Alberta teachers face dwindling strike funds amid provincewide walkout
Alberta teachers push for higher pay as ATA funds thin out after paying 60 a day to thousands of strikers. Local leaders say extended walkouts could trigger emergency measures and higher dues, with 13 700 teachers affected and a potential 23 day return to classrooms.
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Alberta
Alberta Teachers’ Association
ATA
Medicine Hat
West
Lyle Oberg
Calgary
Beleo Xeey Lethbridge police treat senior's death as suspicious
Lethbridge police are investigating the sudden death of a 75 year old woman as suspicious after she was found in a residential yard around 11 30 a m on Wednesday. Staff Sgt Don Lamont said foul play hasn’t been ruled out and witnesses are being sought as autopsy plans proceed in Calgary.
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Lethbridge (Cp
Don Lamont
Lethbridge Police Service
Calgary
Canada's most wanted fugitive in Florida hospital case
An elderly Alzheimer patient in Fort Myers is identified as Jacques Rousseau of Montreal, wanted for drowning his first wife in 1966 and trying to strangle a common-law wife in 1980. Investigators say he fled to the United States and used the alias L Bruce Lyon at Lee Memorial Hospital, with care costs cited at about 384000 Canadian dollars.
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Fort Myers, Fla
Canada
Gulf of ‘Mexico
Jacques Rousseau
Montreal
Barry Lewis
Fort ‘Myers
Rousseau
United States
Texas
L. Bruce Lyon
Lee Memorial Hospital
Lewis
Krieger
Florida
Pierced Ears and Marriage Readiness Joke
A Rita Rudner quip jokes that men with pierced ears are more prepared for marriage because they have endured pain and bought jewelry. The line uses light, observational humor to pivot on relationships and grooming.
Alliance candidates unite against Liberals
Four Canadian Alliance contenders focus on the Liberals in a spirited leadership debate. They blasted Prime Minister Jean Chretien over health care funding and the dollar while urging unity with the Conservatives and backing parliamentary reform and Senate changes.
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Toronto
Canadian Alliance
Jean Chretien
Stockwell Day
Diane Ablonczy
Grant Hill
Stephen Harper
Alliance
Hill
Ablonczy
Federal Tories
House of Commons
Progressive Conservatives
Romanow report maps choices for Medicare future
Roy Romanow delivers interim report outlining options for reform of Canada’s Medicare. He rejects collapse fears and supports preserving the Canada Health Act while debating funding, user fees, private sector roles, and efficiency reforms ahead of final recommendations in November. Alberta cites fiscal strain and supports Mazankowski reforms.
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Ottawa
Canada
Roy Romanow
Alberta
Gary Mar
Romanow
Mar
Mazankowski
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