Natives to undergo Health Canada tests near Swan Hills
Health Canada will collect blood hair and breast milk samples from 200 natives near Swan Hills after provincial study omissions. Tests search for PCBs dioxins and furans linked to cancer birth defects and immune disorders with results due next April. Chief tribal leader Jim Badger calls Alberta study inadequate and Ottawa steps in.
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Edmonton
Canada
Health Canada
Swan Hills
Alberta
Jim Badger
Ottawa
Boot camp blues at Ontario private jail turn escape into embarrassment
In Hillsdale Ontario two 16 year old inmates escaped a private boot camp project Turnaround after a power failure enabled a car chase. Police recaptured them after three hours while residents complained officials delayed reporting the escape and two inmates assaulted a guard. Premier Mike Harris called the incident embarrassing and noted the offenders outsmarted both the staff and the circumstances.
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Hillsdale
Ont
Ontario
Mike Harris
Airline staff can restrain unruly passengers says Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph reports Japan Airlines permits flight attendants to tie up and gag unruly passengers in the new staff handbook. The policy covers sexual harassment, disturbances, and anti smoking rule violations and allows tape over mouths if passengers refuse to quiet down. Attendants report being jostled and threatened.
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Daily Telegraph
Japan Airlines
Irvine camp trashed by Medicine Hat youths at Irvine campground
About 200 Medicine Hat youths allegedly trashed an Irvine campground during a drunken pre school bash. RCMP investigated as vandals toppled a toilet unit, pulled out logs, burned tables and garbage spread across the site beside the Trans-Canada Highway. Authorities planned increased surveillance and asked witnesses to call with information.
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Irvine
Medicine Hat
Keith Bender
Cypress
Bender
Redcliff Rcmp
Gary Pletz
Pletz
RCMP
Lutz Perschon
Perschon
Alberta budget update shows $1.2 billion 1997 98 surplus
Alberta faces a $1.2 billion surplus for 1997 98 driven by high oil prices and drilling lease sales. Gordon Kent reports Day favors tax cuts but stresses debt reduction first as net debt could be cleared by century's end. Increased education and flood damage funding are planned despite the surplus.
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Edmonton
Ors Stockwell Day
Alberta
Day
Southam News
Labor unrest warned as unions build war chests in Canada
Statistics Canada warns that labor unrest may rise after years of peace. The report notes 1.1 million person-days lost in the first five months, with 3.34 million in the year prior, far below 1980 levels. Ernest Akyeampong cites government workers as most likely to act amid wage freezes. About 3.5 million Canadians belong to unions.
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Ernest Akyeampong
Echo Dale Park eyed as film set for Heart of the Sun
Medicine Hat area echoes a drive to use Echo Dale Park farm near the airport as a rural location for Makara Pictures. Producers expect a 70 person crew filming 10 to 12 days with Sept 15 to Oct 10 dates and will assess nearby sites as part of a provincial expansion into film. Local officials forecast economic benefits while cautioning against hype as Alberta Film Commission notes the growth potential.
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Medicine Hat Re Dale Park
Park Society
Bill Grady
Makara Pictures
Brenda Liles
Bow River
Medicine Hat
Donalda
Edmonton
Liles
Echo Dale Park
Grady
Alberta Film Commission
Murray Ord
Commission
Alberta
British Columbia
Ord
Hollywood
Key
Twat Higgs
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