Military relief wages split during ice storm operation
Gen Maurice Baril notes wage gap while 15,000 military personnel aided Ontario Quebec New Brunswick ice storm relief. Officers earned regular salaries plus 11 to 13 dollar daily allowance, some donated. About 2,800 still in field. eggleton cites 60 million cost for Recuperation mission.
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Hydro
Maurice Baril
Defence Staff
Conference of
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Defence
Art Eggleton
Manitoba
Baril
Ontario
Quebec
New Brunswick
Bank of Canada hikes rates sparks criticism and lending rise
Analysts condemn the half point rate increase as misguided and too late to stabilize the loonie. The move lifts consumer borrowing costs and bank prime rates to 6.5 percent, while the currency recovers slightly from a record low.
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Ottawa
Bank of Canada
Sherry Cooper
Nesbitt Burns
Wood Gundy
U S criticizes Canada in annual human rights report
Washington notes mild U S criticism of Canada and its rights record while Canadian officials consider questioning State Department methods. Canada faces scrutiny over treatment of natives and language tensions though Stern controversy is not mentioned. An official says Canada resists being grouped with Libya and Cuba.
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Canada
State Department
Howard Stern
Montreal
Toronto
Canadian Broadcast Standards Council
Stern
Madeleine Albright
Georges Rioux
Libya
Cuba
Public urged to join justice summit in 1999
Justice Minister Jon Havelock told judges and lawyers at the Canadian Bar Association Alberta meeting that the public would be summoned to a justice summit early in 1999 to address a growing confidence problem in the system. The steering committee meets February 11 or 12.
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Calgary
Jon Havelock
Canadian Bar Association
Alberta
Havelock
Palliser Health Authority faces potential $2.2 million deficit
The Palliser Health Authority in Medicine Hat could see a 1998 1999 operating shortfall of 2.2 million after a 1 million deficit was announced due to funding shifts. Increased demand at Brooks emergency ward Medicine Hat OR and ICU could add nearly 400000, with 600000 earmarked for continuing care and utilities overrun by 210000.
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Palliser Health Authority
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
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Palliser
Brooks
Tom Seaman
Palliser Board
John Boksteyn
Alberta Health
Hat
Rob Renner
Cypress Medicine Hat
Lorne Taylor
Shirley McClellan
Woman Returns Home With Own Bladder After Surgery
Virginia Broadie learned her cancerous bladder was in her overnight bag after a nurse found the organ wrapped in a towel and tucked into Broadie’s bag when she left Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital. Hospital officials said the specimen should have been sent to pathology for later examination.
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Richmond
Virginia Broadie
Broadie
Bon Secours
St. Mary’s Hospital
James Goss
Gardens abuse victims launch civil suits over missed warnings
A coalition of lawyers says nearly 90 victims sue Maple Leaf Gardens alleging management knew boys were abused and were willfully blind. About 20 suits seek compensation from 3 to 4 million each, with a hotline 416-865-2950 for witnesses.
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Maple Leaf Gardens
Hockey Arena
Gardens Brass
Hockey Palace
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Arena
Gardens
Steve Stavro
Pitch
Martin Kruze
Derrick Brown
Leaf Gardens
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