Alcoholism seen as a family disease in Manitoba forum
University of Manitoba physician says alcoholism affects the whole family and co alcoholism term is emerging for relatives. Doctors urge more psychiatric treatment centers for youth and better referral systems, noting current facilities are inadequate and patients often must seek help outside the province.
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Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Faculty of Medicine
William Jacyk
Alcoholism Foundation of Manitoba
Manitoba
Jacyk
Woman swept by flood waters searched by RCMP
West Vancouver RCMP used depth sounding gear Sunday to search Howe Sound for the body of a 31 year old pregnant woman swept away Friday night by the Strachan Creek flood. Meanwhile Highway 99 reopened to one lane after crews cleared a 15 metre gravel slide that blocked the road and Strachan Creek bridge. The cement bridge was deemed structurally sound by engineers as water and rock damaged 14 homes below.
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West Vancouver
RCMP
Howe Sound
Strachan Creek
Vancouver
Highway Ministry
Evacuation Ordered After Log Flood Hits British Columbia Highway
National highway forces 38 residents to evacuate as flood debris blocks the mountain road linking Vancouver and Squamish. Train service resumed on the B C Railway mainline after crews cleared debris. A prior October disaster killed nine people when logs swept a creek and a bridge failed. A missing woman, five months pregnant, is feared dead. authorities identify likely search depths and plan divers if needed.
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B.C. Railway
Vancouver
Howe Sound
Squamish
M Creek
Strachan Creek
Susan Buch
Families press suit over insulation linked cancers in two boys
In Montreal two Quebec families claim urea formaldehyde foam insulation caused their sons cancers. Kevin Ursaki five and Dominic Pelaez three died after infections and illnesses followed insulation installed in their homes. Medical experts doubt a direct link while suits proceed against Rapco Foam Ltd. and the federal government.
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Montreal
Quebec
Kevin Ursaki
Dominic Pelaez
Ursaki
Rapco Foam Ltd
Urea
Claude Masse
Federation of Quebec
University of Montreal
Masse
Kevin
Daughter says victim of cult looms over family crisis
Clair Riley's family in Morley allege the Children of God cult drew her into its fold after she met Jay Riley in Vancouver. The Yorkshire court had made the couple's children wards of the court two years earlier amid concerns of child protection and moral danger.
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Vancouver
Clair Riley
Jay Riley
Riley
Clair
Children of God
Family of Love
Kaye McArdle
Morley
Yorkshire
McArdle
Jesus
Cult
Rileys
Parliament press gallery increases aid for journalists at risk
The Ottawa parliamentary press gallery voted to set up a fund to aid journalists facing legal troubles and to raise annual dues to 40 from 20 dollars. Contributions from individuals will supplement the fund, with at least 2000 dollars targeted for imprisoned foreign journalists. Claude Papineau was elected president and a slate of officers and directors was named.
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Ottawa
Amnesty International
Claude Papineau
Sean Finlay
Thomson Newspapers
Aileen McCabe
Gilbert Bringue
Radio Canada
John Ferguson
Jim Sheppard
Canadian Press
John Burke
Global Television
Luc Lavoie
TVA
Michel Gratton
le Droit
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