Hospitals minister restores Medicare coverage for many services
Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan will reinstate coverage for standard eye exams for adults 18 to 65 and raise annual limits for chiropractic and pediatric care and physical therapy. Ophthalmology visits and specific eye exam payments are outlined, while doctors dispute the unilateral decision and its consultation process.
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Marvin Moore
Ronald Hanson
Ron Witzke
Medicine Hat and District Medical Society
Moore
Livestock drought aid touted at up to 100 per head
Saskatchewan Premier Grant Devine said drought hit ranchers could receive 50 to 100 dollars per head in federal aid to buy feed or relocate stock. Ottawa readiness for a broader program was announced for Regina and Calgary with a total value around 100 million dollars.
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Frank Webber
Regina
Saskatchewan
Grant Devine
Ottawa
Calgary
Devine
CBC
Cubs may be forced to take leave of absence
The Medicine Hat Cubs plan to seek a leave of absence from the Central Alberta Junior B Hockey League for the 1988 89 season as the outgoing executive resigns. General manager Harold Brucker operations GM Jim Duce president Alec Clark and vice-president King Chow step away after eight years of managing the club. They say efforts to recruit successors have failed and the team will exit unless a new leadership group emerges.
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Medicine Hat Cubs
Cubs
Harold Brucker
Jim Duce
Alec Clark
King Chow
CAJHL
Brucker
Conflict of interest puts city alderman in limbo
Lee Anderson remains in limbo as an alderman awaiting a Court of Queen's Bench ruling on his status after Justice Hutchinson voided Sunday shopping bylaw due to his pecuniary interest in a nursery exempt from closing. The council seeks a judge to decide his eligibility while Anderson and his lawyer argue he did nothing wrong and abstained from parts of the vote. Mayor Ted Grimm notes a decision is needed before the next July 18 meeting, with a July 14 hearing anticipated.
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Vernaye
News Aid
Lee Anderson
Roy Wiedemann
Anderson
E.A. Hutchinson
Wiedemann
Hutchinson
Ted Grimm
Court of Queen’s Bench
Grimm
John Hughes
Court of Queen’s Bench Chamber
Service charges cut and better notice for bank fees
Ottawa CP report: Junior Finance Minister Tom Hockin announced a new government policy on financial institution service charges. Most major banks will offer basic accounts with free deposits and withdrawals and will notify customers of any charge changes. Disputes unresolved at branches will be mediated by the federal superintendent of financial institutions.
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Ottawa
Tom Hockin
Hockin
The
Commons
Federal Superintendent of Financial Institutions
Military dump plans wanted says Kowalski
Environment Minister Ken Kowalski seeks more information on military dumps near Suffield in Alberta where nerve gas tests occurred. He says 680 known industrial waste sites statewide are safe and released an inventory listing two Defence Department sites at Suffield, three at Namao near Edmonton, and six others in the province.
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Edmonton
Ken Kowalski
Suffield Research Station
Alberta
Kowalski
Defence Research
Defence Department
Defence
Perrin Beatty
Rosy Farm Outlook Despite Drought Says Agriculture Canada
Agriculture Canada officials at a quarterly briefing predict a relatively rosy farm economy and steady food prices for the rest of the year despite drought. Net farm income is forecast around 5.52 billion, with exports shifting and regional gains and losses across Canada.
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Juliet O'Neill
Southam
Ottawa
Agriculture Canada
Federal Department
Jack Gellner
Canada
Newfoundland
Saskatchewan
Alberta
British Columbia
Prince Edward Island
New Brunswick
Manitoba
Quebec
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Frank Webber
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