Description: News from Red Deer and areaContent warning: Pine Lake tornado, natural disaster aftermath00:01 - Beef border - 6 weeks since a single case of Mad Cow was found. Two counties declared economic disaster zones. Federal government does not want a trade war. Rick Bonnet interviewed - Ponoka feedlot01"45 - Street race - Course set up for a safe environment to race. Two day school of technical driving02:51 - Westerner campground opens. Man interviewed - need to look after tourists03:23 - Mad cow border - Roy Graham interviewed - stands to lose $500,000 this year. MP Bob Mills - retaliating will not help. Cannot close borders05:16 - RD Cow disaster - one case of mad cow 6 weeks ago stands to bankrupt Bill Armitage. County declared an economic disaster. Armitage interviewed - make consumer aware how big the problem is06:55 - Anatomy text - 3 Red Deer massage therapists have created the book - 3 D models. Kathy Edwards - detail will help students08:56 - Pine Lake 3rd - Survivors interviewed. Twelve died. Footage of tornado site10:56 - Clearwater BSE - Outside Rocky Mountain House. Beef industry paralysed. Clearwater County has declared an economic hardship. Kim Nielson interviewed - Clearwater County. James Gideon - his company will continue to suffer12:52 - Crime up - Red Deer's crime rate increasing. Karrie Macnamara interviewed. Police Commission - it is in all neighbourhoods. Stolen property used to buy drugs14:35 - Sutter charity - Sutter Fund Golf Tournament and Auction - provides cash to local groups16:11 - Beef rally - Border beef rally in Coutts. Brenda Wender interviewed - will ride horse. Letter being sent to cattlemen in US18:00 - Mosquito traps. City of Red Deer monitoring mosquitos for West Nile virus. West Nile mosquito found in Brooks19:45 - Llewellyn - Jaret Llewellyn is current water ski champion. Will lead Team Canada in the Pan Am Games next week. parents interviewed21:25 - Rural draught - Town of Lacombe water restrictions22:52 - Dry farms - Central Alberta fields are dry. Precipitation down 80% for July. John Elliott interviewed - hopes his crop survives. Near Penhold24:32 - Ponoka hoppers - Dan Jeffrey - his crop is being devoured. Will bankrupt Central Alberta farmers. County of Ponoka started spraying. Near Crestomere26:13 - Satellite auction - largest auction of fat cattle in Canada. Trying to get the border open the cowboy way. Americans who buy cattle in Alberta can keep them here for 60 days. Blair Vold interviewed28:34 - Air Show - Red Deer International Airshow [airshow] - over 100 military, stunt and heritage planes30:22 - Sundre fire - water bombers and helicopters dousing forest fires in Hunter Valley. Aerial views, interviews31:55 - Olds cows - County fair in Olds. Not optimistic for recovery with BSE. Ken Morrison - predicts he will lose over $100,000 this year33:42 - Olds border reactions - US border opens35:09 - MAD feed lot -Rick Bonnet - border is partially open but needs to be fully open. Ponoka36:42 - Twister - man says he saw tornado hit near Byemoor. No injuries. Bruce [Wolk?] interviewed38:11 - Butcher BSE - Ponoka Meat Processing - business has doubled. Rod Schneider interviewed39:47 - West Nile virus - confirmed case near Delburne. Equine Vet interviewed - Dr. D.W. Dalton - 6 horses in province with west nile. No protection from virus. What to watch for41:28 - Native exchange - Visiting elders from British Columbia - Bella Bella - Heiltsuk Nation - canoe dance. Fort Normandeau. Morris Flewwelling would like annual exchange43:12 - Cow aid - Agriculture Minister Shirley McLellan. Program will provide relief - close loopholes. Kent Olsen interviewed. Stettler44:52 - Treehouse study - Gail Armstrong - fate of her treehouse in Sylvan Lake - not hopeful. 3500 signatures on her petition to save the treehouse46:39 - Treehouse D-Day - Gail Armstrong has to take down her treehouse. 6 councillors would not relax the bylaw. Mayor Brian Lambertson interviewed. Gail plans to appeal ruling in provincial court48:48 - St. Francis of Assisi Middle School - 436 students will be housed here. Views of interior of school50:24 - Class sizes - more students less teachers. Nearly 10,000 students in Red Deer Public. Cindy Jefferies interviewed. 27 teachers cut52:29 - Reserves return - 4 teen reservists participated in Soldier for a Day. Teens interviewed. Cormack Armouries53:52 - Gay marriages - Pastor Dale Edmunds- bible states homosexuality is wrong. He fears for the future of Canada if government passes same sex legislation. Jeff Sloychuk - Canadians should have their choice in who they marry. John Parent - gay people are confused56:01 - Red Deer literacy - Lillian Gallant did not learn to read until she was 50 years old. She has won a national literacy award. Family literacy programs57:48 - College tuition - sky rocketing fees. Paying 8% more than last year. Prevent Bill 43 - deregulating fees. RDC President Ron Woodward likes Bill 4359:45 - Sheila Copps in Red Deer. Heritage Minister - Red Deer is a Cultural Capital of Canada. She supports gun registry and same sex marriage

Contributor: Olshefski, Kevin

Contributor: Phillips, Quinn

Date: 2003 - Creation Date

Date: 2019-05-05- Digitization Date

Type: MovingImage

Format: 1 videocassette (1:01:29) : Betacam SP

Format: 1 video file (1:01:29) : col., .mov

Identifier: VC332

Source: MG 574 CHCA Television fonds

Source: 2011-007

Language: en

Relation: Created by CHCA TV in Red Deer and stored at the station until its closure in the fall 2009.

Coverage: Red Deer, Alberta

Rights: Copyright assigned to City of Red Deer

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