Two candidates enter race to replace Solberg in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Conservatives vote Saturday on who will replace outgoing MP Monte Solberg after he announced retirement. Don Plett, head of the national Conservative council, said appointing a candidate is unlikely in this riding. LaVar Payne and Dean Shock declared for the race at a Monday meeting and resigned their board posts.
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Dean Shock
Canadian Idol finale lands in Lethbridge theatre
Votes determine the winner as Theo Tams from Coaldale and Mitch MacDonald of Port Hastings contend for the title. A 6 pm broadcast at the University of Lethbridge segments theOntario feed to local viewers. CTV will film crowd shots and interview guests during the finale.
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Calgary
Edmonton
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Port Hoot
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MacDonald
Canada
Ransom demanded for kidnapped journalists in Somalia
Canadian Amanda Lindhout and colleagues Nigel Brennan and Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi were kidnapped August 23 on a road between Afgol and Mogadishu. Reporters Without Borders says ransom demand is 2.5 million US dollars.
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Somalia
Amanda Lindhout
Nigel Brennan
Abdifatah Mohammed Elmi
Afgol
Mogadishu
Katherine Borlongan
Reporters Without Borders In
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Online Heart and Stroke auction opens bids in Medicine Hat
Bids are coming in for the annual Heart and Stroke Foundation fundraising online auction. Items include exercise equipment china sets and fishing gear plus David Copperfield tickets golf rounds at Desert Blume and car wash gift certificates. Bidding runs until Friday with item donations accepted at the Medicine Hat News office until Thursday. All proceeds support Heart and Stroke Foundation research and education.
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Dion fires at Harper in urban Canada clash in Montreal
Canadian Liberal Leader Stephane Dion accused Stephen Harper of ideological blindness on gun laws during a Montreal speech at Dawson College. Harper, visiting the Vancouver area, rejected a ban on semi automatic rifles and touted tougher gun-crime penalties. A CP Harris/Decima poll shows Dion trailing in Quebec and facing a financing and incumbency disadvantage amid a tight race.
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May Denied Spot at Televised Canadian Debates
Green party Leader Elizabeth May was shut out of the October 1 and 2 televised debates in Ottawa as the four major parties opposed her inclusion. NDP and Conservative voices highlighted strategic reasons, while Liberal Stephane Dion welcomed May to join. Network officials said ensuring all four leaders could proceed trumped a larger panel.
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