Mental illness cost Canadians 14.4 billion in 1998 study says
Health Canada data show low mood and distress cost at least 14.4 billion annually in 1998. authors Stephens and Joubert urge major policy change. The study notes lost productivity and underfunded mental health programs while warning of rising distress among youth and poverty-linked trends.
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TAWA
Canada
Health Canada
Thomas Stephens
Natacha Joubert
Canadian Mental Health Association
Rick Kennedy
Toronto
Saskatchewan studies ways to ease huge gas rate hike
Regina Saskatchewan finance minister Eric Cline said the province may pay down SaskEnergy deficit to blunt a proposed 38 percent rate increase for homeowners. The deficit of about 80 million dollars grew over seven months as the utility billed customers below natural gas costs.
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Saskatchewan
Regina
Eric Cline
Cline
SaskEnergy
Police cruiser speeds blamed for Edmonton crash injuring two boys
Edmonton police say a cruiser on routine patrol likely was speeding when it hit a car on the Yellowhead. Giovani Aleman 7 and Johnathan 6 were left in critical condition with burns as the crash split the other vehicle and flames engulfed the rear.
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Edmonton
Bill Mowbray
Yellowhead
Giovani Aleman
Johnathan
Mowbray
Patricia
Carlos Ramirez
Ramirez
John Horseman
Horseman
Former coach jailed for abuse in Moncton
Paul Cormier a 55 year old Moncton native and former junior hockey coach was sentenced to four months in jail after pleading guilty to gross indecency involving a 14 year old boy. The case recalls prior convictions and house arrest terms for related charges dating back to 1972 through 1999.
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Moncton
N.B
Paul Cormier
Cormier
Teens charged over Internet death threat song
In London Ontario two teenagers face charges for uttering a death threat after posting a song on an Internet service about a school attack. The 18 year old Shadi Didi and a 17 year old youth are named in the charges. Police learned of the online song last month.
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London
Ont
Shadi Didi
B C man charged in airliner bombing
Britain will allow Canada to charge Inderjit Singh Reyat in the Air India Flight 182 bombing that killed 329. The Crown plans to file charges before his 10 year manslaughter sentence ends and his release from prison. Reyat, a dual British Canadian citizen, was extradited from England in 1989 and convicted for making the bomb that killed two baggage handlers before Flight 182 vanished on June 23, 1985.
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Vancouver
Britain
Inderjit’ Singh Reyat
Air India
Crown
Reyat
Geoff Gaul
England
Tokyo
Narita
Day urges party to ignore soap opera headlines
Stockwell Day told Ontario supporters the Canadian Alliance will remain an effective opposition to the Liberals and defended the party constitution including a leadership review at every convention. He urged faith amid headlines about strife and warned against dwelling on internal issues.
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Toronto
Canadian Alliance
Liberals
Stockwell Day
Day
Ontario
Polio Survivors Face After-Effects Across Canada
Ottawa based report from the March of Dimes says 20000 to 30000 polio survivors risk post polio syndrome 15 to 40 years after illness. Up to 40 percent could be disabled needing wheelchairs or ventilators. Researchers warn doctors and public underplay the risk as polio is seen as solved.
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Ottawa
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