McCain Foods Founder Transferred After Heart Attack
Harrison Mc Cain founder and chairman of Mc Cain Foods is moved from Regina General Hospital to Boston for continuing care after a heart attack. Spokesman Scoop Fredstrom says the 72-year-old remains improving as doctors in Boston treat him. The Saskatchewan news also notes medicare challenges and a call for Prairie-wide cooperation on specialized services.
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Regina
Harrison McCain
McCain Foods
United States
Scoop Fredstrom
New Brunswick
Regina General Hospital
Boston
Fredstrom
Florenceville
N.B
McCain
National Art Gallery
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Ken Fyke
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Prairie
Saskatchewan teachers ratify 9.5 percent pay deal
Saskatchewan teachers celebrate World Teachers Day by approving a contract that boosts salaries 9.5 percent over three years. About 12,700 teachers voted 69.4 percent in favor of the agreement reached mid-September, with retroactive 4.5 percent from Jan 1, 2000 and 3 percent and 2 percent increases on Jan 1, 2001 and Jan 1, 2002 respectively.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
Wayne Clements
Saskatchewan Teachers Federation
Thirteen Workers Treated After Sour Gas Exposure at Syncrude Plant
In Fort McMurray Alberta thirteen contractors were treated at hospital and released after exposure to hydrogen sulfide during a maintenance shutdown on a coker at the Syncrude Canada plant. About 30 more were checked on site and released after examinations. The neighbor coker began leaking prompting the incident.
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Fort Mcmurray
Alta
Syncrude Canada
Cherry Holand
Alberta to unveil 230 million aid package for farmers
Premier Ralph Klein outlined a provincial farm aid plan totaling 230 million dollars to aid drought hit southern Alberta and other producers facing low prices and high fuel costs. The program aims to supplement disaster support and exclude no one, though critics warn it may be insufficient to stop farm exodus.
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Ralph Klein
Lethbridge
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Alberta
Ike Lanier
Lanier
Klein
Bible Believer Prolongs Cross Examination In Assault Trial
Darryl McDowell 34, of Cranbrook faces 11 charges including three counts of assault with a weapon and unlawful confinement. In provincial court he cross examined RCMP officer Darren Perpelitz for hours arguing he was detained without grounds while insisting his Bible justifies his actions. Judge Don Carlgren admonished McDowell for insults and demanded civility, prompting a shift back toward counsel.
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Cranbrook
B.C
Darryl McDowell
Calgary
McDowell
Greg Sawchuk
RCMP
Darren Perpelitz
Perpelitz
Don Carlgren
Job
Carlgren
Sawchuk
Doctors rally in Quesnel to back recruitment deals
More than 2000 people gathered outdoors in Quesnel to support local doctors striking over pay for recruitment and retention. The doctors rejected hospital duties while awaiting a provincewide mediation outcome and promised to push for the same deals as nearby Prince George and Williams Lake.
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Quesnel
B.C
Health Ministry
B.C. Medical Association
John Maile
Jeff Gaulin
BCMA
Gaulin
Maile
Prince George
Williams Lake
John Knoch
Calvert launches Saskatchewan NDP leadership bid
Former Saskatchewan health and social services minister Lorne Calvert announced his bid to replace Premier Roy Romanow as NDP leader in Moose Jaw. Calvert spoke with his wife and family present saying the team Calvert will bring a people centered voice, aiming for social and economic progress while Romanow plans to stay until a successor is chosen. Deb Higgins supported him, noting his connection with ordinary people, though no Romanow cabinet ministers attended.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
Saskatchewan
Lorne Calvert
Roy Romanow
NDP
Calvert
United Church
Betty
Romanow
Deb Higgins
Lorne
Janice MacKinnon
New Democrats
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Dave Hancock
Saskatchewan Court of Appeal
Hancock
John Cotter
Canadian Press
Medicine Hat News
Ken Waitchik
al Baird
Big M
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Trans Canada Way
Ealth Council
Janice Blair
Gether
TV Times
Real Estate Directory
Prairie Post
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