Alberta grants free flights for legislature guests
Alberta's 83 member legislature will allow family members and other guests to take up to four taxpayer paid flights per year. Premier Ralph Klein says it was not a government decision but a committee choice, while Liberal and NDP opposition warn the policy could extend to non-relatives such as boyfriends or mistresses.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Member Services Committee
Ralph Klein
Tory
Klein
Liberals
New Democrats
Linda Sloan
Liberal Opp on Private Health Plan Stirs Albertans
Alberta Liberals launch petitions against privatizing public health care as Klein plans to let health authorities contract services to private clinics. Supporters worry about a two tier system while critics call the campaign fear mongering and costly.
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Quinn
Klein
Earl Morgan
Dickson
Jean Chretien
Coe
Calgary Buffalo
Alberta
Legislative Assembly
Cypress Medicine Hat
Lorne Taylor
Taylor
Gus Léhmah
Feds plan national response for nuclear chemical or biological attacks
Ottawa aims to craft a comprehensive plan with provinces and local authorities for fast local responses to terrorist incidents involving nuclear biological or chemical weapons. A Solicitor General report says Ottawa will consult provinces, police, and fire services, building on existing national plans and a Senate committee recommendation.
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Commons
Lawrence MacAulay
RCMP
Canada
Senate Committee On Security and Intelligence
Peacekeepers’ treatment called disgrace by military inquiry
Canada faces calls to ease disease among veterans after troops returning from Croatia in the early 1990s fell ill. The board cited battle stress as a major factor and urged pensions and care, longer home rests, and health initiatives. Gen Baril and Defence Minister Eggleton pledged action and support.
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Croatia
Military Board of
Joe Sharpe
Canada
Defence Department
Veterans Affairs
Sharpe
Maurice Baril
Defence Staff
Defence
Art Eggleton
Iguana look sparks student’s reptile transformation
Erik Sprague, a 27 year old philosophy student at SUNY Albany, sharpens teeth, implants bumps, and tattoos green scales to become a reptile. He performs with the Jim Rose Circus and lists acts from sword swallowing to lifting car batteries with chains on his nipples.
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N.Y
Reuters
Erik Sprague
Sprague
State University of New York
Jimh Rose Circus
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