Government weighs skull and bones poison warnings on cigarettes
Health Canada considering new warnings for tobacco packs under the Tobacco Act. Officials note smokers understand health risks but lack specifics while industry reps warn poison labels could attract youth, citing Britain's prior experiment that boosted interest in cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawaderal
Murray Kaiserman
Health Canada
Department
Office of Tobacco Control
Marie-Josee Lapointe
Tobacco Manufacturers Association
Britain
Ibert Walker eyed for major motion picture
Exeter based Litttlebird Productions plans a film about Canadian businessman Ibert Walker who killed Ronald Platt for his identity. Producer Jonathan Cavendish said Film Four International backs the project with English hits Trainspotting and Four Weddings and a Funeral. Filming could start soon with a 1999 release hoped for in the U S and U K.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Cavendish
Littlebird Productions
Ronald Platt
Film Four International
Walker
Cavendish
Harry Hook
Atlantic
Alberta obstetricians threaten to quit medicare system
Alberta obstetricians warn they may opt out of Medicare starting January 1999 unless higher fees are approved. They seek from $278 to $455 per delivery and better funding for women's health care, with emergency and nonemergency care to be handled differently if they withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat Iberta
Medicine Hat
John Jeffery
Alberta Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Red Deer
Palliser
Palliser Medical
Noorali Bharwani
Alberta Medical Association
Jeffery
Halvar Jonson
Calgary
McDougall Centre
AMA
Alberta
Alberta Health
Ron Kustra
The
Jonson
82 year overdue library book returns to Victoria
Eve Lettice returned a Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town copy found in an attic after 82 years. The book, checked out by Beatrice Rumming during World War I, would have incurred a 7200 dollar fine but the Greater Victoria Public Library capped it at 12 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leacock
Victoria
Eve Lettice
Stephen Leacock
Greater Victoria Public
Sandra Anderson
Beatrice Rumming
Alberta Ladies Golf Championship Highlights Medicine Hat
The Alberta Ladies Amateur and Senior Championships at Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club drew strong field and perfect conditions. Club officials praise staff support and course quality while noting the event will likely return to other top courses in the province in seven to eight years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Alberta
Medicine Hat Golf and Country Club
Russell Farrell
Alberta Ladies Golf Association
Farrell
Shumka
Gas City
Peter Mah
Jean Smeland
Spectrum Festival relocates to Kin Coulee Park
Kin Coulee Park will host Spectrum Festival next June to mark its 10th anniversary. The move, supported by the Spectrum board and city council, is reluctantly accepted by the Downtown Business Association which cites space and expansion needs. A flea market craft fair and inline hockey may come to the festival, with planners conducting strategic assessment of the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine
Kin Coulee Park
Spectrum
Kris Clemis
DBA
Judy Bergum
Fred Weinheimer
Kin Coulee
Spectrum Board
Bergum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brazil
France
Croatia
Southam New
Southam
Exeter
England
Ibert Walker
Whart’s
Eur Alta
Oralare
MT Ara
IMATE
Sean OD
Aren Yas
Siamplde
Ann Landers
Canada
BS City News Bee
System
Taff Writer and
Southam Newspapers
Derek van Diest
Spectrum Festival
Mike Stimpson
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!