Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at
5:58 pm
Government Of Canada Works With Northwest Territories And Its Communities To Help Prevent Young People From Taking Drugs
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced today over $1.7 million in Government of Canada funding support for three projects in the Northwest Territories, under the National Anti-Drug Strategy; the first project focuses on drug treatment services and the other two on drug prevention aimed at youth. “Our government remains committed to working with the Northwest Territories and …
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Tuesday, October 5th, 2010 at
2:00 pm
Government Of Canada Works With Alberta Communities To Help Prevent Young People From Taking Illicit Drugs
Deepak Obhrai, Member of Parliament for Calgary East, announced the Government of Canada’s support for a project that will help prevent Alberta youth from taking illicit drugs. Mr. