Calgary woman dies in Trans-Canada rollover crash
Gull Lake RCMP report a 70 year old passenger Florence Lillian Wright died when the car rolled west of the Piapot turnoff on the Trans-Canada Highway. Driver Robert J. Wright, 74, suffered serious injuries and was taken to hospital after initial treatment in Maple Creek. Alcohol is not believed to be a factor. Investigators continue.
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British Defense Chief Heads to Trudeau Funeral
Secretary of State for Defence Geoff Hoon will attend Pierre Trudeau funeral representing Britain. Hoon, visiting the British Army Training Unit Suffield, said he did not know Trudeau personally but called him a great man and Canadian. He noted Trudeau's global reverence and expressed pride in attending.
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Mental Health Week Aims to Fight Stigma in Alberta
Charles Vermeeren of the Alberta Mental Health Board says the five year project enters its second year to educate Alber tans about mental illness and support friends. One in five Albertans will face mental illness, the board says, as Mental Illness Awareness Week runs to Oct 8 with billboards ads and educational materials planned. Linda Hancock notes mood, schizophrenia or grief can underlie issues and that education helps reduce stigma and encourage treatment.
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Photo radar planned at multiple Medicine Hat locations
Police will place photo radar units at several sites in Medicine Hat on Tuesday October 3, including Kingsway Avenue and Elm Street school playground areas, to monitor speeding motorists.
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College halts $6 million expansions for new campus building
Micarcine Hat College suspends nearly $6 million in expansion projects to fund a new building at the Vera Bracken Library site and visual communications and computer space. The move delays power engineering space relocation from Kipling Street, with plans for two years at most to resume the postponed projects.
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Medicine Hat College Gets $30000 From Local Credit Union
Dawe ne medicine Hats Community Credit Union donated $30 000 to Medicine Hat College to help renovate the eae Library and support expansion. Credit Union CEO Murray Haubrich praised the gift as worthwhile. However Cocks Weeks notes moving the program to the main campus could isolate the power engineering lab and reduce noise from alarms. Weeks suspects future provincial funding for building projects may favor other institutions though MH College will continue to seek support.
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Iron Hawk sets standard for wargame at Suffield
General Sir Mike Jackson calls Iron Hawk the largest exercise of its kind for the British Army at the British Army Training Unit Suffield. More than 4000 soldiers and hundreds of vehicles train under live and simulated fire with armour infantry engineers and air assets. Geoffrey Hoon notes high costs but values unique training and hopes to extend the Ottawa training pact.
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Britain vows to protect wildlife on training range in Suffield
Defence secretary Geoff Hoon says Britain will do what is necessary to comply with local rules to preserve plants and animals on the Suffield training area north of Hat. General Mike Jackson notes balance between training needs and environmental protection and cites Salisbury Plain as a model of conservation under military use.
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Council moves to ban home based escort agencies
Hat neighbourhoods may see fewer home based dating services as council approves first reading of a bylaw to refuse licenses for home based escort agencies. Ald. Bernie Anderson backs the plan noting the danger to children and property values while opposing moral discrimination claims from Ald. Kathy Mandeville.
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