Highway hamburgers divide Clarion County officials
Clarion County commissioners consider feeding highway deer meat to jail inmates after deer-vehicle collisions average about one per day. Wagner claims 120 burgers per deer, but critics from the ACLU call the plan sick and nasty, raising ethical concerns about prisoners’ meals.
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Clarion, Pa
Pennsylvania
Clarion County
David Wagner
Prison Project
American Civil Liberties Union
Hat transit workers reach three year wage deal
The City of Medicine Hat and ATU Local 1713 ratified a three year agreement for transit workers. No raises in 1996 but raises of 1 percent on Jan 1 1997 and July 1 1997 plus 2.1 percent on Jan 1 1998 restore 1998 pay to 1993 1994 levels. Easter Monday service will be provided with in lieu time.
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City Hall
Council
Ald
George Renner
Renner
Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1713
Bob van Wert
van Wert
Bob Nicolay
CPP premiums to rise while benefits stay protected
Federal and provincial finance ministers confirmed CPP benefits will not be cut or eroded by inflation. Premiums are expected to rise faster than currently scheduled, with a cap at 10 percent by 2000, and reforms planned to take effect in early next year after further meetings.
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Fredericton
Canada
Substances cost Canada billions in health and social toll
A Canadian study estimates substance abuse costs exceed 18.5 billion annually, with tobacco causing 9.6 billion and alcohol 7.5 billion in direct and indirect losses. The analysis covers health care, welfare, law enforcement, lost productivity, and premature deaths with 40,330 related fatalities in 1992.
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Ottawa
Centre On Substance Abuse
Toronto
Addiction Research Foundation
Canada
Woman Rescued After Getting Stuck in Chimney
Heather Jaehn was freed after more than four hours wedged in a chimney in El Cajon California. Firefighters led by Battalion Chief Ed Jarrell rescued her to find she was soot smeared and topless, embarrassed but recovering.
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EL Cajon
Calif
Fire Department Battalion
Ed Jarrell
Heather Jaehn
Jarrell
Jaehn
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