By Admin Friday, March 12, 2010
HELENA - Gov. Brian Schweitzer jumped back into the issue of prescription drug pricing Thursday, saying he has asked the federal government to allow Montana to import lower-priced drugs from Canada for use in state-funded programs.
At a Capitol news conference, Schweitzer said he sent a letter Thursday to U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sibelius, asking her to “certify” importation of prescription drugs for use in Medicaid, Healthy Montana Kids, the state employee health plan and for state institutions.
Canadian Money To Be Converted To PlasticBy Admin Monday, March 8, 2010
(THAINDIAN NEWS) Canadian currency is all set to get a makeover with the federal government declaring recently that the country’s currency likely to be replaced by plasticized versions by late next year. It has also been revealed that the Bank of Canada is hoping to begin the printing of the new plastic bills within the next eighteen months. Presently, the bills are made from a cotton based polymer.
By Admin Saturday, March 6, 2010
Les Whittington Ottawa Bureau
OTTAWA—The Canadian economy won’t bounce back from the recession with prolonged robust growth, says Finance Minister Jim Flaherty.
But “modest, moderate” growth should be enough to help the Conservative government gradually whittle away the current $56-billion annual budget deficit, Flaherty maintained as he promoted his economic game plan.
Day 13 a lucky day for Canadian Olympic WomenBy Admin Friday, February 26, 2010
In Canada, anything associated with the number 13 is considered unlucky.
But on day 13 of the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canadian athletes had a break out day.
Canadian women won two medals in women’s bobsleigh, one medal in short track speed skating and another in long track speed skating.
Canada passed Russia into fourth place in the overall medal standings-- with a total of 15 medals-- 7 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze.
Winnipeg’s Clara Hughes, the Canadian flag bearer, started things off this afternoon with a bronze medal performance in the women’s 5000m speed skating.
Why Canadian premier seeks health care in U.S.By Admin Thursday, February 25, 2010
Danny Williams, the premier of the Canadian province of Newfoundland, traveled to the United States earlier this month to undergo heart valve surgery at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami. With his trip, Williams joined a long list of Canadians who have decided that they prefer American medicine to their own country’s government-run health system when their lives are on the line.
Canadian media to break even on OlympicsBy Admin Friday, February 19, 2010
TORONTO—Canada’s CTV-led Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium expects to break even covering the 2010 Vancouver Games.
Rick Brace, president of revenue, business planning and sports at Canadian broadcaster CTV, said Thursday that home soil advantage has advertising sales on track to cover the cost of televising the Vancouver Games.
Canadian employer fined $25,000 for racial abuseBy Admin Thursday, February 18, 2010
A Canadian employer has been fined $25,000 for calling his Pakistani-origin woman employee a ‘Paki’ and ‘###.’
Taunting the woman’s two young sons as “half-###,” he reportedly told her, “That’s what you get for sleeping with a ###.” She was later sacked by him.
Accepting Cheryl Khan’s complaint of racist abuse against her boss Lynn Tompkins, the human rights commission has now ordered him to pay her $25,000 in damages as well as $6,750 in lost wages after her sacking last year.
By Admin Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Alexandre Bilodeau received his Olympic Gold Medal Monday as the Men’s Moguls medal ceremony was presented in front of an electrified crowd inside Vancouver’s GM Place.
Bilodeau became the first Canadian to win an Olympic Gold Medal on home ground. After the deceptions of Montreal (1976) and Calgary (1988), where the Canadian athletes fell short, the whole country can now celebrate their new Olympic champion.
Canada to set up Haiti government headquartersBy Admin Tuesday, February 16, 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Canada will set up a temporary headquarters for the beleaguered Haitian government, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Monday on a visit to quake-devastated Port-au-Prince.
“The establishment of a temporary government administrative base is an important step towards early recovery and reconstruction efforts,” Harper said after meeting with Haitian President Rene Preval and Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive.
Where’s your Olympic spirit? The Canadian police want to knowBy Admin Friday, February 12, 2010
Reporting from Vancouver, Canada - Chris Shaw, an ophthalmology professor at the University of British Columbia, has made no secret of his misgivings about the Olympic Games in his home city.
The event is going to soak taxpayers and primarily benefit land developers who backed Vancouver’s Olympic bid, he warned in several public forums and a book about the Olympics, “Five Ring Circus.”
