Bản tin tiếng Anh - Canada now

Tiền học phí tăng cộng với chi phí sinh hoạt đắt đỏ tại Canada đã dẫn tới những cuộc biểu tình phản đối của các sinh viên. Cảnh sát đã dùng hơi cay để tấn công vào đám đông sinh viên, khi đám đông vây quanh toà nhà Lập pháp tỉnh Quebec. Vài người đã phải vào viện vì dính hơi cay hơi bị nhiều hơ hơ hơ...để đáp lễ sinh viên đã ném bất cứ vật dụng nào họ có trên tay vào những cảnh sát chống bạo động. Mà nghĩ cũng a cay chim cú thật, năm ngoái trường University of Victoria tăng 5000$ tiền học phí một năm, bọn sinh viên bản địa còn không chị nổi nhiệt, nói gì đến sinh viên quốc tế. Làm vài quả biểu tình to to cho bà con nhờ hờ hờ....
Police use tear gas in clash with students at Quebec legislature

Thursday, November 06, 2003
CRE***: (CP/Jacques Boissinot)

Students protesting high tuition face riot police in front of the legislature in Quebec City, Thursday. (CP/Jacques Boissinot)

QUEBEC (CP) - One student was injured Thursday after riot police used tear gas to drive back hundreds of students who marched on the legislature to protest rising tuition fees.
The clashes took place after some students broke off from a peaceful demonstration and rushed up the legislature steps late in the afternoon. Security barriers were knocked over in front of the legislature and graffiti was also sprayed on the steps of the building. Riot police released tear gas to disperse the crowd and some students responded by throwing objects at the officers. One student suffered a facial injury and several others were sent to hospital after they were overcome by the fumes.
No one was seriously injured and police reported no arrests during the confrontation.
Blandine Juchs, a spokeswoman for the students, said police discharged the gas without warning on students who had not caused any damage.
"We arrived in front of the barriers that had been knocked over and I heard the gas being fired on us less than a minute later," said Juchs.
"I don''t understand why the police fired on us. We called an ambulance for someone who took tear gas right in the face."
Provincial police defended their actions on Thursday, saying they were trying to protect a public building.
"The police had to intervene at a certain point because the crowd was very close to the legislature," said police spokeswoman Anne Mathieu.
"It''s our mandate to protect property. So we had to use certain substances to keep the crowd under control."
The protests involved more than 20 student groups from community colleges and universities.
They''re challenging the provincial Liberal government''s cost-cutting measures and government downsizing, warning the cuts will affect education.
The groups have said they''ll oppose any tuition-fee hikes, maintaining post-secondary education should be free and accessible to all Quebecers.

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Five stolen car chases on wild weekend
We need to drive down auto theft: McCallum

Jack Keating

The Province
Wednesday, November 12, 2003

Bill Alexander removes a steering-wheel lock after returning to his car from shopping at Guildford Town Centre Tuesday. Car thefts are on the rise in Surrey, with dozens of vehicles stolen daily, many from mall parking lots.

