Alberta health plan unlikely to contract out surgeries despite bill
Alberta health authorities say they have no plans to contract out surgeries after Bill 11. Two new operating rooms open in October at Peter Lougheed Centre and Foothills Hospital to cut waiting times, with no push to privatize services. Edmonton already contracts out 3.2 million dollars in surgical services this fall.
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Karen Leibovici
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Russo's Restaurant Closes After E coli Case
Campbellford Ontario restaurant Russo's shuts Sunday after cook Glen McLaughlin 22 contracts E coli believed from a home well. Health unit urges Aug 18 20 patrons with diarrhea to seek medical advice while reopening planned for Tuesday.
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British Columbia raises minimum wage to seven sixty
Premier Ujjal Dosanjh announced BC will have the highest minimum wage in Canada with changes starting November first. The rate climbs from seven fifteen to seven sixty and then to eight dollars on November first, 2001. The move drew support from labour ministers and critics from small business in the restaurant sector.
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B.C
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Special prosecutor seeks longer seal on casino licensing case
Clark era saga continues as special prosecutor Bill Smart aims to extend sealing of investigative records tied to the casino licensing scandal. He will appear in court Thursday for the seventh extension covering searches of multiple homes and businesses in March 1999 including Clark's.
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Cybersquatters Target Ontario Alliance Candidate
In Brockville Ontario a cyber squatter created www.goldbrown.com to oppose Gord Brown a four candidate field for the Liberal Alliance nomination in Leeds Grenville. The site mirrors his real site and urges voters not to support the Alliance. The issue echoes Madonna court actions over madonna com.
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Progressive Conservative
Wexford Wreck Found After 87 Years In Lake Huron
Divers have located the 82 metre British cargo ship Wexford off Ontario between Grand Bend and Bayfield, sunk in the 1913 Great Storm with only its smoke stack missing. Local diver Donald Chalmers detected the wreck on a fish finder, ending decades of search by the Goderich Marine Heritage Committee.
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