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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 13, 2006
Page
1
Partly cloudy skies with highs around 19 and lows near 6 forecast for Wednesday. Clear to partly cloudy conditions expected on Thursday with a low near 8 and a high around 27 on Friday accompanied by mostly sunny skies and a low near 18.
TELUS offers tips for Sunday calls to mom including peak times and call durations. In Mother's Day 2005 TELUS carried over 15 million domestic and 1.6 million international long distance calls. Average calls on Mother's Day run about 11 minutes, with peaks 9 to 11 a.m. and 5 to 8 p.m. For international calls, try non peak times if lines are busy.
A 3 a.m. head on crash on the Trans-Canada Highway left the pickup driver seriously injured and hospitalized with non life threatening injuries. The tractor trailer driver escaped with no injuries. The eastbound truck crossed into the opposite lane as both vehicles traveled toward each other.
In Tokyo AP reports China imposes a five percent tax on wooden chopsticks to curb deforestation. Japan uses about 25 billion sets yearly, 97 percent from China, prompting price hikes of 30 percent with another 20 percent possible. Restaurants seek bamboo or new suppliers as costs rise and environmentalists praise the move.
At St John’s International Airport a belt buckle resembling a hand grenade triggered an evacuation. Security officials could not contact the passenger, a Royal Newfoundland Constabulary bomb squad was deployed, and the item was found. Normal operations resumed about 90 minutes later.
The Alberta government urges drivers to slow to 60 kmh when passing an emergency vehicle or tow truck stopped with flashing lights. In oncoming lanes or other lanes, drivers should proceed with caution. The rule began October 31, 2005.
Former Quebec Premier Lucien Bouchard tells reporters in Quebec City that he will not return to provincial politics. He cites lingering personal and parental responsibilities from when he stepped down as premier in 2001 and remains firm on his position.
Regina man Stanley Latkowski was sentenced to six months in jail after bilking almost four thousand dollars from the public. He sold tickets to a non existent fundraising dinner and ran an illegal raffle for a charity that did not exist.
The federal government launches an internal probe to identify who leaked an auditor general report details about the gun registry. The NDP demand RCMP involvement, arguing the government should not investigate itself. Fraser expresses anger at the leak and hints at suspected sources. Opposition MPs blame the Conservatives for the leak.
Four people died and at least 42 were wounded in a series of bomb blasts in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa on Friday. Police said the blasts targeted to discredit the government, while international observers questioned election integrity and opposition parties disputed the claims.
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