Edmonton seeks Albertans input on Heritage Fund future
Alberta announces a 365000 survey over four weeks asking residents whether to preserve the 12 billion Heritage Savings Trust Fund or use part of it now. Four questions, mail or online by November 22, with results due next year. Critics call it manipulation and demand hearings or a referendum.
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Greg Melchin
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Melchin
Peter Lougheed
Ken Nicol
DNA leads to charges in 27-year-old Vancouver murders
Richmond RCMP arrest Robert Burleigh Bonisteel in connection with the 1975 killings of Judy Dick and Elizabeth Zeschner, both 14. Two counts of second degree murder charged after fresh DNA evidence identified a strong suspect. Bonisteel remanded with court date set for Nov. 25.
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Richmond Rcmp
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Kitchener
Ont
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Elizabeth Zeschner
Bush
Westminster Highway
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Thiessen
Kitchener- Waterloo
Kingston
Windsor
Toronto
Older heart transplant recipients may fare as well as younger
Montreal surgeon Dr. Phillipe Demers reports a 10-year Stanford study showing patients over 60 experience less organ rejection than younger recipients. One-year mortality around six percent for both groups. ten-year survival near 50 percent. Study prompts ethical debate on prioritizing age versus transplant benefits.
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Edmonton
Montreal
Phillipe Demers
Demers
Stanford University
California
Klein Attacks Chretien On Conversation About Kyoto
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein mocked Prime Minister Jean Chretien's intelligence in Calgary, saying talks on greenhouse gas emissions were not a very intelligent conversation. Chretien and others called the remark cheap but the debate centered on policy rather than personal attacks.
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Parliament Hill
Alberta
Ralph Klein
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Klein
Herb Dhaliwal
NDP
Pat Martin
Iraq
Edmonton
Canadian man confirmed dead in Bali bombing
Mervin Popadynec, 38, of Wynyard Saskatchewan and a mechanical engineer in the oil sector, was identified by dental records and DNA after the Oct. 12 Bali nightclub blast. His sister-in-law said authorities informed the family and a memorial is set for Saturday at the Wynyard Civic Centre.
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Saskatoon
Wynyard
Vancouver
Rick Gleason
al-Qaida
Bali
Papadynec
Merv
University of Saskatchewan
Popadynec
Wynyard Civic Centre
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