31 Dec 1997
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 31, 1997
Page
1
Ottawa outlines higher CPP contributions for 1998 raising the maximum monthly employee premium to 89.07 dollars from 78.75 while Employment Insurance premiums fall to 2.70 dollars per 100 of insurable earnings, cushioning most workers. The reform aims to strengthen the pension system ahead of the baby boom generation.
Bre-X Minerals chief geologist Stephen Felderhof and his wife Ingrid had assets frozen by a Cayman Islands Grand Court on December 24 after a Deloitte and Touche civil suit. The move froze bank accounts and three homes, with total value undisclosed. Felderhof’s Toronto lawyer called the action abrupt and unnecessary near the holidays, but said some funds were freed for two months.
New Scientist notes firms may face suits when customers claim they were not warned about a product’s limits. An American buyer bought a camera claiming it works only with film, and a British supermarket sold 500 g peanuts labeled contains nuts.
Local columnist Les Brost urges MLA Ken Nicol to win Liberal nomination and Education Minister Gary Mar to become premier. Palliser Health Authority chair John Boksteyn calls for Halvar Jonson to secure extra funding for continuing care and mental health services. A hairdresser jokes about changing hair styles.
A medley of local voices and national figures offer resolutions spanning unity, fitness, entertainment, and personal growth. Lyle Rebbeck students, Angus Henderson, Rita MacNeil, Sharon Balding, Rev. David Patterson, and Gummee A Clown advocate goals from practice discipline to open reconciliation and year round holiday spirit.
Six former Medicine Hat transit workers lost appeals after the Workers' Compensation Board ruled their methanol exposure did not cause their illnesses. They plan further appeals and possible legal action while noting preexisting symptoms and alleged lack of independent medical testing.
Police charge Orville Majors, 36, with six murders after a 30 month inquiry into 147 deaths at Vermillion County Hospital in Clinton between 1993 and 1995. Investigators report about 100 deaths linked to the nurse with 130 of 147 occurring on his shift. Post mortem tests found potassium chloride injections. Majors denies the charges. An affidavit cites a daughter's claim of an unauthorized injection before a mother’s death.
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