Weather Outlook with Cloudy Skies and Showers Chance
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a high near 21 and a low around 12. A chance of showers is expected with a high near 18 and a low around 10.
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May 31 voyage marks Frobisher start of Hudson Strait discovery
May 31 marks Martin Frobisher embarking from England on a voyage credited with the European discovery of Hudson Strait. The Medicine Hat Amateur Dramatic company plans to begin rehearsals for "Our Boys" soon. Nova Scotia ends its upper house, the legislative council. Adolf Eichmann was hanged in Israel for his Nazi crimes. 1962 Canadian rock star Corey completes the scene.
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England
Hudson Strait
Medicine Hat Amateur Dramatic Company
Our Boys
Adolf Eichmann
Israel
From Hart to Halliwell News Tangles Across Years
Montreal born musician Hart, who hit fame with Sunglasses at Night, marries Erika Gagnon in Rome on his 28th birthday. In Canada, a 1997 bridge milestone tied to Confederation Bridge opened eight years earlier amid long car lines. Ginger Spice Geri Halliwell quits Spice Girls amid reported tensions. group proceeds with North American tour.
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Montreal
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Dan Hill
Canada
Japan
England
U.S
Erika Gagnon
Rome
Confederation
Prince Edward Island
Geri Halliwell
Ginger Spice
The
Spice Girls
Ginger
Alberta farmers near seed completion in 2005 crop report
More than 90 per cent of southern Alberta farmers have finished planting as the 2005 Crop Report notes. Seeding is nearly complete in eastern areas with about 70 to 80 per cent in the southwest. some canola and sugar beets were reseeded after frost damage. Moisture levels are mixed with surface and sub surface reserves depleted due to low rainfall and strong winds. Overall Alberta producers have planted 86 per cent of the 2005 crop.
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Alberta
LRB Clears Catholic Board in Labour Dispute Claims
Labour Relations Board chair Mike Asbell issued decisions on the Catholic board and the Alberta Teachers' Association. The Catholic board was found to commit unfair labour practices by targeting strikes at inopportune times and misrepresenting 2003 04 budget discussions. The ATA itself was not found to practice but ads inflamed the dispute.
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Mike Asbell
Catholic Board
Alberta Teachers’ Association
ATA
Asbell
Former MLA Jeremy Dalton dies at 62 in Vancouver hospital
Jeremy Dalton, former West Vancouver Capilano MLA from 1991 to 2001 and former opposition labour critic and house leader, died over the weekend at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver from an undisclosed illness. He was 62.
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Victoria
B.C. Liberal
Jeremy Dalton
West Vancouver-Capilano
Dalton
Lions Gate Hospital
North Vancouver
Officers bugged room in Milgaard inquiry
Intelligence officers drilled a wall hole and placed a microphone in a Saskatoon hotel room where David Milgaard’s travelling companions were questioned by a polygraph expert in May 1969. The inquiry heard that Rusty Chartier and partner Robert Morrison from the National Criminal Intelligence Unit installed the gear without the interview subjects’ knowledge during the Gail Miller case investigations.
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Saskatoon
David Milgaard
Milgaard
Rusty Chartier
National Criminal Intelligence Unit
Gail Miller
Calgary
Art Roberts
Chartier
Robert Morrison
Canadian crowned Miss Universe 2005 in Bangkok
Natalie Glebova of Toronto won Miss Universe 2005 at the 54th pageant in Bangkok Thailand. The 23 year old beat four other finalists from Mexico Puerto Rico the Dominican Republic Venezuela and Canada with Miss Puerto Rico as first runner up. Glebova was born in Russia and moved to Canada at age 12.
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Thailand
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Toronto
Glebova
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Russia
Beavers Attack Woman Near derelict Car in Nova Scotia
A Nova Scotia woman was attacked by a beaver Monday morning while the animal lounged under a derelict car about 250 metres from water. The beaver, described as large with sharp incisors, bit the woman, bruising her and tearing a pant leg. She was hospitalized and showed no illness. Wildlife technician Peter MacIsaac warned rodents bite when cornered.
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Tatamagouche
Nova Scotia
Peter MacIsaac
Department of Natural Resources
MacIsaac
Rescue chief juggles calls as climbers stranded on Mount Logan
Tim Jones of the North Shore Search and Rescue led a broad effort after three experienced climbers on Mount Logan in Yukon were trapped in a severe storm. The group Alex Snigurowicz Erik Bjarnason and Don Jardine were part of an eight member team aiming to scale the 5500 meter peak for the unit’s 40th anniversary. Bjarnason and two companions are hospitalized in Anchorage.
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Tim Jones
North Shore
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North Vancouver
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Canada
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Don Jardine
Mount
Logan
Yukon
North Shore Search and Rescue
Bjarnason
Anchorage Hospital
Indonesian quake shakes Aceh near Banda Aceh
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the Indian Ocean southwest of Banda Aceh in Aceh province. No damage or injuries were reported initially though residents fled from a five story hotel and other buildings as the tremor lasted about 10 seconds.
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Indian Ocean
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