Albertans consider health premium rebates for healthy living
Premier Ralph Klein reports Conservative caucus explored an incentive plan to rebate part of medicare premiums for non-smokers who exercise and eat low fat. The idea targets Albertans paying over 800 dollars yearly while the party eyes future policy direction for 2005 focusing on technology and value-added high tech business.
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Tom Keenan
Alberta
University of Calgary
Klein backs unite-the-right conference call
Premier Ralph Klein signals support for Conservative and Reform party merger efforts, telling caucus members they may attend Preston Manning’s fall unite-the-right conference. Klein likely will not attend himself, saying unification rests with federal Reform and Conservative leaders.
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Ralph Klein
Reform
Preston Manning
Klein
Federal Reform Party
Federal Conservative Party
Manning
Buffalo corpse found high on Alberta mountain trail
Calgary climbers discovered a sun-bleached buffalo skeleton at about 2700 metres on a windswept Alberta ridge. Scientists theorize the animal wandered up during an ice age snow ramp and likely starved after getting stuck above the tree line.
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Calgary
Alberta
Medicine Hat curlers shine at 1998 World Curling Tour
Randy Brucker of Medicine Hat earned top practice in Calgary’s World Curling Tour Championships finishing behind winner Martin of Edmonton. The event in Fort McMurray drew 24 top teams with Peters and Gretzinger advancing to playoffs. Brucker, joining Mike Sali’s Calgary rink as lead, gained big exposure and confidence despite a 0-2 start.
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Medicine Hat
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Brucker
Mike Sali
Calgary
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al Hackner
Dale Duguid
Brad Heidt
Kevin Park
Kerry Burtnyk
Mike Harris
Sali
Skip Sali
Dan Petryk
Adrian Bakker
Leduc
Rob Schlender
Edmonton
Brent MacDonald
Winnipeg
Jeff Stoughton
Vic Peters
Bert Gretzinger
Peters
Martin
Ed Werenich
Randy Ferbey
Montreal
Guy Hemmings
Alberta premier forms panel on rights ruling options
Premier Ralph Klein creates a four member cabinet committee to study legal options including using the notwithstanding clause if Alberta is required to extend human rights protections to include sexual orientation after the Vriend case. Treasurer Stockwell Day and other ministers join the panel as public backlash grows over the government's stance.
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Ralph Klein
Delwin Vriend
Klein
Supreme Court
Alberta
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David Hancock
Jon Havelock
Shirley McClellan
Day
Vriend
King’s College
Edmonton
Human Rights Commission
Murray Billett
GALA
Greed undermines noble law trade says Canadian judge
Justice Frank Iacobucci of the Supreme Court of Canada blasted the legal profession for focusing on profit over public duty at a Saskatoon conference. He urged a humane, altruistic approach, restructuring lawyer pay and rethinking billable hours to restore justice and public service.
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Canada
Frank Iacobucci
Supreme Court of Canada
Saskatoon
Iacobucci
Clinton rape allegation emerges in Jones case
A 1992 letter to Juanita Broaddrick alleging that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978 while Arkansas attorney general is cited in Paula Jones's lawsuit. The White House and NBC News dispute the accusation, while the letter and nurse testimony surface as part of the public record and ongoing scandal.
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Arkansas
Paula Jones
White House
Jones
NBC News
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Juanita Broaddrick
Bill Clinton
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