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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 2005
Page
1
Partly cloudy skies with daily highs ranging from 15 to 18 and nightly lows around 6 to 9. The entry lists brief temperature figures for Sunday through Wednesday and notes general conditions in an almanac style.
On September 15 1773 the Hector reached Brown's Point near Pictou NS with 178 Scottish immigrants. This marked Nova Scotia’s first major Scottish influx making Scots a dominant local ethnicity.
Roy Acuff rose as the first living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1962 and became a defining Opry star. His Smoky Mountain Boys cut The Great Speckle Bird and Wabash Cannonball in 1936, with Wabash Cannonball selling a million copies by 1942. Acuff died November 23, 1992 in Nashville.
Medicine Hat planners vote against a bylaw amendment to convert a residence at 502 4th Ave. N.W. into a medical clinic adjacent to the regional hospital. The proposal, for Ri single to DC direct control, faced opposition over piecemeal land use and a 2002 survey showing no desire to alter residential character. a redevelopment plan is due in 2006 and the commission will forward its recommendation to city council.
Marian Peers was re elected by acclamation as board chair for Prairie Rose School Division No 8 at the annual organizational meeting. This will be her fifth year in the role and she has served as trustee for Acadia Valley since 1995. Ryan Herman was acclaimed vice chair for the third year.
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation urges the Saskatchewan government to ground its government planes amid rising aviation fuel costs. Logs show 2002 to 2005 flights totaled over 2000, led by Buckley Belanger with 261 and Maynard Sonntag with 247. A flamingo nest scene at Caldwell Zoo Tyler Texas notes chick development from white to gray to pink plumage.
The Alberta government hires George Cuff to investigate alleged mishandling of provincial grants in Lac La Biche. The probe will assess late grant applications and related reports, with scope to expand if further issues emerge. Local residents anticipate broader findings.
A large peat bog near Delta burning with low winds sent smoke into Vancouver. Ken Stubbs of the Greater Vancouver Regional District warns air quality is poor and could linger for weeks. Delta official John Dumont says the 40 square kilometre bog will take weeks to extinguish.
Hurricane Ophelia lashes the North Carolina coast with strong winds and heavy rain, triggering a two day assault with a three metre storm surge. Warnings cover the coast from the South Carolina line to Virginia, and a tropical storm warning reaches the mouth of Chesapeake Bay.
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