Russell under fire on user fees in Alberta
Hospitals Minister Dave Russell faced criticism from doctors and opposition members for his claim that hospitals are used as babysitting services. Opposition Leader Grant Notley called the remarks shoddy and argued the accusations lack evidence in the Edmonton House debate.
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University Hospital
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Rocky Mountain House
Floods Drive Evacuations Across Gulf Coast States
Flooding from heavy rain surges toward record levels in Mississippi and Louisiana as 40,000 homes are damaged and at least 21,000 evacuees spend a second night away from home. Forecasters warn the worst is yet to come as rivers swell and emergency workers build sandbag defences.
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Mississippi
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Rocky Mountains
Challenger crew eyes home after successful space walk
Captain Paul Weitz and Karol Bobko plan a 10 49 a m Pacific landing at Edwards AFB California on Saturday. Story Musgrave and Donald Peterson extended a 45 minute space walk to 3 47 hours and practised cargo bay operations and satellite retrieval techniques for future on orbit servicing missions.
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Challenger
NASA
Peterson
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Earth
Paul Weitz
Karol Bobko
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Story Musgrave
Houston
Tex
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Mission Control
Musgrave
Tory tactics in question as leadership race heats Ottawa
Progressive Conservative leadership candidates press for April 15 Ottawa meeting to discuss delegate election reforms. Peter Klading, party president, vows to hear many candidates and reps. Elzinga dismisses need for a special oversight power. Campaigners accuse Alberta ridings of abuses while complaints include child voters and improvised youth groups inflating delegate counts.
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Jeadership
Ottawa
Peter Klading
Tve
Ship
Duff Roblin
Robert Stanfield
Elzinga
Skid Road
Schmidt warns on protectionism may trigger another depression
Former West German chancellor Helmut Schmidt warned Calgary's Rotary Club that protectionist trade barriers threaten global growth. He cited tariffs and import controls as hampering half of world trade and warned of a second great low mood if governments fail to resist such policies. He said cutting real interest rates is not evident and supported U S missile testing in northern Alberta.
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iCi
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U.S
Alberta
Albertan to appeal execution in Montana case
Ronald Allen Smith, 25, of Red Deer Alta., says he plans to appeal his death sentence after discussions with inmates and letters from friends and family. He admitted kidnapping and killing two Browning men near Glacier Park last summer. judge then imposed death. Co-defendants Rodney Munro and Andre Fontaine face related charges. Munro is serving 60 years for aggravated kidnapping and escape while Fontaine awaits trial for deliberate homicide and aggravated kidnapping.
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Mont
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Smith
Red Deer
Alta
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Browning
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Harvey Mad Man Jr
Glacier Park
Michael Keedy
Rodney James Munro
Andre Fontaine
Munro
Fontaine
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