Seniors face higher health costs in Alberta new year
About 2,800 seniors will pay extra due to miscalculated Medicare premiums while 1,273 will receive rebates after a government review. Alberta Health officer Steve Buick notes no premium increases but errors in income statements affect subsidies. Families may get up to 408 dollars back, singles up to 204.
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Steve Buick
Alberta Health Communications
Noreen Foster
Alberta Council On Aging
Hatter Marienne Sisko
Alberta
Buick
Gordon Turtle
Alberta Health
Chris Lawrence
The
Lawrence
Wedded washroom wedding planned in Taiwan
A Taiwan couple and five other couples plan a mass wedding in a park bathroom they built at a cost of about $1 million. Lee Wang-feng and Chiu Chiu-kuei designed the luxurious bathroom and hope the Jan. 14 ceremony sets a world record for a bathroom wedding.
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Taipei
Reuter
Taiwan
China Post
Lee Wang-feng
Chiu Chiu-kuei
Lee
Chiu
MP backs turning bases into prisons for offenders
Reform MP Randy White proposes using closed military bases to house low risk offenders to ease overcrowding. Justice Edicine Hat MP Monte Solberg backs study and notes potential economic and regional benefits while White plans to visit Wackenhut HQ to assess private prison operations in Texas and Louisiana.
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Hat MP
Justice Edicine Hat
Monte Solberg
Solberg
Brooks
Reform
Randy White
Canada
Edmonton
White
Fraser Valley
U.S
Wackenhut
Florida
Texas
Louisiana
Equipment eyed in Hat oil inferno
A large oil storage tank fire near Medicine Hat likely resulted from equipment failure or low fluid levels. Firefighters cooled a burning Beau Canada Exploration 750 barrel tank for hours and foam was used to prevent re ignition with no environmental damage reported.
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Medicine Hat
Elroy LaFond
Beau Canada
LaFond
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
John Purdy
Purdy
The
Energy Board
Martin
Kindersley, Sask
Beau Canada Exploration
Grove
Joe Klamar
Alberta to test health care smart cards pilot
Edmonton reports Alberta will pilot plastic medicare cards to give doctors pharmacies and hospitals instant access to patient histories. Dr Lyle Oberg says one of 17 health authorities will test the system with province wide rollout expected after initial analysis. Privacy concerns noted by Health Minister Shirley McClellan. Estimated savings exceed 100 million dollars.
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Edmonton
Lyle Oberg
Edmonton Journal
Alberta
Oberg
Shirley McClellan
Quebec
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