Surrey RCMP chased and caught five stolen cars and boxed in another three during a wild weekend in the car theft capital of North America.
Surrey is averaging more than 20 car thefts a day.
"It''s never been higher," said Const. Tim Shields.
Auto thefts in Surrey "have been creeping up" even further in recent weeks, prompting police to reinstitute their Hot Wheels program to catch car thieves.
"We need to drive down our auto theft," said Mayor Doug McCallum. "It''s way too high."
Despite the recent spike, McCallum said thefts were down nine per cent as of Sept. 30 compared with last year''s record-shattering total of 7,700 stolen cars -- which set a North American record on a per capita basis.
Thefts have increased a whopping 128 per cent in the 10 years since 1992, when 3,376 cars were stolen.
The RCMP''s Operation Hot Wheels II project will be modelled after last year''s three-month program that resulted in a 32-per-cent reduction in auto theft.
"It entails surveillance on known car thieves and car thief hot spots," said Shields.
Police will also target crack houses "because we know that most of the cars that drive up and stop in front of crack houses are stolen."
Police hope the program will catch reoffenders.
"It''s a very small number of people that are responsible for the majority of auto thefts," said Shields. "We''re talking about hard-core repeat offenders that will sometimes steal five cars a day.
"Most of the car thefts are committed to commit secondary crimes such as armed robbery, especially break and enters.
"They''ll steal a car from one parking lot, drive it around, do their crime and then because the car is starting to become "heaty" they call it, they''ll go to another parking lot, get out of their first stolen car and steal another one.
"Now they have a clean, fresh stolen car that isn''t yet reported to the police."
Shields said the RCMP will not risk public safety to catch car thieves in high-speed chases.
"A pursuit is not worth it if we''re only pursuing a stolen car," he said.
"The safety of the public is more important than retrieving a car that we''ll probably retrieve a couple of days later anyway."
McCallum wants repeat offenders kept in jail. "Once we catch them we''ve got to keep them in jail," he said.
He also wants the RCMP to institute a bait-car program.
Police say a steering-wheel lock is the best way to prevent auto theft.
"I always use the Club and I never leave anything in my car of any value," said Surrey resident Bill Alexander. "And I''ve never been hit by car thieves."
10 TIPS TO HELP PREVENT AUTO CRIME
Keep your spare keys in your wallet, not in your car.
Invest in a good anti-theft device.
Close windows and lock doors when parked. Take possessions with you.
Don''t park behind fences or hedges.
At home, light your driveway at night. Elsewhere, park in well-lit areas near pedestrian traffic.
After opening an automatic gate to underground parking, watch out for anyone waiting to slip inside. Wait for the gate to close behind you.
Ask an Autoplan broker about the Combat Auto Theft (CAT) program. CAT stickers authorize police to question anyone seen driving your vehicle between 1 and 5 a.m.
Engrave your stereo and other on-board valuables with your driver''s licence number.
Install an anti-theft device to protect your stereo or buy a removable stereo.
If you see any suspicious activity near a vehicle, call police.
NUMBERS
The number of cars reported stolen in Surrey in past 10 years:
2002 7,700
2001 7,006
2000 5,450
1999 5,572
1998 5,152
1997 4,494
1996 5,960
1995 4,687
1994 4,198
1993 3,389
1992 3,376
The five worst places for auto crime in Surrey:
100th Ave. and 152nd St.
10200-block 135th St.
102A Ave. and 152nd St.
104th Ave. and 152nd St.
104th Ave. and King George Hwy.
Five top stolen vehicles in B.C.:
Honda Civic
Dodge Caravan
Toyota Camry
Plymouth Voyager
Honda Accord

Sau đây là tin con trai gia đình giàu nhất châu Á đang cứu vớt Air Canada. Tôi ngại dịch quá, đành paste bằng tiếng Anh. Các bác đọc tạm nhé:
Anyone else recall the last time a member of the Li family, and trusty adviser Frank Sixt, cast themselves as saviours of a beat-up Canadian company?
