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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 18, 2005
Page
1
After a century of Christian rule, Muslim forces stormed Acre lifting a 33 day siege and slaughtering or enslaving about 60 000 Christians. Saint John New Brunswick incorporated as Canada’s first city.
On this day 25 years after Mount St Helens erupted in Washington state, the disaster claimed 57 lives and sent ash high into the sky. News notes also recount ATV movie Stagecoach starring Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and John Schneider, which critics panned in a TV Guide piece. One Cash aide quipped the film had "a Concorde cast and a cropduster crew."
In 1994 Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley wed in a private ceremony at a Dominican Republic judge's home. News broke two months later via a Dominican paper. The union followed Jackson's out of court settlement with a teen alleging seduction. The couple split in 1996.
Medicine Hat City Council approved the annual report and consolidated financial statements. Mayor Garth Vallely highlighted 2004 milestones including a new fire station and the South Ridge Recreation and Wellness Centre. The Esplanade arts centre remains on schedule to open this fall with land sales totaling over 21 million dollars from 313 lots. Vallely outlined priorities such as energy, smart growth, water strategy, quality of life indicators, waste diversion, and redevelopment plans for Flats Riverside Downtown and the regional hospital.
Two westbound lanes on Carry Drive between Canadian Tire and Super Store will be partially closed for about two weeks starting May 24. City Gas Utility work replaces a natural gas main while one eastbound lane becomes westbound to maintain two way traffic. Area signs will guide motorists.
Medicine Hat Alberta firefighters have ratified a four year collective agreement covering 76 members of the Medicine Hat Fire Service from January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2007. The pact provides a 14.9 percent wage increase and includes market adjustments to certain classifications and premiums to stay competitive with the Alberta fire industry.
Canadian Press reports Edmonton. Children's Advocate John Mould says the Alberta government failed many children in care on securing permanent homes and aiding transitions to productive adulthood. In his 2002-03 annual report tabled in the legislature, he urged aggressive follow-through on initiatives to ensure safety and future planning, noting little change since 1998 when promises were made.
Regina based SaskPower will borrow 150 million for capital projects as Cabinet approved the loan. Minister Frank Quennell cited low long term rates just over five percent, the lowest in 30 years, as the reason for borrowing now.
Queen Elizabeth II unveils the Golden Jubilee Equestrian Statue at the Saskatchewan Legislature Grounds. Burmese, a horse born at Fort Walsh RCMP remount station in 1962, became Her Majesty’s lead horse, served 18 years, and died in 1987. Burmese is buried at Windsor Castle.
John Masswohl of the Canadian Cattlemen's Association told Colorado leaders that keeping the U S border closed to Canadian cattle shifts market pressure northward as Canada pursues more in-house slaughter and processing. He defended Canadian safety amid three mad cow cases and projected industry resilience.
Medicine Hat Police and partners allege the group called the D.C. Boys or The Kids trafficked crack cocaine across Medicine Hat Lethbridge and Brooks. More than one kilogram of cocaine with an estimated $80000 street value was seized along with some marijuana. Forty two charges have been laid or pending and twenty two people charged in what police say is the largest crack seizure locally. Undercover officers bought crack at malls and parks from youths aged 16 and 17. Authorities name several individuals by name and city of residence including Hossein Sharapay Mauricio Cardona Xi Wen Wu Trung Huynh and Erik Pearson among others.
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