Province rethinks fee cuts amid talks with doctors
Alberta government hints at scaling back a plan to cut 100 million dollars from doctors’ fees over two years after a meeting with the Alberta Medical Association. Dr. Bill Ruzicky, Medicine Hat, cautions a written commitment is needed. Negotiations, stalled then resumed August 30, face a skeptical health minister.
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Alberta Medical Association
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Medicine Hat
Medical Association
Shirley McClellan
Calgary
Alberta eyes one year deal for medical cuts under 50 million
McClellan said a one year settlement is likely and may cut less than the target 50 million dollars. She stressed a negotiated amount while a tense Calgary meeting with the Alberta Medical Association preceded threats of strikes and patients paying fees. Ruzycki, absent, urged a settlement that does not jeopardize patient care, especially in rural areas.
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Alberta Medical Association
Calgary
Association
Alberta Health
Ruzycki
Gun battle derails talks at Shuswap camp
In 100 Mile House British Columbia elders seeking RCMP permission to re enter an armed aboriginal camp faced a bloodshed filled day after a two hour gun battle. Shuswap First Nation mourns a protester's funeral while negotiation efforts falter as RCMP label rebel leaders criminals and pursue a ceasefire talks remain unsettled.
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Robots could threaten mankind says British scientist
Newcastle England professor Kevin Warwick warned at a British scientific conference that robots may eventually threaten humanity. He cited experiments showing robots learn from own experiences and linked machines and noted the next stage is robot to robot communication via computer.
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Newcastle
England
Kevin Warwick
Warwick
Suspect in sex killing dies after self harm in jail
A 20 year old man charged with first degree murder in the death of a 10 year old girl died in hospital after attempting to kill himself in a Surrey pretrial centre jail cell. He was found hanging by a sheet from an air vent and later died in hospital after life support treatment. An autopsy will determine the exact cause of death as two investigations are launched by Attorney General Ujjal Dosanjh into the incident and prior crises at the jail.
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Surrey
B.C
Bret Shane Neff
St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver
Chris Beresford
Beresford
Ujjal Dosanjh
Neff
Melissa Deley
Surrey Memorial Hospital
St. Paul’s Hospital
Dosanjh
Ellen Anderson
Bulgaria airfield hosts 1500 seek alien aid space ships
In Skratlovo northern Bulgaria about 1,500 people waited for eight extraterrestrial ships. Police said three self styled mediums lured crowds as state TV reported the aliens would help Bulgaria pay its 17 billion debt. Local women led the claim with a 11 a.m. landing promise.
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Bulgaria
Stoyan Marinov
Balkan
Shtraklovo
Radka Trifonova
Zdravka Krumova
Ekaterina Nikiforova
Air strikes hit near Sarajevo amid NATO campaign
Explosions rang out around Vogosca and Lukavica as NATO warplanes pounded near Sarajevo. UN and NATO officials said strikes would continue until Serbs pull heavy weapons from a 20 kilometre exclusion zone around the city, with no sign of withdrawal yet.
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
NATO
Jim Landale
Vogosca
Lukavica
Pale
Jim Mitchell
Naples
Italy
United Nations
Yasushi Akashi
Yugoslavia
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