AMA May Say Shove It Cooper Has Cure for Billing Ban
EDMONTON CP The Alberta Medical Association warned Ottawa may face a mass opt out if extra billing or the Medicare premium system is banned Doctors leader Dr Robert Cooper said doctors could withdraw from government health programs making patients pay upfront and seek reimbursement later He urged expanding extra billing and user fees to fund cash starved health care while opposing tighter controls from federal plans.
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THE
Medicine Hat News
AMA
Cooper
Edmonton
Alberta Medical Association
Ottawa
Robert Cooper
Monique Begin
Alberta Friends of Medicare
Water pipe bids approved for Crescent Heights system
City council approved a tender for the final phase of water main extensions to fix Crescent Heights pressure. I W Campbell Construction and El San Industries shared work totaling 1 613 470 dollars. Public works director Lorne Thompson said construction starts in fall with river work restricted June to September.
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Crescent Heights
South Saskatchewan
Heights
I. W. Campbell Construction
el San Industries
Lorne Thompson
Council
Thompson
Notley criticizes Syncrude plans as costly for Alberta
Alberta opposition leader Grant Notley accuses the Tory government of mismanaging Syncrude equity and incurring $30 million in annual subsidies to major owners. He argues converting debt to equity could boost provincial returns and questions the board's expansion decision amid Ottawa pressure and a federal tax threat.
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Edmonton
Alberta
NDP
Grant Notley
Fort McMurray
Twe
Notley
Gulf Canada and
Canada Cities Services
Syncrude Board of Directors
Lougheed
Ottawa
Lou Hyndman
Alberta Energy
Merv Leitch
Hyndman
Fred Bradely
Pincher Creek - Crowsnest
Syncrude
Leitch
Enrolment declines threaten Etzikom Rural School
More than 30 concerned parents met in Etzikom as the Forty Mile No. 8 School Board weighs a closure policy tied to a 27 pupil minimum. The school now has 19 pupils and could fall to 14 next year with transport to Foremost if it closes.
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Etzikom
County of
Forty Mile No. 8
Raymond Clark
Dave Shauf
Parent-Teacher Association
Shauf
George McFall
Alberta Department of Education
Bernice Harty
Harty Board
Clark
McFall
Foremost
Allan Coyle
Alberta to test personalized computer letter reply system
Edmonton reports the government will spend 66924 on a computer correspondence system to draft topic specific replies. Cabinet ministers will access and oversee mail summaries while the machine may sign letters, a feature opposed by NDP leader Grant Notley as phony and dishonest.
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Edmonton
Stu McCrae
McCrae
NDP
Grant Notley
Hostage trial opens in Calgary court of Queen's Bench
Thaddeus Drabick 50 a Calgary television repair man goes on trial facing two unlawful confinement charges two extortion counts and a firearm charge. The Crown alleges he held bailiffs Mark Pollard and Bob Redfern hostage at gunpoint in a northeast Calgary home starting January 13 and ending January 18. He also faces bank extortion attempts with TD and IBC.
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Calgary
Court of Queen’s Bench
Thaddeus
Ted) Drabick
H. A. Cawsey
Drabick
Eldon Woolliams
Mark Pollard
Bob Redfern
Alberta Minister Opposes Separate Oil Sands Deal
Planche reiterated Alberta will not strike a separate oil sands deal with Ottawa as the June 30 deadline nears for the Alsands and Cold Lake projects. He urged a comprehensive price and revenue-sharing pact, warning approval could hinge on protecting conventional crude interests.
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Jasper, Alta
Alberta
Hugh Planche
Ottawa
Propane Gas Association of Canada
Planche
National Energy Program
Alsands
Cold Lake
Peter Lougheed
Merv Leitch
Canada
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Coca-Cola
Russell
Southview Mall
Southview
Hatti
Toronto Dominion Bank
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Nowles
Spencer St
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Radcliff
Royal Canadian Legion Branch
the Legion Office
Redcliff Town Hall
Southern Roofing (Medicine Hat) Ltd
Barry
Kingsway
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