the size of a business card, done this weekend.
The council approved a bylaw imposing a supplementary tax on newly constructed buildings and renovations completed or occupied in the current tax year. It applies to properties where construction was not finished by December 31 of the prior year and is now complete or occupied in the current year. It also covers buildings not previously completed or occupied.
The News corrects an error naming Shell Travel Inn and Restaurant. The correct business is Shell Travel Centre on Redcliff Drive. The apology notes the correction and clarifies the misidentified establishment.
Parkland Institute at the University of Alberta seeks high school entrants province wide for its annual essay contest. Three winners receive 500 and one essay published in AlbertaViews. Deadline May 31, submissions at www.ualberta.ca/PARKLAND. Towering flames threaten Avalon as Catalina Island wildfire forces evacuations near Santa Catalina Island’s main city.
Saskatchewan farmers hit by drought or flood gain one time access to Crown lands under a new emergency grazing policy. Local producers must be in drought or flood affected areas to qualify. Agriculture Minister Wartman notes many cannot pasture this spring. The CP photo shows Newfoundland and Labrador citizens at a non partisan rally in St John’s protesting federal treatment with about 3500 attendees.
Statistics Canada reports April kept unemployment at 6.1 percent and, after comparability adjustments, Canada's job growth outpaced the United States in the first four months of 2007. Net losses included about 5,000 total jobs and 15,000 full-time positions, offset by gains in part-time work. Manufacturing shed 13,000 Ontario jobs, and services slowed with 17,000 finance and other services job losses, though services added 406,000 jobs in the past year. Adult women hit a 59.1 percent employment rate with a 4.7 percent jobless rate, a record low.
Alberta and Ottawa struck a pact to boost foreign worker entry to 25,000 annually over ten years under the provincial nominee program. Premier Ed Stelmach said it reduces red tape and gives Alberta more influence over immigration, while the federal minister noted skilled workers will benefit. The plan raises from the current 2,500 annual entrants and aims to streamline settlement and placement.
GasBuddy data show Medicine Hat pump prices averaging 1.094 per litre on Friday with some stations above 1.12. The figure trails Canada's national average yet forecasts point to higher costs ahead as spring shifts to summer. Jason Toews notes last May's national mean was 1.087 per litre, while this year could top 1.135. He warns prices may reach about 1.35 by early summer, boosting travel costs and straining budgets. He advises careful planning and route optimization to curb wasted fuel.
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