Bus flips into ditch after collision with semi on Highway 41A
A school bus carrying about 14 Eagle Butte students collided with a semi on Highway 41A east of Medicine Hat. No injuries were reported. one teenage student was checked and sent home. RCMP investigate potential seatbelt use and charges.
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Medicine Hat Fire Service
Vern Hayward
Judy McKenzie
McKenzie
Eagle Butte
Ryan Taplin
Bali attack suspect’s spiritual leader checks into hospital
Abu Bakar Bashir, 64, head of the al Qaida linked Jemaah Islamiyah, checked into a Jakarta hospital and avoided police questioning. Indonesian authorities had named him a Christmas Eve 2000 bomber suspect but not in the Bali attacks that killed nearly 200. Bashir’s health issue or exhaustion was cited by an aide as he awaited Saturday interrogation.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
APCP
U.S
Bali
Abu Bakar Bashir
al- Qaida
Bashir
Wm Lp RE LOY Necessity Plea for Freedom
Quote by William Pitt on necessity as the plea for every infringement of human freedom. Describes tyranny creed and slave mindset as the opposite of liberty.
Local leaders push protocol with PHR amid Swann case
Palliser Brooks mayor Don Weisbeck and area leaders discuss establishing formal talks with the PHR and MOH after the Swann firing and brief reinstatement offer. The group plans monthly region wide meetings to handle disaster, health and water issues while debating Kyoto. Attendees included Weisbeck Daniels Craven Van Ooyen Kirwan Jones and Jones.
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Reeves
Palliser Brooks
Don Weisbeck
Southern Alberta
Reeves and Mayors Association
David Swann
Palliser Medical
Wayne Daniels
Newell
PHR
Weisbeck
Palliser
Iraq
Kyoto
Swann
MOH
Medical Officer of Health
Daniels
Len Mitzel
Medicine Hat
Wayne Craven
Cypress County
Jo van Ooyen
Bassano
Jim Kirwan
Oyen
Doug Jones
No new taxes for health care pledge from Ottawa
Finance Minister John Manley ruled out raising new taxes to fund health care reform while keeping doors open to options. Alberta Premier Ralph Klein also rejected tax hikes or deductibles, saying premiums could rise only previously, not again. Romanow reports and Senate committee work may influence future funding decisions.
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Ottawa
John Manley
Manley
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Klein
Saskatchewan
Roy Romanow
Romanow
Four youths killed when car hits crowd near Welland store
In Welland Ontario a mid size car swerved on wet pavement and struck four young pedestrians near Kay's Korner Variety. Three died at the scene and a fourth injured later. the driver also died. The cause of the swerve was not yet known.
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Welland, Ont
Rob Noyes
Noyes
Welland County General Hospital
Kay
Korner Variety
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Hayward
William Pitt
Canada
Vail
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