Hepatitis C class-action targets Red Cross and governments
A Toronto filed suit on behalf of four infected Canadians and families seeks 3.5 billion in damages from the Red Cross Ottawa and eight provinces for delayed testing of the blood supply. The case follows similar actions in Quebec and British Columbia amid Canada’s tainted blood scandal.
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Toronto
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British Columbia
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Canada
Rock
Felderhof Denies Tampering in Bre-X Core Samples
Geologist John Felderhof 56 released a five page statement from the Cayman Islands denying any tampering with core samples in the Busang scandal. Vancouver trader Norm Duncan criticized Felderhof for staying in a tax haven without extradition authority.
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Calgary
Bre-X Minerals
Busang
John Felderhof
Cayman Islands
Norm Duncan
Vancouver
Felderhof
Canada
Duncan
Not exactly lovebirds in London owl calls trick neighbor
British man Igy fer Neil Symmons spent a year calling tawny owls from his garden at dusk. He learned the supposed wild friend was his neighbor in disguise, and his wife Kim revealed the nightly conversations to Wendy Cornes. Cornes said her husband Fred mirrored the owl chats. Symmons admitted feeling foolish and shocked by the deception.
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London
Reuter
Neil Symmons
Symmons
Kim
Wendy Cornes
Fred
Cornes
Calgary arrests Larry Fisher in Gail Miller murder case
Serial rapist Larry W Fisher was arrested in Calgary on a Canada wide warrant charged with the 1969 first degree murder and rape of Gail Miller in Saskatoon. DNA tests linked Fisher to Miller's death exonerating Milgaard who spent 23 years in prison. Fisher was taken into custody after a media and police confrontational pursuit ending at 116 Erin Woods Blvd.
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Larry W. Fisher
Saskatoon
Gail Miller
Fisher
Miller
David Milgaard
Steve Peake
Sex Crimes Unit
Jeff Massicotte
Erin Woods Blvd
S.E
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Regina
Calgary Police Service
Saskatchewan Rcmp
Milgaard
Erin Woods
Saskatchewan
Southam
Larry Fisher
Alberta day care grants spark fears of subsidy cuts
Day care managers Brenda Sproat and Dorothy Samuel doubt that a $32 million operational grant pool will shift to higher subsidies for low income families. They cite previous promises unmet after cuts in 1990. ministers say grants are being phased out. subsidies for children remain capped.
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Calder Circle
Dorothy Samuel
Children’s Corner
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Sproat
Lyle Oberg
Mal Wagner
Southview Church of God
Southview Kiddie Kampus
Southview
Lee Schaufele
Schaufele
Ben Johnson bid to race denied by Ontario judge
Ontario court confirms lifetime ban on Ben Johnson from competition to protect his health from effects of repeated substance use. Johnson, 36, sought lifting of a 1998 ban by Athletics Canada and IAAF and plans to appeal while maintaining he did not cheat.
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Ben Johnson
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Moira Caswell
Johnson
Athletics Canada
International Amateur Athletics Federation
Alberta Plans $2 Drug Fee for Welfare Recipients
Alberta's Social Services Minister announces a $2 monthly fee for prescription drugs used by welfare and income support recipients, limited to the first three prescriptions per month. A $5 monthly deduction on assistance cheques funds the scheme, aiming to curb overuse and encourage scrutiny of medical needs.
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Alberta
Social Services
Lyle Oberg
Oberg
Eli Gibson
Bissell Centre
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