Picket line at Central Park Lodge over proposed pay cuts
More than 100 workers from United Food and Commercial Workers Union protested outside Central Park Lodge in Medicine Hat on Friday afternoon over proposed seven percent wage cuts and reductions in benefits set to follow a January 1994 six percent cut. Staff and supporters urged a fair collective agreement while the administration touted a contingency plan using contracted helpers.
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Rose Wolfe
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Dean Roy
We Care Home Health Services
Hearts At Home Health Services
Linda Hastings
Joe Klamar
Carole Werre
Irene Freeman
Snake charmer aims two weeks with 300 snakes in Singapore
Singapore based Mohd Yusof plans a two week stay in a three metre wide glass cage with 300 poisonous snakes to beat his uncle's 1987 world record of 10 days with 200 snakes in Kuala Lumpur. He hopes to prove snakes are not so dangerous and has started a national appeal for funds.
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Reuter
Mohd ‘Yusof
Yusof
Kuala Lumpur
World Trade Centre
Alberta moves abortion funding decision to medical body
Alberta Premier Ralph Klein's government will no longer fund abortions not medically necessary. Health Minister Shirley McClellan says the Alberta College of Physicians and Surgeons will define Medicare coverage, a move welcomed by pro-life groups and opposed by some doctors who fear shifting responsibility.
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Shirley McClellan
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Red Deer
Philip Winkelaar
Medicine Hat
Ivor Ottrey
Medicine Hat Pro-Life Association
Melanie Anderson
Planned Parenthood
Calgary
Alberta
Edmonton
Tigers debut under McEwen nets 5-3 win over Hurricanes
Brad McEwen begins his coaching tenure with the Medicine Hat Tigers by defeating the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-3 at the Sportsplex. It marks the first WHL regular season game for both teams and McEwen's first as Tigers coach, as he aims to build on a 1-0 start.
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Western Hockey League
Feds allow private clinics with strict conditions
Ottawa signals a conditional path for private clinics under the Canada Health Act. Alberta must show residents have reasonable access to care at public facilities. Clinics may operate without provincial funding, doctors opt out, and the federal government will monitor Medicare impact.
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Diane Marleau
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