Submarine collides with fishing boat off Honolulu
The USS Greeneville surfaced off Oahu and collided with a Japanese fishing boat carrying Uwajima Fisheries High School students. Nine people are missing after the boat sank 14 kilometers from Honolulu Harbor. 26 survivors were rescued by Coast Guard and Navy vessels continue search.
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Honolulu
Honolulu Harbor
Coast Guard
Navy
USS
Greeneville
Oahu
Cmdr
Jane Campbell
Commander Navy Base
Pearl Harbor
Uwajima
Manning refuses MP pension buyback stance unchanged
Canadian Alliance founder Preston Manning rejects rejoining the MP pension plan and calls for an independent commission to set pensions. He notes costs and benefits should match private sector plans and says his position remains as during his leadership.
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Ottawa
Canadian Alliance
Preston Manning
Reform Party
Alliance
Medicine Hat
Monte Solberg
Manning
Commons
Wir and Wisdom on navigating by directions
The essay reflects on getting lost as a function of how often the guide says You cant miss it. Murphy s Laws imply that confidence in directions can clash with real world confusion.
1.2 Million in funding boosts Medicine Hat College
Medicine Hat College receives 1.2437 million dollars as part of a 30 million provincial package for 26 colleges. Funds will balance budgets and support facilities and programs including Emergency Response Operator and more plumbing apprentices while tuition inches up 3.9 percent. Students question impact though, noting facility gaps and future benefits.
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Medicine Hat
Medicine — Hat College
Ralph Weeks
Lyle Osberg
Weeks
Andrea Seiler
Erin Schuler
Student Association
Blaine Woodcock
Woodcock
Rob Renner
Medicine Hat College
Dave McCord
Alberta aims to attract teachers from other provinces
Education Minister Lyle Oberg says Alberta will raid talent from neighbouring provinces to fill shortages. He cites automatic credential acceptance, possible remedial courses, and 201 extra university education spaces as steps to ease the shortage while critics warn poorer provinces lose staff.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Lyle Oberg
Fred Andrews
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland
Andrews
Canada
Canadian Teachers’ Federation
British Columbia
Saskatchewan
Oberg
Larry Booi
Alberta Teachers’ Association
Booi
Teachers’ Minimum Starting Salary Across Canada
Report from the Canadian Teachers' Federation (August 2000) lists starting salaries for teachers with a four year degree. Provinces and cities show a range from Newfoundland at 27,017 to Northwest Territories at 47,959, with major urban districts like Toronto 31,681 Calgary 34,162 and Vancouver 36,117.
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P.E
Newfoundland
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Toronto
Ottawa-Carleton
Calgary
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Yukon
Nunavut
Northwest Territories
Canadian
Teachers’ Federation
Mysouthernalberta.com links southern Alberta clubs online
Community groups from Medicine Hat to Fort Macleod join mysouthernalberta.com, a free web hub run by Southern Alberta Newspapers. Groups publish events and news, email members, and link to other sites with minimal skills, then migrate events to the main calendar. Contact Bill Whitelaw at Lethbridge Herald for details.
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Mysouthernalberta.com
Alberta
Medicine Hat
Fort Macleod
Lethbridge
Southernalberta.com
Bill Whitelaw
Lethbridge Herald
Bill.whitelaw
Lethbridgeherald.com
Flin Flon Declares Itself Canada’s Pot Capital
The town in Manitoba is buzzing over a shirt branding Flin Flon as Canada’s marijuana capital. Prairie Plant System is paid 5.8 million dollars by Ottawa to harvest medical cannabis in underground shafts. Entrepreneur Chris Pilz sold 200 shirts with another 200 on order amid strong demand. Mayor Dennis Ballard says the venture will create at least 10 jobs and may expand.
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Flin Flon
Man
Canada
Prairie Plant System
Ottawa
Chris Pilz
Pilz
Dennis Ballard
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