Weather Outlook Mixed Pleasant Start to Week
The forecast covers Monday and Tuesday with partly cloudy skies and seasonable highs around 19 to 21 degrees and lows near 6 to 9. A second period lists highs near 18 with a chance of showers and cooler overnight temperatures.
Drunken tourist bites panda at Beijing Zoo during attempted hug
A 35-year-old migrant worker from Henan jumped into the panda pen at Beijing Zoo after drinking beer and tried to hug Gu Gu, a sleeping six-year-old male panda. The panda bit him twice, a zoo spokeswoman said the animal is healthy, and the man was hospitalized with injuries.
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Food stolen from garage in Dunmore
Crime Stoppers seeks help solving a break in and theft of groceries from a Dunmore residence. Overnight last Friday unknown suspects entered a garage by forcing a side door, robbed two freezers and a fridge of meat and liquor, and police seek tips at 1 800 222 8477.
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Brooks Warns On Paintball Guns After Tense Takedown
Brooks RCMP urge caution after a Tuesday incident in which four men in a vehicle displaying a handgun were stopped in Brooks near 2nd St West and 4th Ave. Police recovered four paintball replicas, including a shotgun, submachine gun, and two handguns. All four men were released without charges. Police remind the public that handgun complaints will be treated seriously and urge common sense with replica firearms.
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Hong Kong Philanthropist Donates for Calgary Residence
Hong Kong entrepreneur Henry Fok Ying Tung donates 2 million toward an 18 million six storey International House at the University of Calgary. The facility, linked to Calgary Canadian and Chinese Education Foundation founded in 1996 by Ian Fok, will house foreign scholars, exchange students, and Canadian students.
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Saskatchewan signs new internal trade deal province wide
Saskatchewan joins British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon to liberalize interprovincial agriculture trade. The Interim Agreement on Internal Trade in Agriculture and Food Goods aims to harmonize standards, prevent discrimination, ensure entry and exit of goods, and remove trade barriers across provinces. In Budapest, riot police in stronger gear arrest a right wing demonstrator as mobs continue. authorities warn readiness for fresh protests amid a second day of violence.
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Ottawa groups sue to protect Canadian spotted owl
Five environmental groups sue Environment Minister Rona Ambrose alleging she refused to safeguard the Northern spotted owl, testing Canada's Species at Risk Act. Surveys show 17 owls in British Columbia, where they remain found, down from 100 pairs in 1997. The groups seek to overturn Ambrose's August ruling that the species is not in imminent danger.
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Atlantis cleared for Thursday space shuttle landing
NASA endorsed a Thursday landing for Atlantis after two inspections found no damage from float debris. The six astronauts including Steve MacLean confirmed no unexplained issues, delaying the arrival by a day. In Brisbane authorities seized 135 kilograms cocaine and 20 000 ecstasy tablets in a container, arresting five Canadians and an Australian-New Zealand dual citizen.
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