Scouts faces civil suit over molester warning
An Alberta court heard the Boy Scouts of Canada ignored a warning about volunteer Frederick Miller who later pleaded guilty to touching a five year old at a 1993 scout camp. Miller, 81, was then vice president of honours and awards. The family sues the Scouts and Miller for damages.
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Edmonton
Boy Scouts of Canada
Alberta
Frederick Douglas Miller
Court of Queen's Bench
Richard Hajduk
L.D. Acton
Miller
Boy Scouts
Hajduk
Frederick Miller
Japan reports Asia's first suspected mad cow case
Japan announces its first suspected mad cow disease case and cites imported feed as the likely cause. Officials say the Shirai cow in Chiba prefecture died after losing the ability to stand and brain tests indicate signs of the illness.
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Tokyo
Japan
Asia
Britain
Europe
Shirai
Chiba Prefecture
Ministry of Agriculture
Spray strengthens bridges against earthquakes
Vancouver based engineer Nemkumar Banthia says his spray made from plastic materials and 60 millimetre fibres forms a reinforcing layer on concrete bridge girders. A 10 millimetre coat will be applied to an eight metre bridge near Youbou to allow the structure to absorb three times more energy during quakes.
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Vancouver
B.C
Nemkumar Banthia
Vancouver Island
Youbou
Wit and Wisdom Dolly Parton Quote
Dolly Parton quips about not being offended by blonde jokes. She asserts she is neither offended nor blonde, turning the stereotype on its head with humor.
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Dolly Parton
Hat pools reopen after cryptosporidium outbreak relief
Crestone Crestwood Pool and Medicine Hat Family Leisure Centre resume operations after a two week closure due to cryptosporidium. Aquasizers and AMAC youth swimmers return while the city and Palliser Health Authority promote safety and cut prices through Friday.
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Crestwood Pool
Medicine Hat Family
Judy Frank
Peter Schorl
Alberta Marlin
Aquatic Club
AMAC
Schori
Paul Marr
Serenity
Marr
City and
Palliser Health Authority
Johnson dominates Canadian Country Music Awards with five wins
Alberta singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson captured five awards at the Pengrowth Saddledome ceremony including single of the year and SOCAN song of the year for Complicated. Room with a View was named top album as she thanked family and noted her brother’s memory. Terri Clark won fans’ choice and best video for No Fear, while Lightfoot was inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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Calgary
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Canada
Johnson
Pengrowth Saddledome
Terri Clark
Medicine Hat
Clark
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Nashville
Gordon Lightfoot
Canadian Country Music Association
Solberg weighs Alliance leadership bid amid caucus split
Monte Solberg, Medicine Hat MP and Alliance dissident, has a deadline to rejoin caucus while weighing a run for leadership. Fellow rebel Art Hanger plans to back him, with others backing a unity candidacy to unite against the Progressives. Solberg faces questions about support, organization, and timing as he consults his family and party members.
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Onte Solberg
Canadian Alliance
Alliance
Medicine Hat
Ottawa
Solberg
Stockwell Day
Art Hanger
Day
Chuck Strahl
Jay Hill
Gary Lunn
Progressive Conservatives
House of Commons
Democratic Representative
Brooks
DRC
Tory
Edmonton
Grant Hill
Canada
Payne
University of Lethbridge
Harold Jansen
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