Alberta abandons four million health penalty recovery
Alberta will not claw back about 3.6 million dollars in federal health transfers deducted for allowing private clinics to charge facility fees. Health Minister Halvar Jonson said the money is gone and the province will instead receive full Ottawa funding this month. Federal Health Minister David Dingwall refused to refund the penalties and warned against rapid changes to the Canada Health Act while noting flexibility exists for private options within limits.
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Lberta
Halvar Jonson
David Dingwall
Alberta
Ottawa
Jonson
Shirley McClellan
Dingwall
Starkweather Scorns Claim of Hell Entrance Discovery
Starkweather residents laugh off a Weekly World News tale that a Devils Lake area staircase leads to hell. Bank official says no entrance exists, despite sightseers flocking to fields hoping to find a back door to the underworld.
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Starkweather, N.D
Starkweather
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World News
Front Page Challenge host Davis dies at 74
Canadian broadcaster and CBC TV Front Page Challenge moderator Davis died Friday in hospital after a stroke. Betty Kennedy and Allan Fotheringham praised his professionalism and long service since joining the show in 1957.
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Red Davis
CBC TV
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Betty Kennedy
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Iaacollcuy
Allan Fotheringham
Front Page Challenge
Bow Island family wins Calgary Stampede Farm Family award
The Van Hams of Bow Island receive a Calgary Exhibition and Stampede Farm Family award with their four children Aaron Derek Jara and Jonah. nominated as Forty Mile Farmers of the Year for community service and farming excellence. Aaron looks forward to the rodeo trip.
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Judy van Ham
Calgary
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Alberta
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Derek
Jara
Jonah
Judy
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Forty Mile
Keith Boras
Boras
Medicine Hat
Peter Mah
van Ham
Stampede
Kelly van Ham
Edmonton Hit by A Spree Of Gun Violence Across 24 Hours
Edmonton police faced a wave of shootings with three incidents in under a day. An 18 year old, Leslie Raymond, was shot in a mall parking lot and is in stable condition. Two 17 year olds face charges including attempted murder and accessory after the fact. A 9 mm gunfire incident in downtown damaged a home injuring a man and his infant, linked to a dozen man brawl. A later car dispute sparked a northside chase and gunfire near a police station. Investigators seek suspects in all cases.
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Leslie Raymond
University Hospital
Northside
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