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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 01, 1998
Page
1
Health Minister Allan Rock disclosed that up to 60000 Canadians were infected with hepatitis C before 1986. He argued governments won’t expand the $1.1 billion compensation plan beyond the 22000 victims infected 1986 to 1990, stating the decision is principled, not financial.
Researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University report that imagining finger contractions for four weeks increased mental and physical strength. In a test, actual workouts yielded 30 percent finger strength gains, while the imagined group improved about 16 percent. The work was presented at the British Psychological Society annual conference in Brighton.
An Indiana woman, 46, was arrested in Alma after a high speed chase while she rode in a borrowed car wearing only a seat belt. Police say she reached 177 kilometres an hour and wove through traffic, with Officer Wayrie Donley noting her erratic driving.
Palliser medical association leader calls the Alberta Health Care Insurance Amendment Act cowardly as it requires ministerial approval to opt out of the public system. The law also sets a 30 day notice period and 90 day prior application, aiming to preserve access to medically necessary services amid stalled contract talks and a $140 million three year funding offer.
Lawyers with the Association in Defense of the Wrongly Convicted petitioned federal Justice minister Anne McLellan to order a new trial for Clayton Johnson, jailed since 1993 for his wife Janice Johnson's death. They contend RCMP hid information from pathologists and cite two U.S. experts deeming the death accidental.
Regina Ganey Charles, 17, who killed seven year old Johnathan Thompson and cooked flesh in a ritual, escaped from a North Battleford mental hospital for 15 hours before being found. RCMP called him psychotic and extremely dangerous.
Alberta legislature debates private for profit hospitals and doctor opt outs with critics accusing the federal government of not defending medicare. Premier Ralph Klein notes no response since minister David Ingwall warned of private hospitals in 1997.
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