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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1995
Page
1
Feelers lure volunteers with a body marker job that requires writing three waterproof numbers on athletes arms legs or calves to identify contestants across running cycling and swimming stages. Organizers promise extra race day visibility to support the Fort McMurray event set for Sunday.
Canada faces pressure to end its Yugoslavia mission as Ottawa weighs keeping 1,420 troops in Bosnia and Croatia withdrawals. The UN budget share costs include 180 million and aid totals 64 million, with 2,200 Canadian soldiers deployed and 130,000 deaths in 1991-92.
A two hour police siege in East Vancouver ends when a toddler named Zack Ross points a toy gun at his father and officers exploring a suspect weapon, declaring guns are his favorite. His mother Susan learns of the stakeout only after neighbors call and a police order to exit through the front door.
Alberta physicians fear a cap on fees will force doctors to leave smaller centres like Medicine Hat. Negotiations with the government stalled after plans to cap family physicians at 150000 and specialists at 175000 were announced, with penalties for higher patient loads and more procedures.
A poll shows Albertans disapprove of the Alberta health care policy, with 38 percent support and 25 percent drop since Premier Raiphlein’s election. Environics survey notes a sharp fall from 61 percent support in June 1993 after the Tories won re election. Red Love comments on proposed changes as a challenge.
In Medicine Hat doctors warn fee caps could reduce patient access amid a local physician shortage. Witzke notes subsidies and caps may push specialists away while salaries in the U S tempt physicians, and Ivan Filanti reports local doctors weighing emigration as government measures loom.
Canada’s privacy commissioner Bruce Phillips calls for extending federal privacy laws to all federally regulated industries and urges provinces to follow. He warns personal data is a traded commodity and bans random drug testing in the private sector, deeming it highly invasive.
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