Principal dies in Jenner School principal dies in highway crash
Murray Pratt 51 and his son Gregory 23 were killed when a westbound pickup collided with a southbound car north of Brooks. Pratt, Jenner School principal, died after being transported to Foothills Hospital. The car driver Terry Andorr and two children suffered injuries. no charges laid. Jenner School mourns as community heals.
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Medicine Hat
Jenner
Murray Pratt
Medicine ‘Hat
Brooks
Gregory Pratt
Esther
Stan Krause
Pratt
Jenner School
Krause
Murray
Pratts
Calgary
Foothills Hospital
Terry Andorr
Duchess
Brooks Health Centre
Brooks Rcmp
Ralston
British beef scare spooks farmers and shoppers
The British government banned bone in beef cuts after advisers warned bones and bone marrow could carry a human form of mad cow disease. Farmers fear renewed publicity may crush beef sales as Creutzfeld Jakob links loom and consumer confidence wanes.
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London
Quotations on Ancestors and Anger by Cox and Lawson
A pair of aphorisms on heritage and temperament: J Gilchrist Lawson notes a boastful ancestor is a living confession of a family better dead than alive, while Coleman Cox says anger only improves a cat’s back.
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J. Gilchrist Lawson
Coleman Cox
Bitter return to work after Ottawa back to work law
Canada Post workers resume duties at noon to end the postal strike and protest the back to work bill. CUPW predicts mail delays and misrouting as officials pledge disciplinary action for defiant staff and warn of a large backlog.
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Ottawaostal
Canadian Union of Postal Workers
Canada Post
House of Commons
Senate
John Daines
CUPW
Darrell Tingley
Daines
Canada Labor Relations Board
Tingley
Corporate Canada
Vancouver
Taiwan
Palliser Health Authority Discusses Mental Health Needs
Health Minister AJAY BHARDWAJ visited Medicine Hat and Palliser Health Authority to review regional mental health needs. Richard Scott urged separate adolescent and adult units, long term care homes, a psych-geriatric unit, detox facilities, expanded Brooks hospital services, and more consumer input into policy. He noted patients often lack direct representation despite existing advisory committees.
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Medicine Hat
Alvar Jonson
Alliser
Palliser Health Authority
Richard Scott
Southeastern
Brooks Hospital
Scott
Jonson
Jarrett
Cat stows away in Lebanon truck reaches Calgary
A cat named Tennessee traveled 5 000 kilometres from a Lebanon pet food facility to Calgary after stowing away in a tractor trailer that departed November 28. An airline offers to fly Tennessee home for free if the owner is located.
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Lebanon, Tenn
Tennessee
Calgary
Lebanon
Chretien pledges 100 million for landmine treaty
Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced a 100 million dollar pledge over five years to implement the landmine ban treaty. At an Ottawa conference 125 nations signed, as leaders urged rapid on the ground action to end the slaughter. Absent were the United States Russia and China.
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Ottawarime
Jean Chretien
Chretien
Ottawa
U.S
Russia
China
Edmonton Poverty Rise Tied to Low Wages and Welfare Cuts
Edmonton faces rising absolute poverty among families with children, 8.1 percent in 1995 from 3.3 percent in 1993, driven by welfare roll reductions and low wage policies. Vancouver 7 percent, Montreal 6.8, Halifax 4.8, Toronto 4.4, Winnipeg 3.8. most growth affects workers with low pay and no visible income.
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Canada
Social Planning Council
Statistics Canada
Edmonton
Alberta
Vancouver
Montreal
Halifax
Toronto
Winnipeg
Brian Bechtel
Council
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Gail Jarrett
Mood Disorders Association
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