Jailed for break in and assault in Brooks
Obert Oliver Bailey 28 of Brooks was sentenced to 10 1/2 months in jail for break and enter and assault. He admitted taking a TV VCR CD player CDs and cash in separate incidents and was banned from possessing firearms for five years with one year probation.
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Transit management plan outline to be shown at City Hall
Transit meeting set at City Hall tonight to preview the city's new management plan. The proposal shifts handicapped service to curbside, adds trunk and feeder routes to Crescent Heights, and includes a planned south main line serving Ross Glen and South Ridge this summer. Transit manager Frank Merk and board chair Pam Wagner will lead a 7 p.m. presentation lasting about an hour, followed by a public Q&A. The plan covers city transit through 2003.
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Merk
Police install photo radar in Medicine Hat area
On Thursday October 12 police will set up photo radar at various locations including Kingsway Avenue and Terri Clark Park playground in Medicine Hat to enforce speed limits and deter speeding.
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Medicine Hat
Miracle Man trucker wakes, communicates after lethal Trans-Canada crash
Trucker Syd Gardiner 61 from Alysham Saskatchewan regained consciousness at Foothills Hospital Calgary after a head-on crash on the Trans-Canada Highway near the Saskatchewan border. Constable Ron McRae performed 12 minutes of CPR, Gardiner remains unable to speak due to a larynx injury but communicates non verbally. The grain truck collided with a flour truck driven by Hatter Wayne Giesinger. Giesinger was treated for minor injuries. Two occupants of a sport utility vehicle were also hurt. one driver in stable condition. Gardiner had been driving for Prall Trucking about a year and was not wearing a seatbelt.
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Syd Gardiner
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Sandra
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Alysham
Prall
Alberta urged to fund Trans-Canada twinning with Saskatchewan
Alberta officials consider using surplus to help Saskatchewan twin the Trans-Canada Highway to reduce crashes like last week’s two semis collision. Aldermen noted highway value to Alberta and Saskatchewan, while loans between provinces were suggested as a possible aid. Separately in Medicine Hat a pedestrian was hit by a van on Carry Drive near the mall. the victim suffered head and leg injuries and a driver, Charles Barta, was charged with failing to cross.
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Charles Barta
City updates website to handle rising online inquiries
Economic official Tim Fedonin notes the city will upgrade its site designed in 1998 as demand for electronic information grows. E mail requests have nearly tripled since 1998 with outsiders seeking business setup, relocation, or graduate research.
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Tim Fedunin
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Rehabilitated birds of prey released at Echo Dale Park
Five Swainson's Hawks and seven other raptors were freed near Echo Dale Regional Park under the care of Alberta Birds of Prey Centre. Notable releases included Alberta's Great Horned Owl and a Swainson's Hawk rescued from a barbed wire fence near Fort MacLeod.
Raptors Readied for Release From Alberta Centre
Dave McCord and Colin Weir of the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre supervise the release of a dozen rehabilitated birds at the Provincial building with Tina Hagen holding a Swainson's hawk. Birds, including a Great Horned Owl, were released near Bow Island after therapy to restore hunting instincts.
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Colin Weir
Alberta Birds of Prey Centre
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Echo Dale Park
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Weir
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