Arbitrators chosen in nurses dispute
Alberta nurses and nine health regions will go to arbitration with Edmonton lawyer Andy Sims named chair of a three member board. Sims will mediate initially as talks resume with a target completion by March 31. The United Nurses of Alberta rejects compulsory arbitration but backs the process to restart negotiations.
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Edmonton
Alberta
United Nurses of
Andy Sims
Shannon Larkins
Sims
Accident slows traffic near Brooks on Trans-Canada Highway
An accident 20 kilometres west of Brooks delayed westbound traffic on the Trans-Canada Highway Friday night. Brooks RCMP said shortly before 10 p.m. emergency crews and police were on scene but no details were available at press time.
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Brooks
Brooks Rcmp
RCMP
Martin honours father's memory at swearing in
Paul Martin becomes Canada's 21st prime minister carrying the flag that flew at half mast for Paul Martin Sr. The elder Liberal cabinet minister, who failed in leadership bids, guided his son to politics after a business career. Martin Sr. warned him to wait until age 45.
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Ohey
Paul Martin
Martin
Paul Martin Sr
Martin Sr
Paul Martin Jr
Governor General
Canada
Mackenzie King
Louis St. Laurent
Lester Pearson
Pierre Trudeau
Peace Tower
Albertans split over electricity deregulation and prices
Premier Ralph Klein defends deregulation as preventing blackouts and boosting generation including wind and gas plants, while critics like Herman Schwenk and Evan Bahry warn of market uncertainty and delayed investment. Despite 3,000 MW added, prices have risen, with Klein blaming gas costs and billing errors. full deregulation due in July 2006, promised price relief.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Herman Schwenk
Schwenk
Evan Bahry
Independent Power Producers Society of Alberta
Saskatchewan
Klein
Bison Return To Saskatchewan Prairie After 150 Years
About 150 years after near extinction a herd of 50 young bison from Elk Island National Park in Alberta was trucked to Old Man On His Back Prairie near Swift Current. The 5,300 hectare site jointly owned by Nature Conservancy of Canada and the government aims to restore native grassland and create Canada’s third pure-blood bison herd.
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Claydon, Sask
Saskatchewan
Elk Island National Park
Alberta
Swift Current
Sask
Nature Conservancy of Canada
Sue Michalsky
The
Conservancy
Canada
Michalsky
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