Gretzky rules out comeback with Coyotes in Tempe camp
Wayne Gretzky says he has no plans to return to the NHL. The 41 year old, retired after 1998-99, cites neck injury and two herniated discs. He trained at Tempe with API and will repeat sessions for personal fitness but will not play again for the Coyotes or any team.
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Wayne Gretzky
Chicago Tribune
Philadelphia Flyers
Jeremy Roenick
Gretzky
Phoenix Coyotes
Tempe
Coyotes
API
Athletes’ Performance Institute
When all else is lost the future remains
A succinct quotation by C. N. Bovee asserts that even in dire moments the future holds possibility and hope, encouraging resilience and forward focus rather than despair.
GST shift to provinces eyed to fund health care
A report to the Romanow commission urges provinces receive a share of federal GST to offset rising health costs. It argues Canada's fiscal surpluses could offset revenue loss and calls for coordinated political leadership despite expected resistance. A second study favors health savings accounts to curb service use.
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Ottawa
Romanow Commission
Canada
Melissa Rode
Michael Rushton
University of Regina
Royal Commission
Health funding reforms debated by Canadian experts
Analysts clash over reallocating public funds versus new taxes to support health care. Henry Jacek of McMaster warns earmarked taxes fail to guarantee provincial needs, arguing funds should target policy goals. A Fraser Institute report favors medical savings accounts and tax credits for personal health spending.
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McMaster University
Jacek
Commission
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Fraser Institute
Alberta minister backs inter basin water transfer plan
Environment Minister Lorne Taylor says inter basin water transfers are practically a done deal pending public consultations. A South Alberta Water Co op plan to pipe water from Milk River Ridge Reservoir to 2 000 rural residents in Forty Mile Warner and Cypress areas is a $30 million project with meetings Aug 6 7 8 in Foremost Aden and Lethbridge and a public questionnaire by UMA Engineering. Submissions close Sept 3.
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Alberta
Environment
Lorne Taylor
South Alberta
Warner
Cypress
Taylor
Co-Op
Red Deer
Lacombe
Blackfalds
Ponoka
South Saskatchewan
North Saskatchewan
Len Mitzel
Forty Mile
Foremost
Aden Grain Hall
Lethbridge Ramada Inn
UMA Engineering
Summer snow shocks foothill communities in Alberta
About five centimetres of snow fell Friday on foothill communities along the Alberta Rockies during the August long weekend. Banff Park manager Marjorie Huculak reported surprised visitors in toques and scarves. Calgary set a record for the earliest August snowfall and Saskatchewan posted several record low temps as Southern Alberta expected a warm rebound by Saturday.
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Alberta Rockies
Marjorie Huculak
Banff National Park
Prairies
Saskatchewan
Canada
Spiritwood
Saskatoon
Environment Canada
Alberta
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