Hat nurses in Medicine Hat vote to strike averted
Hat nurses reached a 12:30 a.m. agreement with Alberta after 13 months of bargaining. Vicki Webster and Brenda Conley confirm the majority supported the strike vote, with 92 percent in Hat voting yes and 85 percent province wide. The deal keeps registered nurses in charge of most hospital wards.
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Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Brenda Conley
Conley
Vikki Webster
Webster
United Nurses of Alberta
Alberta Association of Registered Nurses
Peter Mach
Verna Mach
Moch
Terrence Mock
Medicine Hat
Salama Maanial
Nurses reach tentative deal ending regional strike threat
The Ontario health region announces a tentative contract with nurses including wage raises of 3.72 per cent in 1997 and 3.4 per cent in 1998, a wage rollback clause and regionally formed committees. Voting by March 11 will decide acceptance and allow hospitals to resume services and reschedule 13 cancelled surgeries.
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Health Authority
Tom Seaman
Palliser Health Authority
Seaman
Albania launches military crackdown near Saranda
Government jets and troops attacked rebels outside the southern port as security forces moved to quell a growing rebellion against President Sali Berisha. Witnesses said Chinese MiG-15 aircraft dropped bombs near Liveina and in Styari, while 60 troops fired on civilians at a roadblock. several wounded and a call for blood and medicine followed amid protests linked to pyramid scheme collapses.
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Saranda
Albania
Sali Berisha
Livena
Styari
Thomas Mitsios
Canadian taxes stay steady despite premiums rising
Canadian Tax Foundation researcher David Perry finds little change in nominal personal income tax burdens from 1991 to 1997. Provincial tax cuts offset increases from CPP and EI premiums, though upper-income workers in many provinces still face higher costs, with CPP up 50 percent and EI up 25 percent.
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Paul Martin
Perry
Rocky Moun tain House votes to hand VLT plebiscite to Alberta
Rocky Mountain House council voted to transfer control of 37 video lottery terminals to the Alberta government after residents voted about two to one to end VLT operation. Mayor Lou Soppit noted potential lawsuits from hotel and bar owners, while Premier Ralph Klein pledged removal within seven days after council confirmation.
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Rocky Mountain House
Alberta
Lou Soppit
Soppit
Ralph Klein
Oxford college installs sex snoop to curb public affection
At Oxford University mixed sex Exeter College students voted to ban heavy petting in the dining room and split the Junior Common Room into two areas for heavy and light petting. They also supported a motion banning intercourse in the college library from 3 am to 8 am. Student Alex Potts noted sex reportedly occurs in libraries though not personally confirmed.
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London
Reuter
Oxford University College
Exeter College
Alex Potts
Oxford
Dingwall backs Canada drug patent law and pricing
Health Minister David Dingwall urged tougher tracking of non patented and generic medicines while defending patent protections. He said brand name prices are not the main driver of Canada’s 10.8 billion dollar annual drug bill and cited non patented drugs, markups, and dispensing fees as influential factors. The trade committee reviews Bill C 91 granting 20 year monopoly rights to new drugs.
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Ottawaealth
David Dingwall
Canada
Dingwall
Commons Trade Committee
Weather outlook shows cold temps with light precipitation
Mainly cloudy conditions forecast with a high around minus four and a low near minus eighteen tonight. One millimeter of precipitation expected as a weather map note appears on Page A2.
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