It was 1996, and Gordon Capital was on the rocks. Richard Li, youngest son in the clan, had a minority stake in the dealer. Rather than sell at a loss, he attempted a turnaround. Then, as now, the offspring was relying on the old man''s money.
Richard Li and Mr. Sixt, a former Stikeman Elliott lawyer who is now chief financial officer in the Li family holding company, set out a bold game plan that would see local executives return the franchise to glory, in the face of stiff competition. Mr. Li''s involvement held out great promise of all sorts of support and deal flow from his home in Hong Kong.
To say this venture was a bit of a failure is to say that the Titanic''s maiden voyage was a bit of an adventure. Gordon Capital never reversed its slide, in part because Mr. Li''s involvement never amounted to much. The dealer ended its days a few years later when HSBC Bank, which has close ties to the Li family, engineered a takeover, then closed the operation down.
Now Richard''s brother, Victor Li, working with Mr. Sixt, has stepped up by paying $650-million for a 31-per-cent stake in Air Canada. Deutsche Bank, which was one of the airline''s largest cre***ors, is also on board with plans for a $450-million rights offering. As part of this bailout, Air Canada''s executives are receiving an enormous vote of confidence, in the form of a slice of equity and stock options.
In making this investment, Victor Li has outbid the local private equity fund community. He''s taking a huge risk that Air Canada can be fixed, for there''s no easy, short-term exit from an ownership position this large, not when Air Canada can''t be sold to the only natural strategic buyer, a foreign airline.
Mr. Li''s father, the legendary Hong Kong businessman Li Ka-shing, has made a great deal of money on a great many investments. For this alone, the family gets a measure of respect. But simply throwing money at an airline doesn''t fix it.
Those on the Street who have worked with the Li family before, and seen some of their business interests crash, watch with interest and a degree of skepticism as the high-profile Air Canada rescue takes wing.
Street sweeps up dregs
As the Street moves some very big deals, such as last week''s $1-billion share sale by Shoppers Drug Mart, it''s also cutting prices to clean up some financings that didn''t prove quite so successful.
Scotia Capital crossed a block of seven million CAE shares on Friday. That''s likely the remnants of a 26-million-share sale done in September -- the dealers involved aren''t keen on commenting.
Scotia moved the big block at $5.80. The original CAE bought deal was done at $6.58 a share, and given the Street''s 4-per-cent commission, the underwriters began losing money the moment this stock dropped below $6.31. So on that particular block, the six-dealer selling syndicate would have lost about $3-million. CAE''s stock sprang a leak and took on water when the company missed out on a U.S. Army contract that the aircraft simulator manufacturer was widely expected to win.
On a brighter note, it''s a healthy sign when these deals clean up. And recent equity offerings from Shoppers and Newmont Mining have sold well, with options on extra shares taken up by the dealers. In the case of Newmont, a billion-dollar offering was bumped up in size. Shoppers'' deal was co-led by CIBC World Markets, Merrill Lynch, RBC Dominion Securities and Scotia Capital. Newmont''s share sale was led by J.P. Morgan and UBS Securities.
Moore''s southern tendencies
For years, Moore Corp. was part of Canada''s blue-chip business establishment. However, the corporate focus shifted to the United States during the firm''s fall from grace and subsequent rehabilitation. The bulk of what''s now known as Moore Wallace''s executives can now be found in Manhattan and the Chicago suburbs, and the bulk of its clients are American.
That U.S. focus shows up in the printing company''s choice of advisers on its friendly takeover by R.R. Donnelley.
Goldman Sachs advised Moore Wallace on the $2.8-billion (U.S.) deal. On the other side of the table, Morgan Stanley looked after R.R. Donnelley. Stikeman Elliott and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood provided legal counsel to the buyers, while Osler Hoskin & Harcourt and U.S. law firm Sullivan & Cromwell worked with Moore Wallace.

