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Health News
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Written by Wire Services
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
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Name of Product: Bounce Bounce Baby! Door Jumpers
Distributor: Kids II Inc., of Alpharetta, Ga.
Hazard: The plastic clamp that attaches the jumper seat to a door frame can break, which can cause the unit to fall to the floor. This poses an injury hazard to young children.
Incidents/Injuries: Kids II has received 9 reports of the clamp breaking with 3 reports of bruises.
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Canada News
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Written by Wire Services
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
The Student Vote program, a non-partisan educational initiative will provide students under the voting age with a chance to vote in this federal election. 2645 schools have registered for the program from every province and territory. 500,000 ballots have been requested for the national Student Vote election week occurring from January 16th to 20th, 2006, where students will vote on the real candidates in their school's
riding.
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by NDP News Release
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
NDP House Leader and Justice Critic Kevin Deveaux is calling on the Minister of Justice, Michael Baker, to release his Department's plans for protecting Nova Scotians who have personal information stored in American data bases - accessible to the Federal Bureau of Investigation under section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. Last Thursday negotiators for the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives agreed to extend the major powers of the Patriot Act which were due to expire at the end of the month, for another four years. Under the Patriot Act U.S. security agencies can access individual personal information contained in records held by any American-based company.
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Health News
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Written by LPC
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Tuesday, 13 December 2005 |
Prime Minister Paul Martin on Monday hailed the announcement of a set of evidence-based benchmarks as proof that federal and provincial governments can work together to improve the system and strengthen Canada’s public health care system for the benefit of all Canadians.
“The strategy that we put in place along with the provinces is working,” the Prime Minister said. “We’re not talking about promises out of thin air, we’re talking about a plan that has been put in place for a year and a half and it is working.”
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Local HRM News
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Written by HRM
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
Judges for the annual "Winter Lights" celebration are in Halifax Regional Municipality until late Tuesday, to see how the community is lit up for the holiday season.
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by Peter Mancini
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
Dartmouth - NDP candidate for Dartmouth – Cole Harbour, Peter Mancini, has written to the Utility and Review Board today asking that it use its power to prevent the former Little Nashville Cabaret from becoming a strip club. The UARB today released its decision to transfer a Cabaret License for the premises from the previous to the current owners.
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Canada News
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Written by NDP
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
NDP Leader Jack Layton announced the NDP’s plan to improve child care in Canada and measures to fight child poverty. Layton was speaking at the Parkdale Beach Child Care Centre in Toronto.
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Canada News
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Written by CPC
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
Conservative leader Stephen Harper today announced that a new Conservative government will extend a tax break to parents who register their children in sports and other physical activities.
“A Conservative government will give hard-working families a break by cutting the GST and delivering a $1,200-a-year Choice in Child Care Allowance for children under six,” Harper said. “Assistance for families who have kids in organized sports is another part of the Conservative plan for hard-working families. This support will be provided for each child under 16.”
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Canada News
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Written by Wire
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
The future of Canada's public post office will be decided by a private trade tribunal operating from the World Bank headquarters in Washington D.C. The hearings over our post office will run from December 12-17th.
The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) and the Council of Canadians (the Council) are concerned that the tribunal, which is looking at a complaint filed by United Parcel Service (UPS), could issue a decision that has disastrous implications for postal and other public services.
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Nova Scotia News
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Written by CFIB
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Monday, 12 December 2005 |
Halifax – Complying with countless government rules – at all levels of government - costs businesses in Nova Scotia $770 million a year, according to a report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB).
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