Readers urge scrutiny over rising costs and secrecy in public policy
A senior couple laments rising living costs and costly health care, notes medical bills and drug coverage gaps, and attacks secrecy around a Security and Prosperity Partnership meeting. They urge readers to investigate NAFTA links, Montébello references, and media silence.
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Ensign
Frosty Frieze kidney transplant bring town together
In Russell local residents rally to support Gordon Frieze known as Frosty who has lived with diabetes since childhood and recently received a kidney transplant. A pig roast fundraiser is set for Sept 15 at Alex and Alison Stanchuk's with 4 pm start and 6 pm supper. donations accepted at several local businesses and mailed in via contact contacts Jackie Jones and Heather Lowe.
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Frosty
Gordon Frieze
Russell
Health Science Centre
Brenda
Winnipeg
Alan
Alison Stanchuk
Alexandria Avenue
Russell Flowers
Vanguard Credit Union
Twin Valley Co-op Gas Bar
Westpark Insurance
Bullying death prompts call for action across provinces
A reader mourns a six year old who drowned after bullying at Pallingassi First Nation Manitoba. She links teenage and child cruelty to suicides and urges laws, school action, and public involvement, calling for all provinces to banish bullying and to supervise playgrounds and schools.
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Pallingassi First Nation
Manitoba
Arctic Claims Push Scramble Over Seabed Rights
The article surveys Russia and Denmark staking minuscule salients on the Arctic seabed and Canada's politics around the Northwest Passage. It notes UNCLOS rules require seabed mapping and claim filing by 2013, urging focus on legal claims over flashy military posturing.
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Arctic
North Pole
Lomonosov Ridge
Russia
Greenland
Denmark
Christian Marcussen
Geological Survey
Canada
Stephen Harper
Resolute Bay
Nunavut
Northwest Passage
Arctic Islands
Atlantic
Pacific
United States
Washington
Harper
Nanisivik
Baffin Island
Canadian Arctic