Liệu Victor Li có thể cứu vớt được Air Canada không? Đây có phải là một bước đi đúng đắn của gia đình Li hay không?
Air Canada hiện nay đang nợ 12 Billion.
Gia đình Li với asset 7.6 Billion giầu nhất châu Á và đứng thứ 12 trên thế giới.
Với khoản đầu tư 650 million, 31 % stake cua Air Canada. Victor được quyền chỉ định 5 giám đốc trong 12 giám đốc của hội đồng quản trị. Victor chắc chắn sẽ mở rộng thị trường của Air Canada sang châu A''. Hiện nay 85% các chuyến bay của Air Canada là sang Mỹ.
Được MrDickcutter sửa chữa / chuyển vào 15:27 ngày 14/11/2003

Exporters coping with high dollar
Trade surplus widens despite rising currency Auto shipments
up 10.4 per cent, forestry strong
STEVEN THEOBALD
BUSINESS REPORTER
The hard-charging loonie, now flirting with the 77-cent mark, so far isn''t hurting Canadian exports as much as feared.
The country''s trade surplus with the rest of the world rose to $5.65 billion in September, from a revised $5.34 billion the previous month and beating forecasts by $550 million.
Despite a 21 per cent jump in the exchange rate with the U.S. dollar, exports to Canada''s key trading partner increased 4.4 per cent, to $27.72 billion in September, Statistics Canada reported yesterday.
In the meantime, imports from the United States climbed 4 per cent from the prior month, to $19.6 billion, suggesting Canadians remain in a spending mood.
"Exporters are still holding in there," said Marc Lévesque, senior economist at the Toronto-Dominion Bank.
"You can''t dispute that the appreciation of the Canadian dollar has hit the export sector. But the big picture doesn''t look nearly as sour as it could have been."
Not that the dollar needs any more fuel, but the trade numbers helped the currency close at a new 10-year high.
It spent most of the morning above 77 cents, driven by the belief the Bank of Canada will not cut interest rates. It ended the day at 76.95 cents (U.S.), up 0.27 of a cent.
Finance Minister John Manley, in Toronto for the Liberal leadership convention, said his main concern was not so much the value of the dollar as the speed of change this year.
It''s "difficult for companies to make the adjustment when the change happens as rapidly as it has occurred," he said.
"I''d rather it would be steady and that the companies have time to make adjustments."
Total Canadian exports increased to $33.68 billion in September, up 4.7 per cent, while total imports rose 4.5 per cent, to $28.03 billion.
Gains were widespread, although almost half came from a 10.4 per cent jump in automotive shipments, to $7.4 billion. Firms ramped up production to replace output lost during Ontario''s electricity blackout and subsequent shortage in August.
Forestry product exports were also up sharply, 5.2 per cent, to $3.1 billion. StatsCan cre***ed higher prices combined with strong demand from the U.S. housing sector.
The encouraging report will help to calm concerns about the impact of the surging loonie, said Doug Porter, senior economist at BMO Nesbitt Burns.
"It shows trade is by no means collapsing."
Exporters also are benefiting from a strong recovery in the U.S. economy, he noted.
Significant increases in non-energy commo***y prices are giving Canada a big advantage in its terms of trade: Prices for Canadian exports are rising while the cost of its imports is falling.
The American trade deficit widened for the first time in six months in September, as the recovering economy sucked in 3.3 per cent more imports than the previous month.
"It''s another confirmation the U.S. economy was white-hot in the third quarter," said Peter Buchanan, senior economist at CIBC World Markets.
Exports grew at 2.8 per cent, resulting in a trade deficit of $41.3 billion (U.S.), up from $39.5 billion in August.
The U.S. trade deficit with China hit an all-time high of $12.69 billion.
A growing U.S. trade shortfall suggests the battered greenback might continue to lose ground, and that points to further strength in the Canadian dollar, Buchanan said.
"We think 80 cents is the next weigh station."
WITH FILES FROM CANADIAN PRESS
Được MrDickcutter sửa chữa / chuyển vào 05:43 ngày 15/11/2003

Tin buồn cho các bác ở Toronto. ( Được trích từ thestar)

Transit riders face 25-cent hike in fares
Miller calls on province for help
Up to $51 million needed for 2004
BILL TAYLOR
STAFF REPORTER
Toronto is facing an unwelcome and expensive New Year''s gift from the TTC, and mayor-elect David Miller says he may not be able to head it off.
Bus, streetcar and subway fares could be hiked on Jan. 1 by as much as 25 cents if the Toronto Transit Commission''s operating subsidy is not increased by between $40 million and $51 million, according to its draft budget for 2004.
"I''m hopeful that we can at least minimize a fare hike, but I''m neither optimistic nor pessimistic," Miller said yesterday. "A fare freeze is dependent on provincial action.
"I don''t like fare hikes. They''re a regressive tax and they push riders away. But I think everyone recognizes the impossible position the TTC is in."
One of his first priorities after he is sworn in Dec. 2 will be to sit down with Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty and thrash out the problem.
"I was aware of the pressure on the budget and transit funding will obviously be on the agenda," said Miller, who is also a TTC commissioner. "Mr. McGuinty is a supporter of public transit. ... I hope we''ll be able to work with the province to alleviate the situation."
But Transportation Minister Harinder Takhar said there''s "no concrete plan" and there won''t be one until he has reviewed the TTC''s budget.
"I think we want to treat all our stakeholders fairly and we still want to stay within fiscal responsibility," he said.
The TTC has already received $182 million from the city this year and increased the price of bulk tokens last Jan. 1, with 10 costing $19 rather than $18.
The budget document says without the ad***ional subsidy, fare increases could be held to between 15 and 20 cents ?" but only if unspecified service cuts are made by next September. A lower subsidy could mean a fare increase of a dime.
Miller said the TTC has been under "unbelievable pressure" since 1998, when the Tory government of then-premier Mike Harris eliminated a transit-funding formula put in place by Bill Davis when he was premier "almost 30 years ago. It matched the operating subsidy and funded 75 per cent of capital programs. We really need to have that back."
The threatened fare increase follows optimism expressed recently by Rick Ducharme, the TTC''s chief general manager, who said with Miller as mayor, McGuinty as premier and new federal Liberal Leader Paul Martin soon to become prime minister, "right now transit is in the best position in Toronto it''s ever been."
David Caplan, provincial minister of public infrastructure renewal, has reaffirmed his government''s pledge to devote 2 cents a litre of the gasoline tax to public transit, doubling the subsidy within three years. This could give Toronto as much as $185 million.

