Alberta approves 22 midwives as recognized health practitioners
Alberta designates twenty two midwives as recognized health care practitioners under the same law as doctors and nurses. Women may choose registered midwives for normal pregnancies alongside obstetricians and general practitioners. Prospective parents pay two thousand dollars for midwifery services with hospital admitting privileges possible in Calgary by September and funding hoped for from Alberta Health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
Alberta
Alberta Association of Midwives
Joanna Greenhalgh
Greenhalgh
Calgary
Alberta Health
Canadian soldier appeals for military honor at committee
Sgt. Darnell Bass of CFB Petawawa was charged in an armed Brink’s truck attempt in Calgary on March 19 and told Parliament’s national defense committee that the Airborne Regiment’s disbandment reduced personal drive. He criticized soldiers focused on money, saying honor has faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calgary
Darnell Bass
Canadian Forces
Petawawa
Bass
National Defence and Veterans Affairs
Joint Task Force 2
Canadian Airborne Regiment
Wisdom's Virtues and Vices in History A Wise Saying
A collection of proverbs contrasting virtues and vices across ages. A Polish proverb notes a guest sees more in an hour than the host in a year, while Sir James Jeans remarks on shifting moral values as life evolves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jeans
Empress Gas Plant to Create Up to 220 Jobs in Alberta
Amoco Canada and TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. will build a 120 million plant at Empress to extract natural gas liquids. Up to 220 construction jobs at peak, completion planned by Oct 1 1999. Plant will process 30 million cubic metres of gas daily and recover 3200 cubic metres of ethane plus 1750 of other liquids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empress Ork
Empress
Amoco Canada
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd
Boyd Anderson
Alberta
Anderson
Randy Findlay
TransCanada Pipelines
Saskatchewan
Canada
Findlay
North America
Alberta Natural Gas Company Ltd
TransCanada
Amoco
Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
BYZ Construction
Medicine Hat
Delta Hudson
Calgary
Triton Projects
Edmonton
Cord Projects
Suhuut
Boar Rescued After Misheard 911 Call Leads Rescue
A mistaken 911 call in Carberry, Manitoba, misheard as a boy falling into a pit. Fire crews arrived to find a boar in a manure pit, struggling to stay afloat. Rescue succeeded and firefighters were sprayed by water from the pumper truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carberry
World Court approves permanent International Criminal Court
The international criminal court approved in Rome as a permanent tribunal to try Nazi war crimes and other atrocities, to be based in The Hague. Canada led a coalition of 65 nations with more than 110 expected signatories while the United States, opposed, faced pressure over the possibility of American soldiers appearing before the court. Lloyd Axworthy hailed the agreement, predicting eventual U.S. participation despite Pentagon concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
United States
China
Libya
Algeria
Lloyd Axworthy
Rome
International Criminal Court
Con- Axworthy
Hague
Canada
U.S
Axworthy
Pentagon
Major Power Outage Hits Medicine Hat Area
A Friday daylight outage left most of Medicine Hat in darkness for about an hour, with Redcliff darker until 7 30 p.m. Utilities workers investigated the cause while hospital power held. Local businesses faced lost sales and traffic delays as staff and customers adapted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Redcliff
John John
John
Carol Matthews
Caroline's
Fourth Ave. S.E
Matthews
Work World
Jeff Mezer
Kevin van Paassen
Terry Stuber
Wayne Lust
Community Credit Union
Jerry Baytalan
Mezer
Jack Lemire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Inside Todayy News
Midwives
Legit
Andy Ogle
Southam Newspapers
Plea
Reg Curren
Canadian Press
Wurar
Sagas
Ann Landers
Canada Sweer
Roger Bruinsma
South Railway Street
Kingsway Avenue
Big Daddy Caddy
Carol Harrington
RCMP
Hussar
Empress Gas Plant
World Court
Ajay BH
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!