Sour gas inquiry spurned by Alberta sociologist
Earle Snider of the University of Alberta cautions against a major inquiry into sour gas plants near Twin Butte. He notes hair analyses show elevated elements but urges more research to establish any direct health link before broad statements, focusing on local residents' illnesses and tissue damage.
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Edmonton
Twin Butte
Alberta
Earle Snider
University of Alberta
Snider
Canadair sides with suit against Avco over Challenger engines
Canadair Ltd of Montreal filed a 109.6 million dollar lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court against Avco Corp alleging ALF-502-L engines underperformed. The claim cites cancelled and lost sales and production disruption as damages for the Challenger 600 program that has underachieved against forecasts. Canadair notes it has received over 100 engines since 1977 and cites government support totaling 1.8 billion dollars.
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Montreal
Canadair Ltd
Avco Corp
Quebec
Avco
Canadair
Alberta weighs charges in infant overdose case at hospital
Alberta attorney general Neil Crawford said a decision on laying charges in Candace Taschuk’s morphine overdose death will come within days. The brain-damaged newborn died 16 hours after birth at University Hospital following a doctor ordered overdose. The Alberta Association for the Mentally Handicapped urged prosecution, while the doctor’s name remains confidential.
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Edmonton
University Hospital
Neil Crawford
Alberta
Crawford
Candace Taschuk
Organization For the
Neil Craw
Summit Sets Guidelines for Recovery and Growth
Leaders of seven major industrial nations closed a three day summit with a 10 point declaration urging joint action to spur growth and lower inflation. They called for reducing deficits and cutting interest rates while pressuring the United States to trim its deficit. Trudeau praised Reagan and praised the summit as unprecedented success.
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Reagan
Trudeau
Williamsburg
U.S
Tion
Canada
Congress
Marc Lalonde
Students protest course cut backs at Medicine Hat High
Medicine Hat High and Crescent Heights face staffing cuts under a 21 to 1 pupil teacher rule. Brenda Elchuk and Brenda Ashwick led a 560 signature petition before trustees, arguing drama classes are essential and fear grade 12 drama will be dropped.
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Medicine Hat High School
Brenda Elchuk
Brenda Ashwick
Bob Block
Medicine Hat High
Elchuk
Medicine Hat
Dave Beresch
Dave Rempel
Crescent Heights
Beresch
Rempel
Ethical crisis in Canadian medicine alarms bioethicist
Dr. David Roy of Montreal warns of a growing ethical crisis as doctors face death decision making in modern medicine. He cites cases where infants were starved or deprived of pain relief, neglected feeding, and discusses legal fears surrounding lethal doses. Roy calls for a national ethics institute and urges transparency in hospital practices.
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Margaret Munro
Southam
Edmonton
David Roy
Bioethics Institute
Montreal
Clinical Research Institute
Roy
Medic Canada
Alberta
National Institute
Alex Morrison
Health and Welfare
Health Protection Branch
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