Tin này cho cac fan yêu âm nhạc của box đây.( Được trích từ thetar)
Dion, Vandross and 50 Cent win American Music Awards
Los Angeles ?" Soul singer Luther Vandross, who is recovering from a debilitating stroke that threatened to end not only his career but his life, won a leading two American Music Awards on Sunday.
The 52-year-old singer can speak and walk with assistance, but representatives recently said he remains far from fully recovered. He was honoured as best male R&B performer and favourite soul-R&B album for his most recent CD, Dance with My Father, which was completed shortly before his stroke in April.
Mary Vandross, his mother, accepted the male performer award on his behalf.
"I''m so very sorry that Luther cannot be here tonight in person," she told the crowd, after a brief moment of tearful speechlessness. "I''m here to represent him and say thanks to all of you who made this possible."
Tough-guy rapper 50 Cent also won two awards for best male rap artist and best rap-hip-hop album for Get Rich or Die Tryin'', a gritty CD about his many brushes with death on the street.
50 Cent, who often wears a bulletproof vest, has been shot nine times and stabbed. Born to a teenage mother who dealt drugs and was killed when he was 8, he started dealing drugs before he was a teenager.
Alabama collected its 23rd American Music Award, this one for favourite country group. The quartet, which is currently on its farewell concert tour, has more AMA wins than any other performer ?" followed by Michael Jackson with 21 and Kenny Rogers with 19.
The late soul songstress Aaliyah was honoured as best female R&B artist, her third American Music Award since she died in a plane crash in 2001.
Missy Elliott was late picking up her trophy for female rap-hip-hop artist.
"Somebody stole my limo, but I''m here now," she said, taking the stage to collect her prize later in the show. "I''ll need a ride home. Can somebody get me back to the hotel please?"
Favourite female country artist went to Faith Hill, beating out Martina McBride and Shania Twain.
"All I''ve ever wanted to do is just stand on stage and sing and you fans have made it possible time and time again," said Hill, who has four previous American Music Awards.
Her household received a second award when husband Tim McGraw won favourite male country artist. They also won separate American Music Awards together in 2001 and 2002.
Toby Keith''s Unleashed won him his first American Music Award for country album.
Linkin Park won the alternative artist category, while gospel star Steven Curtis Chapman was victorious in the contemporary inspirational class.
Other winners included Ricky Martin for favourite Latin star, and soul veterans The Isley Brothers for best R&B group. Best rap/hip-hop group went to Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz, and rock ''n'' roll mainstay Fleetwood Mac received the award for favourite rock group.
Justin Timberlake''s CD Justified won favourite pop album, Jennifer Lopez claimed best pop-rock female artist and pop diva Celine Dion was picked favourite adult contemporary artist.
The awards were presented during a live ABC telecast from the Shrine Au***orium in Los Angeles, with late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel as master of ceremonies.
Nominations were based on sales figures and radio play, and winners were selected by a survey of about 20,000 listeners.
The American Music Awards was shifted from its usual January date to November, cutting the nominations window by about two months. The move was made in part to avoid the crush of other ceremonies, such as the Oscars, Golden Globes and Grammys, that will be competing for attention at the beginning of next year.
In ad***ion, producer Dick Clark said staging the show before the holiday gift-buying season helped organizers secure more performers.
"Everybody is dropping new CDs and albums at this very moment, so they''re anxious for the promotion," he said.
Britney Spears launched the show by being lowered on stage in a purple corset, black hot pants and thigh-high boots to start the telecast with a pyrotechnic-filled performance of her new song Me Against the Music.
She was followed by Kid Rock''s pounding cover of Bad Company''s 1975 anthem Feel Like Makin'' Love, which he screeched under the towering flashing letters L-O-V-E. He claimed the award for favourite male pop/rock artist at the end of the show.
The heavyweight belter Ruben Studdard and scrawny crooner Clay Aiken, who won the Internet-voted fan-favourite award, performed the duet Jesus Is Love together, after being introduced by Kimmel as "the spaghetti and meatball of American Idol."''

