09 Sep 1997
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 09, 1997
Page
1
Canadian divers worked through Monday after the Fierte Genavienne capsized near Gonave Island about 70 kilometres from Port-au-Prince. About 400 feared dead as 24 bodies were recovered from 25 metre depths, with many still trapped inside the vessel amid reports of a panic and locked doors.
John Cowell, president of the Alberta Workers' Compensation Board, will depart when his five year term ends in December. He raised the agency to solid finances, cut employer premiums, and issued refunds but faced criticism over his 350000 dollar salary and claim handling delays. Pam Barrett of the NDP labeled his actions a mission scorched earth for cheaper business at workers’ expense.
Terri Clark captures fan's choice female vocalist of the year and album of the year for Just the Same at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Hamilton Ontario. Paul Brandt wins male vocalist and single of the year while Shania Twain earns a special award for The Woman in Me. Farmer's Daughter named group of the year. Duane Steel and Lisa Brokop win best vocal collaboration for Two Names on an Overpass.
Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona will host eight computers in an exhibition hall showing the names pictures zip codes and crimes of about 64000 registered sex offenders. An earlier exhibit in Sacramento drew about 4000 inquiries and organizers say the display helps families protect children.
The dispute over restoring Diana's HRH status pits the Spencer family against the Windsor line. Buckingham Palace says the Spencers declined the restoration after Diana's funeral, while the Spencer family confirms they did not seek the change.
Rees Jones, 29, recovering from severe injuries at La Pitie Salpetriere Hospital Paris, was in the car’s front seat during a crash in the Place de l Alma underpass. He told his mother he felt guilty but there was nothing more he could have done.
Remains of Wilbur Bentz a Medicine Hat pilot who died when his Halifax bomber crashed in a Belgian marsh in 1944 have been recovered along with three other Canadian airmen. A volunteer team led by Bentz’s nephew and Karl Kjarsgaard recovered the bones to be laid to rest in Geraardsbergen near the crew graves.
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