25 May 1998
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 25, 1998
Page
1
A blast at the First Assembly of God church in Danville injured 33 people including teenagers. Police say the church had natural gas service and no bomb was indicated, with FBI involvement in a preliminary probe.
Canadian Forces faces a critical doctor shortage as 21 general practitioners are absent, with projections to 44 next year. Lt Col Henry Flaman warns pay incentives may not prevent departures, risking a 151 doctor standard and the ability to support Gulf War scale conflicts or Rwanda missions.
A 16 year old Medicine Hat girl was tied up and stabbed in a Flats house. Pamela Harvey, 18, and a 17 year old male face seven charges each including unlawful confinement and assault with a weapon. The victim was treated for a puncture wound and released. Police note no sexual motive and possible link to a separate early morning beating. Harvey to appear in court Tuesday.
At Canadian Forces Base Suffield in Alberta a memorial cairn is dedicated to Master Cpl Rick Wheeler who died in an exercise when crushed by an armored carrier. Lt Col David Fraser notes the aim is to stress safety, while Wheeler's family and wife Christina push for greater accountability and independent investigations of military deaths.
Following a spate of school shootings, some U.S. schools introduce lockdown drills as a psychopathic scenario, with pupils waiting in locked rooms while a shooter stalks corridors. Measures include metal detectors, guards, peer mediation, and hotlines, amid Springfield Oregon’s recent cafeteria massacre.
In Northern Ireland the Marching Season approaches as a 71 percent Yes vote seeks a functioning peace. Gen John de Chastelain says decommissioning must move faster if the paramilitaries choose to disarm, with total disarmament due in two years if will exists.
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