Medicine man ends Gustafsen Lake standoff in British Columbia
After over a month of gunfire and tension, 12 holdouts from the Gustafsen Lake encampment surrendered to RCMP in 100 Mile House with mediation by Shuswap First Nation leaders and a sundance medicine man. Eight men and four women were jailed in nearby towns and face charges. one non-native woman was treated for a minor gunshot wound.
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100 Mile House
B.c.fter
RCMP
Gustafsen Lake
Shuswap
100 Mile
Percy Rosette
William
Wolverine) Ignace
Williams Lake
Kamloops Hospital
Eral
Sundance
John Stevens
Alberta
Stevens
Gustafsen
Sign stunt lands man first job in years
Mi Desormeaux of Orleans Ontario parked a van with a bold sign by a freeway off ramp and landed his first job in two years. He received over 30 offers and recently started a full time carpet and upholstery cleaning job six days a week after being laid off in 1993 as a plumber's apprentice.
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Ottawa
Desormeaux
Orleans
Doctors rule out walkout over fees in Alberta
Alberta doctors have tabled job action for now after threats to strike or direct bill patients over a 100 million dollar fee cut. If negotiations fail, further action remains possible as the government seeks the original target.
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Calgarylberta
Rowland Nichol
Alberta Medical Association Strategic Committee
Alberta
Nichol
Calgary Regional Medical Staff Association
Association
Shirley McClellan
Medicine Hat Eyes Change with 3-Candidate Mayor Race
Three contenders will contest Medicine Hat's October civic election as 26 year old tire plant worker Barry Duff enters the mayoral race against Mayor Ted Grimm and Alderman Wayne Craven. Duff cites job growth for youth as his main platform and urges changes to attract families. He filed papers before the noon deadline, while 21 candidates compete for eight council seats and several incumbents seek re election.
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Medicine Hat
Barry Duff
Ted Grimm
Wayne Craven
Duff
Goodyear
Catholic School Board
Stan Lerner
Mike Tivadar
Kelly van Ham
Bow Island
Judy Bergum
George Rambei
Klein gains widen as Alberta voters back Tory government
An Angus Reid poll shows 63 percent approval for Premier Ralph Klein and 68 percent for the Tory government, with 64 percent likely to vote Tory if an election were held. Health care tops concerns, surpassing deficit worries, in August survey of 811 Albertans.
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Calgary
Alberta
Ralph Klein
Bruce Cameron
Angus Reid Group
Reid
Edmonton
Weather brief notes high and low forecast
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Marilyn Hammers Virgin Islands As Storm Strikes Caribbean
Hurricane Marilyn battered the Virgin Islands and eastern Puerto Rico on Saturday, killing at least nine and injuring or missing about 50 in St Thomas where signs bent and utilities failed. The storm moved through the open Atlantic on Sunday with Bermuda watch expected.
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Charlotte Amalie
Virgin Islands
St. Thomas Hospital
Marilyn
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
St. Thomas
Atlantic
Bermuda
Canada Rises to No 2 in New World Bank Wealth Ranking
A World Bank method places Canada as the world’s second wealthiest country behind Australia among 192 nations. The new wealth metric, valuing per person resources at 704000 dollars, notes GDP misses sustainability and future potential, with Luxembourg Switzerland and Japan high but Russia lower at 44th.
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Ismail Serageldin
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Japan
Russia
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