Canuck

  Thursday, 28 November 2002

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Romanow says medicare 'moral enterprise, not business venture'
Roy Romanow has unveiled his landmark report on the future of health care in Canada: his prescription calls for a national drug strategy, home care, increased accountability and a multibillion-dollar injection of new funds.

• INDEPTH: The Romanow Report on Medicare
  

Bravo! This is Canada.

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WINNIPEG -- As a teenager, Stephanie Blondal wandered for hours through Montreal's Cotes des Neiges cemetery, searching for a grave dedicated to the luminous mother she lost when she was only five years old. She couldn't find it.  FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]

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Deficit-ridden ESO celebrates 50 years with major donation

By JAMES ADAMS

-- The Edmonton Symphony Orchestra received a 50th-anniversary donation yesterday from one of its most illustrious benefactors to help in its fight against its deficit.Dr. Stuart Davis, 86, a retired chemistry professor from the University of Alberta, announced he was writing a personal cheque for $250,000. This gift effectively reduces the accumulated deficit of Alberta's oldest professional orchestra to $500,000.  FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]

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West Coast celebrates its own jazz niche It's been 25 years since some Vancouver musicians got together and carved their own musical idiom, MARK MILLER writes
FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]

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2nd Atlantic Canadian gaming event announced [The Macintosh News Network]

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Western Canada's been warming up since 1850
Western Canada has warmed significantly over the past 150 years, scientists say. F U L L   S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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Broadbent backs Layton's NDP leadership bid
Hearkening back to the party's glory days, NDP leadership candidate Jack Layton announced on Wednesday he has the backing of the man who presided over that period. F U L L   S T O R Y
[CBC News]

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'Greek Wedding' Courts a Prince Named Oscar. "My Big Fat Greek Wedding," the $5 million independent film phenomenon, is being widely discussed as a significant player in the forthcoming Academy Awards race. By Rick Lyman. [New York Times: Arts]

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