Up FRONT $100B enviro effort OTTAWA
Ottawa based economist Carl Sonnen predicts a 100 billion dollar cost over 15 years for Canada to meet Kyoto emission targets. He says the price of inaction would be higher, while Environ ment Minister Christine Stewart’s office cites macro studies. Sonnen compares acting costs to disaster costs like Manitoba floods and Indonesian drought impacts.
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Gambling on DJ Aileen McCabe
Littlewoods launches a 10 million pound scratch and win lottery in memory of Princess Diana six months after her death. Each card costs one pound with a top prize of 25000 pounds. 20 percent of face value goes to the Diana Memorial Fund, matched by Littlewoods. Fund trustees approve the marketing while major chains doubtfully refuse to stock the cards.
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Hat to host provincial gambling summit in Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat will host a provincial gambling summit April 23 to 25 with lobbyists church and community groups AADAC and the Alberta Liquor and Gaming Commission. Premier Ralph Klein says it offers public involvement while critics call for balanced representation and a broad societal review.
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Judy Gordon
Prime Minister Chretien mocks Alberta Senate election plan
Prime Minister Jean Chretien ridicules the one third leaked proposal for Alberta Senate elections saying it would not truly reform the upper house. He notes he voted for elections while Reform Leader Preston Manning opposed. Manning argued the plan still lacks a true triple E senate.
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One Third Baked Senate Reform Sparks Political Clash
Opposition leader calls Senate reform one third baked while Prime Minister labels it half baked. Chretien avoids commitment to a new constitutional deal for sweeping Senate changes. Reform pressures Alberta's Ralph Klein to hold Senate elections.
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Oil prices tumble as OPEC feud widens gulf
Calgary reports oil prices sliding amid a Saudi Venezuela feud. Analysts compare current levels to 1986 when production spiked and prices collapsed. Price dips to 14.28 per barrel. Alberta plans mid year budget tweaks. Venezuela overproduces, Nigeria and Qatar also cutting, Saudi resists cuts to protect market share.
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National Home Care Initiative Faces Money Gap
Halifax Health Minister Allan Rock calls home and community care the next step in modernizing health care but vows no new funds for 12 to 18 months. He says design will take 18 months with most money likely in 2000, while provinces demand restored transfer payments and broader funding beyond home care. The NDP critic Alexa McDonough criticizes Ottawa as abandoning patients at home.
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Norwegian fakir rides bed of nails at World Cup downhill
KVITFJELL Norway Reuters A self styled Norwegian fakir called Inge Vidar Svingen performed a bizarre sideline during a World Cup downhill by sliding 100 metres on a bed of 270 nails mounted on skis He wore only a turban and was naked from the waist up He said the cold did not hurt as he focused on the run Svingen previously inserted 137 collectors pins into his body at the 1994 Olympics but did not win a gold medal.
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