Hat ER staffing crisis at Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Dr. Kim Holmlund warns ER patients risk lives due to dangerously low staffing. Thirty four nurses and doctors sign a petition urging Palliser Health Authority to fund more staff. Authority cites budget limits and high nurse costs while admitting delays persist, with only two ER nurses on some nights and 77 minute average waits for heart patients.
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Medicine Hat Regional Hospital
Kim Holmlund
Palliser Health Authority
Canada
Holmlund
Health Authority
Tom Seaman
Seaman
Alberta Health
Brooks
Lyle Oberg
Oberg
Palliser Authority
Lethbridge
Red Deer
Calgary soldiers charged in 1995 CFB Suffield death
Warrant Officer Kirk G. Drew and Sgt. Wayne J. Campbell of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry face negligent performance of a military duty charges related to the live-fire training death of Corporal Neil MacKinnon at CFB Suffield. Maj. David Hirter also faces eight charges tied to the incident. MacKinnon, 24, from Sydney River Nova Scotia, died during the exercise southeast of Calgary.
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Calgary
Campbell
David Hirter
National Defence Headquarters
Ottawa
Hirter
MacKinnon
Sydney River
N.S
Cfb
Suffield
Reform MPs defend extra pay despite party policy
Solberg argues Reform MPs including Preston Manning deserve added parliamentary pay for extra duties. Manning receives 29 500 as leader plus 21 300 tax free expenses and about 40 000 in party allowances. The Reform blue book says perks violate equal pay principles, yet Solberg says MPs have sacrificed pensions and should be treated like other parties.
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Politicsedicine Hat
Monte Solberg
Reform
Preston Manning
Solberg
Manning
Hat toddler gets new liver after Toronto transplant
Samantha Elliott, a 2 1/2 year old from Medicine Hat, has a second chance at life after a liver transplant at Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto. Surgeons used an adult liver. the procedure was uneventful and her family awaits her return home. Doctors monitor the next three months for acceptance and rejection risks.
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Elliott
Toronto
Donna Elliott
Samantha
Donna
Darryl Elliott
Saman
Bernie Elliott
Wandering British Schoolboy Returns Home from Germany
Peter Kerry a 15 year old runaway who left his London home a week earlier was found cycling on a German autobahn and returned to his family. He had previously fled to Malaysia using his father’s passport and credit card and had also traveled to Scotland and Paris before this latest incident.
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Reuter
Britain
Peter Kerry
Malaysia
Kerry
Budapest
Scotland
Paris
Alberta Tory ex-ministers quit as Klein government wavers
Roy Brassard of Olds Didsbury joins Ken Rostad and Jim Dinning in announcing they will not seek re election. Rostad criticizes pension cuts while noting family needs and lack of retirement pay. Brian Evans undecided, weighing future steps as justice minister.
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Edmonton
Alberta
Klein
Roy Brassard
Olds- Didsbury
Brassard
Don Getty
Ken Rostad
Jim Dinning
Justice
Brian Evans
Getty
Rostad
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