Girls explore science opportunities at Medicine Hat event
Forty grade nine girls from southeastern Alberta attended a one day Operation Minerva workshop at Medicine Hat High School. The activities featured lab work and talks from female professionals to encourage pursuit of science and math careers.
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Minerva
Medicine Hat High School
Alberta
Scarlet Wolfer
Senator Gershaw
Bow Island
Medicine Hat
Shawn Snedden
Snedden
Sheila Kajewski
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Kajewski
Marcia Stein
Irvine
Stein
Kim Anderson
Operation Minerva
Anderson
Frank Webber
Jennifer van Buskirk
Marcia Stien
Frank Webber Brandi Hartman
Foremost
Melissa Burke
Hat High
Ottawa agrees with U S and Mexico to close NAFTA health care loopholes
The Chretien government signs a deal with the United States and Mexico to close loopholes in the North American Free Trade Agreement that could threaten Canada's health care system.
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Ottawa
Chretien
United States
Mexico
Canada
Canada dodges private health sales under NAFTA safeguard
Health Minister David Dingwall announced in principle that private firms will not gain unimpeded access to sell health services to Canadians for profit under NAFTA. He described the deal as a victory while acknowledging added protections may help reassure critics and protect Medicare.
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NAFTA
David Dingwall
Dingwall
British Columbia
NDP
Canada
Nervy Berlin driver rammed 41 cars in rampage
A German man seeking nerve treatment rammed his car into 41 parked cars in central Berlin over 25 minutes and then walked over 19 more. Detained by police he said he wanted admit to a nerve clinic and was taken to a hospital for observation.
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Berlin
Reuter
Freemen Waco standoff escalates with arrests of leaders
In Montana the Freemen siege enters a sixth day as federal judges deny bond for LeRoy Schweitzer and Daniel Petersen. The two, among 12 indicted anti government Freemen, vow defiance while FBI and militia leaders urge peaceful resolution and arbitration.
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Jordan
Mont
Waco
Billings
LeRoy Schweitzer
Daniel Petersen
Schweitzer
Petersen
Billings Gazette
Texas
FBI
Montana
Wash
Ington
Janet Reno
Oregon
David Trochmann
Ontario Ends Public Service Strike With Tentative Deal
The Mike Harris government reaches a three year contract with 67 000 striking public servants closing the five week wage dispute. Union leader Leah Casselman hails the accord as a hard won victory while officials caution the plan costs no more than 200 million dollars and ratification occurs over the weekend.
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Dave Johnson
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Doonesbury Entertainment
Freemen
Justus Township
Ontario
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