Tin buồn cho bác nào hút thuốc ở Ontario. Tiền thuốc lá có thể tăng vào cuối năm nay. Được trích từ thetar.
Ontario seeks Quebec support on tobacco taxes

Toronto ?" Ontario''s new Liberal government plans to hike the province''s tobacco taxes and wants to do it simultaneously with neighbouring Quebec, Premier Dalton McGuinty said Tuesday.
Since Ontario and Quebec have the cheapest cigarettes in the country, Mr. McGuinty said he''s spoken to Quebec Premier Jean Charest about the two provinces raising tobacco taxes at the same time, a measure that would significantly boost the cost of a carton of smokes.
?oIn order for us to ensure we''re not leading to promoting an underground economy, we''d like to move forward together in lockstep when it comes to raising the price of cigarettes in both Ontario and Quebec,? Mr. McGuinty said before heading into a caucus meeting.
The Liberals are also expected to move ahead with an election promise to implement a provincewide smoking ban in workplaces and indoor public places when they deliver their throne speech on Thursday.
Mr. McGuinty said that Mr. Charest has ?oshown an interest? in hiking cigarette taxes.
In their election platform, the Liberals vowed to raise cigarette taxes to stop people from smoking, prevent kids from lighting up and subsequently lessen the burden on the health-care system. Some of the tax revenues would be used to make smoking cessation medications more readily available and to create a fund to help tobacco farmers grow different crops.
The Liberals also promised to make all public and workplaces smoke-free within three years and to ban countertop and behind-the-counter retail displays of tobacco products.
Although many cities impose smoking restrictions, the ban would make Ontario the first to establish a provincewide law.
?oHere are the numbers you should keep in mind when it comes to smoking in Ontario: 12,000 deaths on an annual basis and $4-billion in direct and indirect costs. We happen to have the cheapest cigarettes in the country,? Mr. McGuinty said.

Hơ hơ hơ...đùa một chút cho các bác đọc tin mới
Bank has $42 with Céline''s name on it
Just one of 767,590 forgotten accounts
VANCOUVER -- With an estimated net worth of $295 million, Céline Dion isn''t exactly short of cash.
But if she doesn''t act fast, she could soon be out $42.79.
That''s how much money the Bank of Canada is holding in her name -- one of 767,590 people and organizations that have had their unclaimed bank balances transferred to the institution.
Ms. Dion''s account -- from a National Bank branch in Farnham, Que. -- was transferred to the bank at the end of 1994, after 10 years of lying dormant.
Under the bank''s rules, Ms. Dion has another 10 years to claim the money -- after which it is transferred to the bank''s general accounts. (Unclaimed balances of more than $500 are kept on the books forever.)
The 767,590 unclaimed accounts are worth about $204 million. About 88 per cent are for amounts less than $500. The oldest dates back to 1900.
Ms. Dion isn''t the only celebrity who appears to have some forgotten cash. Others include:
- A Brian Mulroney, who has $144.83 from a CIBC account in Calgary;
- A Paul Martin, who has three accounts -- for $5,833.70, $1,302.73 and $30.41 -- from various Montreal accounts, and $38.04 from a Windsor account;
- A Joe Clark, who has $1,685.77 from a CIBC account in Ottawa; and
- A Don Cherry, who has $15.61 from a Royal Bank account in Cambridge, Ont.
There are also some Canadian institutions with money to claim, including Canadian Tire, with $397.88 from an account at the Royal Bank in Nipigon, Ont.
And, while it wouldn''t have been enough to avert its bankruptcy, Air Canada has $26.75 in a TD Bank branch in Saskatoon. The database of accounts can be searched at:
<http://ucbswww.bank-banque-canada.ca/scripts/search_english.asp>

Man dies trying to retrieve hat from under truck
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - A man was crushed to death yesterday when he dived under a slow-moving semi-trailer to retrieve his baseball cap.
High winds had blown the hat off the man''s head as he got out of his white convertible in the parking lot of a farm supply store. The wind carried the well-worn hat underneath a loaded semi-trailer just as it started to move.
"The truck was rolling forward and he dove under to grab the hat. He tried to grab it and wiggle out quickly," said witness Josh Emard.
Emard said he wondered at first if what he was seeing might be a stunt, the Lethbridge Herald reported.
"It was just unbelievable that someone would go under a moving semi for a hat."
Derek Keenan, 44, of Lethbridge died at the scene after the truck''s rear wheels rolled over his upper body. The truck came to a stop with Keenan underneath the flatbed trailer loaded with precast concrete drainage pipe.
The 40-year-old truck driver, looking visibly shaken, was helped into an ambulance and taken to hospital.
Lethbridge police Sgt. Tom Ascroft said no charges will be laid.
"A very odd set of circumstances led to a very tragic accident," he said.
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