Canadian failings exposed in foreign kidnapping tale
A Vancouver mother of two, Fairuz Yamusky, recounts a 16 day Baghdad kidnapping by gunmen who demanded a $2.5 million ransom. She says the Canadian embassy did not inform U S authorities or negotiate, while U S Marines rescued her and she received no costs or medical aid from Canada. The incident prompted a government review of embassy practices.
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Fairuz Yamusky
Baghdad
U.S
Yamusky
CBC
Yamulky
Iraq
Wartorn
CTV News
Vancouver
CTV
Mili
Tary
Jordan
Pierre Pettigrew
Fort Macleod Health Centre reopens as one-stop care hub
A short ceremony and open house marked the renovation of Fort Macleod Health Centre into a unified care complex. Doctors relocated from the Main Street clinic to the health centre to provide integrated services. In Brooks, Alberta Municipal Affairs awarded the County of Newell a $75,000 one-time conditional grant to explore a regional water system.
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Fort Macleod
Brooks
the Minster of Alberta Municipal Affairs
Newell
Mystery Alaska film picks and pans review during hockey lockout
A Picks and Pans look at Mystery Alaska praising its small town pond hockey charm. The piece notes Russell Crowe Hank Azaria Burt Reynolds and a cast that captures why hockey matters beyond salary caps and cages. It rates the 1999 film 8 1/2 out of 10.
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NHL
Mystery Alaska
John Biebe
Russell Crowe
David E. Kelley
Ally McBeal
Picket Fences Television
Hank Azaria
New York Rangers
Sports Illustrated
Burt Reynolds
P.R
Rangers
Mystery
Alaska
Price
The Genius Story of Albert Einstein and a Cold Question
A long exposition on Albert Einstein his impact on physics and a classroom parable about God evil cold darkness and light. The tale contrasts Einstein with Galilei Newton and Freud and ends noting the young man asking the professor if cold darkness and evil exist.
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Albert Einstein
Galilei Galileo
Isaac Newton
Sigmund Freud
Einstein
Zurich
Prague
Kaiser Institute
Berlin
Princeton
USA
Roosevelt
U.S
God
Theatre outings planned for December
December theatre schedule lists Foremost Dinner Theatre on December 1 with a 22 dollar price and Parkside departure at 4 30 p m Membership and Christmas dinner tickets go on sale December 1 2 and 3 from 10 a m to noon Christmas dinner for members only on December 8 at 5 p m with a 125 person limit Social events include Monday 7 p m Military whist Tuesday 7 p m Crib Thursday 1 p m Bridge 7 p m Smear Friday 7 p m Rook and regular exercises Monday and Friday 9 9 45 a m
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Parkside
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