Jonson questioned over cancer surgery delay in Edmonton
Health Minister Halvar Jonson faced questions after Edmonton patient Dale Stewart had his cancer surgery postponed for bed shortages. Stewart’s case attracted media and legislative attention. Jonson and Premier Ralph Klein pledged to probe the matter. Howard Sapers questioned whether intervention influenced the scheduling.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Halvar Jonson Adis
Dale Stewart
Stewart
Jonson
Ralph Klein
Howard Sapers
Sapers
Aboriginal Artifacts Return to Blood Tribe at Glenbow Museum
The Blood First Nation and Glenbow Museum signed an agreement enabling the Blood tribe to borrow and use ceremonial items such as head-dresses and medicine bundles. Premier Ralph Klein joined ceremony with Blood leaders in a blanket exchange and prayer as the memorandum was signed to support repatriation.
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Calgary
Alberta
Glenbow
Frank Weaselhead
The
Blood First Nation
Mookaakin Foundation
Blood
Ralph Klein
Robert Jones
Glenbow Board
Rob Peters
Narcisse Blood
Manley defends Kyoto stance amid Alberta gas fears
Industry Minister John Manley reassured Medicine Hat readers that Canada will not abandon Kyoto goals. He cites jobs at risk from inaction and notes the government’s plan to use a $150 million incentive to spur provincial emission cuts, while acknowledging challenges in reaching six percent below 1990 levels by 2008 2012.
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Alberta
Kyoto
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Manley
Ontario
Quebec
California
Canada
Regina
Steve West
Paul Martin
Alan Fung
Environment and Quality Services
Methanex
Japan
United States
Europe
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Hat
Rob Renner
Renner
China
Ontario pays compensation to Dionne quintuplets survivors
The three surviving Dionne sisters Cecile Annette and Yvonne receive a tax free 4 million settlement after public pressure forced Ontario to apologize and end a prolonged political clash. The payout follows decades of controversy over the sisters exploitation and state treatment.
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Toronto
Dionne
Harris
Cecile
Annette
Yvonne
Montreal
Ontario
Marie Dionne
Dionne Quintuplets
Clayton Ruby
Charles Herrick
Harvey Strasberg
Chretien appoints three new senators amid Senate debate protests
Prime Minister Jean Chretien ignored calls for Senate reform and named three new senators on Friday. Ross Fitzpatrick, a longtime Liberal organizer and Chretien ally, was named amid swift criticism from Reform MP Bill Gilmour who called him a crony. The other appointees include Joan Cook, Newfoundland Liberal candidate and businesswoman, and Archibald Johnstone of Prince Edward Island, president of two companies and agriculture federation leader. Johnstone will serve two years to reach retirement at 75.
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Jean Chretien
Senate
Ross Fitzpatrick
B.C
Chretien
Reform
Bill Gilmour
Fitzpatrick
Len Marchand
Marchand
Gilmour
Joan Cook
Newfoundland
Archibald Johnstone
Burlington
Pe.i
Federation of Agriculture
Johnstone
Man claiming to be Spiderman Arrested in Thunder Bay
A 28 year old man claiming to be Spiderman was talked down from a second storey balcony in Thunder Bay Ontario after police received a disturbance call. He had been hanging about 10 metres up and was likely drinking. He faces a probation violation charge and was to appear in court.
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Ont
Spiderman
Axworthy blames U S for Cuban sex trade
Canadian Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy charged that the U S embargo drives Cuba's sex trade and poverty. He rebutted a U S congressional report accusing Canadian firms and tourists, arguing the embargo worsens Cuba's economic crisis after the Soviet collapse.
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Washington
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Cuba
Jesse Helms
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Soviet Union
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