Health care takes center stage in federal campaign week two
Health care dominates campaign headlines as parties unveil platforms. Sam Shortt argues the election may hinge on persuading public fears of decline. Leaders from Alliance, NDP, Conservatives, and Bloc discuss private options, home care, and long term debt plans.
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Sam Shortt
Queen’s University
Alliance
Stockwell Day
ONDP
Alexa McDonough
Dennis Young
Joe Clark
Ontario
Atlantic
Bloc
Gilles Duceppe
Quebec
Fire safety hero warns peers in Oshawa
In Oshawa Kevin Kellaway, age 12, warned an adult when he saw three friends attempting to light aerosol from a hair spray can. The building superintendent arrived to save a five year old engulfed in flames, after Kellaway urged caution with matches.
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Oshawa, Ont
Kevin Kelloway
Kellaway
Wit n Wisdom Youth Wisdom Advice Shaped by Family Tensions
A quip from Youth Wisdom warns against letting a parent brush hair when tension exists between mother and father. Anonymous origin notes light moral guidance on family conflicts and self care.
Neighbours stirred by early morning gunfire in Medicine Hat
Early Friday at about 1 25 a m police investigated a disturbance on Seventh Street S W near Fourth Avenue in Medicine Hat after several shots were fired at a home. Several males sustained injuries not from the gunfire and police pursued warrants as the investigation continued with charges pending.
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Southwest Hill
Seventh Street
S.W
Fourth Avenue
Stan Wilson
S.E
Kids at Work Risks Rise After Tragic Welland Death
In Welland Ontario a John Deere plant accident killed 14 year olds Rob Fulbrook and Amanda Peat during Take Our Kids to Work Day. The tragedy prompts insurers and companies to reconsider allowing children on worksites and raises liability questions for employers.
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Toront
Canada
Rob Fulbrook
Amanda Peat
John Deere
Welland
Ont
Ontario
Chip Petrillo
Mississauga
Thomson
Petrillo
Mike Fitz-James
Canadian Lawyer Magazine
Fitz-James
Scenes of the South 2001 calendar released in Alberta
The Medicine Hat News and Lethbridge Herald sponsor a 2001 Scenes of the South calendar featuring wild plants animals and prairie scenery across Southern Alberta from Cypress Hills to the Crowsnest Pass. Jim Tennant notes strong early demand with calendars at the Medicine Hat News office and mall booth 10 to 5 today. The calendar includes 12 plus eight honorable mentions chosen from over 300 submissions by amateur photographers in Taber Bow Island Coaldale Vauxhall and surrounding papers. Prices are 9.99 each or 7.49 each for orders of ten or more.
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Medicine Hat
Alberta
Prairie
Medicine Hat News
Lethbridge Herald
Jim Tennant
The
Prairie Post
Tennant
Yvonne Grant
Gareth
Reesor Lake
Taber
Bow Island
Coaldale
Vauxhall
Cypress Hills
Crowsnest Pass
Coulees
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Ann Landers
Robert Drinkwater
Andy McGregorn
Dave McCord
Kelsey Fraser
Dave Thomson
Toronto
KPMG
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