Doctors clash with private health plan fears in Canada
Health minister Joy McPhail in Vancouver rejects private system talk as fear mongering and warns a parallel private model could fragment medicare. CMA meeting in Victoria gathers 300 doctors to debate proposals for a two tier system alongside medicare.
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B.C
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McPhail
Vancouver Sun
Canadians
Canada
Victoria
Canadian Medical Association
Banking on blood opens clinics in Canada next year
Canadian Blood Bank Corp plans private blood storage clinics in Calgary and Edmonton next year with 49 clinics nationwide. It has agreements with 21 doctors. initial client fee would be 150 and storage at 8 per month for up to 10 years. Edmonton Hemophilia Society backs plan but urges Medicare coverage.
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Edmonton
Calgary
Canadian Blood Bank Corp
St. John’s
Mld
Canada
Canadian Hemophilia Society
Bob Verreau
Society
Alberta
Boy Behind Wheel Flips Car Into Ottawa Yard
In Ottawa a car started by an 11 year old crashed through Rosario Dupere’s backyard fence, flattened a hedge, and stopped on his air conditioner after a church parking lot drive. Dupere said the boy’s motive remains unclear as police investigate the incident.
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Ottawa
Rosario Dupere
Dupere
Pilsner extends bareback streak at Box Springs Rodeo
Medicine Hat based Les Pilsner won the bareback event for a third straight year at the 17th Box Springs Rodeo. He rode Cobra for a 79 as Box Springs allowed dual CC A and Chinook Rodeo Association competition, boosting his lead in the CCA standings with over 1000 dollars won over the weekend. Young Kynan Vine, 11, won junior boys steer riding with a 76, beating his older brother Jory Vine as over 70 thousand dollars in prize money was awarded.
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Les Pilsner
Box Springs
Swift Current
Pilsner
Saskatchewan
Alberta
CCA
Kynan
Vine
Jory
Box Springs Rodeo Winners
Les Plisner won bareback riding at Box Springs with Swift Current entry scoring 150. Curtis Hay of Poplar Point captured tie down calf roping with 18.2. Scott Bandy of Calgary took saddle bronc with 150. Jace Thiessen of Vauxhall posted 10.2 in steer wrestling. Kynan Vine of Seven Persons won junior boys steer riding with 150. Duane and Kim Gillisple of Mankota, Sask., earned team roping 13.8. Teri Leibrand of Peerless, Mont., won ladies barrel racing 34.21 and 34.60 in junior girls. Chad Davidson of Asquith, Sask., claimed bull riding 156 and high point honors.
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Swift
Curtis Hay
Poplar
Point
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Scott Bandy
Calgary
Jace Thiessen
Vauxhall
Kynan Vine
Duane Gillisple
Kim Gillisple
Mankota
Sask
Teri' Leibrand
Peerless
Mont
Ter! Leibrand
Chad Davidson
Asquith
Tornado Destroys Cottage in Williams Lake
Rob Howard 67 and Ken Osborne 59 survived a tornado that swept away their rebuilt Williams Lake cottage and bodies were thrown into the lake. They escaped with only cuts and bruises as the funnel uprooted trees and boats, leaving Howard asking, where did the water come from.
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Owen Sound
Rob Howard
Williams Lake
Howard
Tage
Ken Osborne
Osborne
Dorothy
Killer Olson seeks early parole in Vancouver trial
Killer Clifford Olson begins his bid for early parole from a life sentence for 11 child murders. In room seven of Surrey Provincial Court, Olson appears before a juror panel drawn from Lower Mainland voters, aiming to persuade eight of twelve to back an early release, with the National Parole Board likely to deny. The case influences families of victims and the public, while Olson may portray conflicting personas to win support.
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Vancouver
Clifford
Olson
Surrey Provincial Court
Beast
Steve Sullivan
Resource Centre For
B.C
Lower Mainland
Joe Bellows
National Parole Board
Women are better liars says British research
London reports that a British researcher concludes women are more skilled at crafting believable lies than men. The study, cited by Sanjida O Connell in Mindreading, links female sympathy from early childhood to higher manipulation ability and notes good looks boost believability.
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Sanjida O’connell
O’connell
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