Notable milestones span music wars and politics on one day
Sept 28 marks diverse events from slave children in Upper Canada gaining freedom at 25, first Nashville recording by The Victor Company with Binkley Brothers Dixie Clodhoppers, to Canadian warplanes attacking Kiska in WWII. Lucky Millinder led a swing band that influenced rock and roll. Trudeau died five years ago in Montreal at 80.
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Upper Canada
Canada
Victor Company
Nashville
Binkley Brothers
Dixie Clodhoppers
Pierre Trudeau
Montreal
Trudeau
Ottawa
Freedom of the City parade marks SA Light Horse centennial
Medicine Hat residents should expect street closures Saturday for a Freedom of the City parade honoring the South Alberta Light Horse 100 years of service. The procession begins 1:30 p.m. from The Esplanade, with roads on First Street S E Fifth Avenue to Sixth Avenue and Sixth Avenue from Finlay Bridge to First Street S E affected briefly 12:30 to 2 p.m. Transit buses may bypass Finlay Bridge closures.
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South Alberta Light Horse
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Finla Bridge
Riverside
Esplanade
Correction notes in legacy film and coin misidentification
In the Sept 27 story two men Frank Hagenmeister and Guy Schotanus are seen walking beside a bus after the film An Unfinished Life. In the Sept 20 edition John Steiert was misidentified and donated a one dollar uncirculated coin from 1865 to Medicine Hat News to mark 120 years of publication.
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Frank Hagenmeister
Guy Schotanus
John Steiert
Steiert
Medicine Hat News
Redcliff Renames Third Avenue to Dirkson Drive
Redcliff town council on Monday approved a name change from Third Avenue N.E. to Dirkson Drive N.E. along the stretch from Mitchell Street N.E. to Lockwood Street N.E. The decision followed a recommendation from the administrative committee.
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Third Avenue N.E
Mitchell Street N.E
Lockwood Street
N.E
Dirkson Drive
Man at Work Reshapes Bank Of Hong Kong Facade
Rob McManus a Stonetile franchisee resurfaces the downtown Bank of Hong Kong exterior with sandstone coloured heritage tile. The new facade is to be finished by Monday after Tuesday work.
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Stonetile Medicine Hat
Rob McManus
Bank of Hong Kong
Missing teen Ellen Kelly Wolfley sought by Gleichen RCMP
Police search for 18 year old Ellen Kelly Wolfley described as 157 cm tall 50 kg with shoulder length black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen at her Siksika Nation family home Sept 23 around 5 pm. Call RCMP detachment city police Crime Stoppers 1 800 922 8477 or Gleichen RCMP (403) 734 3056.
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Gleichen Rcmp
Ellen Kelly Wolfley
Wolfley
Siksika Nation
RCMP
Redcliff council shelves new recycling plan
Redcliff town council on Monday decided not to launch a recycling program with Reds Enterprises due to unavailable collection of recyclables and non acceptance of glass plastic or tin. Mayor Bill Duncan cited a blue box recycling business in Redcliff and Councillor Dwight Nagel urged reviewing existing arrangements and reporting back at a future meeting.
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Redcliff
Reds Enterprises
Bill Duncan
Dwight Nagel
Butterfly Observation in the Bronx Garden
A butterfly settles on a See 8 flower in the Bronx on Tuesday, captured in a brief garden scene highlighting local flora and insect life.
Alberta Natural Gas Rates Seek Record High Pricing
Direct Energy has applied to the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board for an October rate of 12.262 dollars per gigajoule in southern Alberta and 11.805 dollars per gigajoule in the north, signaling a sharp rise in home heating bills this fall.
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Calgary
Alberta
Direct Energy
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Alberta court delays teen appeal on Ontario chase case
Alberta Court of Appeal postponed hearing for a 16 year old from Ontario after the youth led police on a high speed chase and stole four cars in Kenora before being captured near Medicine Hat. He received 22 and a half months custody and community supervision, with the first 15 months behind bars. The appeal reopens on November 22.
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Alberta
Ontario
Alberta Court of Appeal
Kenora
Ont
Medicine Hat
Saskatchewan proposes governance shift for universities
Saskatchewan Learning Minister Andrew Thomson announced legislation this fall to cut government appointed university board members by one, enabling universities to appoint a majority of board members and shifting control toward the institutions.
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Saskatchewan
Andrew Thomson
Ontario pharmacist charged over bootleg Viagra sale
An Ontario pharmacist and two of his businesses were charged with allegedly selling a bootleg version of Viagra. RCMP investigators said police laid charges on Tuesday, marking a second such action this month.
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Ontario
RCMP
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