The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Portage La Prairie, MB - The RCMP is investigating why a man died during a Roman-style chariot race. Thomas Scarrow, 70, of Arcola, Sask., died Thursday night during a Ben Hur contest, about 50 kilometres west of Portage La Prairie. RCMP spokesman Dan Toppings said police are trying to determine whether it was an accident or natural causes such as a heart attack that killed Scarrow. He added that a witness told police Scarrow appeared to lean back and fall off his chariot. Halifax - Four young people huddled together for warmth as cold water splashed into their tiny dinghy during 17 hours spent stranded in the Northumberland Strait. "We cuddled together," Bane Mijatovic said Sunday of his harrowing weekend experience with three friends. Regina - Regina police are pulling out of the latest search for clues into the disappearance of five-year-old Tamra Keepness, but say their investigation will continue until she is found. Police had resumed their search for the missing girl on a six-kilometre square area of the Pasqua aboriginal reserve east of Regina on Friday, but no clues had been found by the end of Saturday. Vancouver - It was a close call for the University of British Columbia as a wildfire ripped through the forested area surrounding the campus early Sunday morning.
