Tragic 4-Year-Old Found Dead After Mine Shaft Fall
Kenny Kowalchuk fell 54 feet into an abandoned shaft near Three Hills Alberta. Rescuers found him entangled in a ladder with injuries and likely suffocation. His father heard him shout before the tragedy as RCMP and locals watched the search unfold.
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Ghost Pine Creek
Alta
Kenny Kowalchuk
Peter Kowalchuk
Dadda
RCMP
Three Hills
Calgary
Alfred Fox
Carbon
Robert Shaw
Drumheller
Shaw
Kowalchuk Farm
Kenny
Timely downpour boosts crops across Medicine Hat region
A midweek rainstorm brought .29 inches of rain to Medicine Hat with hail in parts, aiding lawns and gardens while stressing storm sewers. Rain extended to Bow Island, Foremost, and beyond, aiding crop germination and pasture growth as seeding slows continue in western and northern areas.
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Medicine Hat
Bowell
Irvine
Walsh
Fsewers
Bow Island
Manyberries
Suffield
Bindloss
Jenner
Burstall
Saskatchewan
Maple Creek
Coronation
Drumheller
Medileine Hat
Peace River
Burdett
St. Mary and
Milk Rivers
Bowman Island J Jenkins firm to close Bow Island store
Bow Island faces job losses as Jenkins announces sale of its Bow Island operation. Manager says relocation and private interest may follow. no withdrawal date set. City debated a 51 mill rate to meet a projected $70,646 deficit while utilities profits help cushion expenses.
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Bow Island
Jenkins
N.G. Gorling
Jenkins Enerad
Calgary
Bow Island Chamber of Commerce
Dave Ferrer
Restrictions Start Friday in Medicine Hat Water Rules
City adopts summer watering bylaw limiting lawn use to daytime hours and odd even date rules by house number. New rates rise from 12 to 20 cents per front foot with meter option and City Hall permits for unnumbered houses. Prosecution plan to enforce compliance is outlined.
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Medicine Hat
City Hall
Diefenbaker Faces Unruly Vancouver Tory Meeting Night
Prime minister John Diefenbaker struggled to speak over a vast Vancouver audience on May 30, 1962 as fist fights erupted and hecklers drowned his speech. Executive assistant John Fisher urged him to press on while the crowd roared and clashed. Numerous observers noted the difficulty of controlling the unruly gathering.
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Charles Lynch
Special News Service
Vancouver
John Diefenbaker
John Fisher
Canada
Diefenbaker
City faces near record deficit after lawn water rate rise
City controller A. T. Legge notes a $70,646 shortfall in the current budget, one of the highest in city history. The figure could have reached about $90,000 without a council approved bylaw raising the summer lawn water rate from 12 to 20 cents per front foot, adding an estimated $22,000 of which $1,200 goes to reserve and $19,800 to revenue.
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A. T. Legge
Education bill allocates tax dollars across departments
The budget shows education consuming over 83 cents of each tax dollar with direct requisitions for Provincial and Separate Schools totaling 169,063. Expenditures and revenues reach 5,443,764 and 5,353,118 respectively, including utility estimates and water funding. Budget items trimmed include parks, traffic, bridges, and Ross Creek work totaling 65,050. Medicine Hat Hospital levies are unchanged. auxiliary and provincial hospital funding amount to 13,917 and 136,170. A potential surplus up to 29,498 may be directed to the Canada Centenary Fund if the deficit target of 70,646 is met.
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Dan MacCharles
Ald
Helen Gibson
Canada Centenary Fund
City officials clash on budget deficit and school funding limit
Mayor Harry Weiner backs holding the line with a recurring annual deficit and tells the school board it has reached its limit. Alderman Jack Edwardsnotes the base foundation shift but supports declaring the city will not accept beyond 4 mills without appeal. A lengthy debate follows with several aldermen split on the proposed ultimatum.
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Harry Weiner
Ald
Jack Edwards
Weiner
Cliff Adam
Gordon Sissons
J. C. Miller
Helen Gibson
Sissons
Osborne
Miller
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Jim Sharp
Roy Keating
Chamber
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Don Sanderson
Chandise
Little
City News
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Seeveyes
Theatras Television
Esseqa
Exea
Patrick J. Roe
Medicine Hatters
Etzikom
B.C
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ross Creek
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