More work, same pay for Canadians in 1997
Statistics Canada reports 1997 family income after tax and inflation nearly unchanged at $45,605, about six percent below the 1987 level. Average weekly hours rose to 37.9, driven by unemployment and wage freezes. Real private incomes have stagnated for the decade, according to labour economists. Pre tax income for 1997 averaged $50,672, slightly below two decades earlier.
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Ottawa
Statistics Canada
Jim Stanford
Stanford
Taber teen faces new charge of attempted murder
Lethbridge teen accused in the April 28 WR Myers high school shooting faces a new attempted murder charge. The 14-year-old, already charged with first degree murder and attempted murder, appeared in youth court as a third student at the scene was identified. A transfer to adult court date is not set.
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Lethbridge
Tabor
Gordon Falconer
WR. Myers High School
Balfour der
Calgary
Crown
Jason Lang
Medicine Hat Looks to Expand Recycling Sorting Facility
Medicine Hat faces a space crunch as recycling volumes surge beyond expectations. The city contemplates a new materials recovery facility or larger building, with costs near one million dollars, to handle 310 034 tonnes last month and prevent bottlenecks at the current Industrial Avenue site.
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Medicine Hat
Dave Leslar
Leslar
Industrial Avenue
Calgary
Swift Current
U.S
Barb Meadows
Meadows
Peter Urquhart
Urquhart
Environmental Utilities Department
Leflar
Uts
Military doctor alleges note downgrading Croatia health risk
Dr. Eric Smith, a former naval doctor, says senior officers rewrote a 1995 file note to downplay soldiers exposure to bauxite dust and PCBs during Croatia deployment. He claims action was blocked, and the note was altered to state exposure was only potential with remote risk of adverse health effects.
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Croatia
Nova Scotia
Eric Smith
Smith
United Nations
Zagreb
Ottawa
North America
Canada
Princess Patricia’s
Canadian Light Infantry
Navy
Brigade
Calgary
Egyptian lawyer loses libel suit over Clintons dog Buddy
Egyptian lawyer Mohammed Buddy complained that naming the president’s dog Buddy caused him mental anguish and asked for 5 million dollars. An Egyptian court ruled it had no jurisdiction as the alleged rights infringement occurred outside Egypt.
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Buddy
Mohammed Buddy
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Egypt
Hihya
Sairo
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