Rural Alberta braces for orthopedic care gap aging surgeon warns
In Medicine Hat southeastern Alberta faces a doctor shortage as only one orthopedic surgeon serves the region. A cap on fees could push specialists away, delaying treatment for injuries like Shawn Ross's broken wrist traveled 167 kilometres to Lethbridge for care. The Palliser Health Authority seeks new surgeons with grants, but doctors favor larger cities or the United States.
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Alberta
Shawn Ross
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Rod MacKenzie
Dexter Scott
United States
MacKenzie
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Ontario
Peter Mah
Palliser Health Authority
Tom Seaman
Canada
Seaman
Land of Plenty
Opportunity
Uncle Sam
Calgary
Edmonton
Biker bookkeeper among victims of Montreal bar bombing
A bomb ripped through Le Harley Resto Bar in Montreal injuring nine men including a former bank manager known as The Accountant. He suffered a leg amputation and is linked to Maurice Mom Boucher and the Hell's Angels network in Quebec. Several Death Riders members were hurt others fractured skulls and limbs during the attack.
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Boisbriand
Montreal
Underworld
Maurice
Mom” Boucher
Quebec
Gerard Carrier
Death Riders
Hell’s Angels
Rock Machine
le Harley Resto-Bar
Calgary to launch Iberta workfare program this year
The program aims to place welfare recipients in short-term private sector and government jobs in Calgary with a 2000 target. Minister Mike Cardinal says able-bodied recipients must work or risk loss of assistance. Critics warn short-term labor won’t help chronically unemployed without long-term planning.
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Calgary
Iberta
Family and Social Services
Mike Cardinal
Gayle Gilchrist-James
University of Calgary
Bassano man guilty of assaults
Glen Donald Bartman of Bassano was found guilty by a Queen's Bench jury of sexual assault and indecent assault against his adopted daughter Janice Wigemyr after a lengthy trial covering events from 1979 to 1984. Sentencing is set for Sept 27 at 1 p.m.
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Queen’s Bench
Glen Donald Bartman
Janice Wigemyr
W.V. Hembroff
Bartman
Bassano
Wigemyr
Bassano Rcmp
David Bartman
Pollockville
Bartmans
Janice
Bryan Newton
Calgary
Dorothy Smith
Hembroff
Blind Forest Service employee guilty of embezzlement
Gary Gunderson, a former US Forest Service worker in Sonora California, was found guilty by a Superior Court jury of embezzlement and grand theft after stolen equipment surfaced at a repair shop and a search of his property turned up tents, meals, furniture and a generator. He appeals a five year sentence arguing his blindness prevented awareness of the items.
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Sonora
Calif
California
Gary Gunderson
US Forest Service
Gunderson
Expert links shell casings to Ruger pistol in Thurston case
Tests show four empty .22 caliber casings found near Eileen McCoy's body were fired from the Ruger handgun found in Jeffrey Thurston's car. RCMP firearms expert says all casings came from the same firearm. McCoy disappeared November 7 from Taber and was found two days later. Thurston faces multiple charges including murder and robbery.
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Lethbridge
Court of Queen’s Bench
McCoy
Ruger
Scott Kashuba
RCMB
Thurston
George Thurston
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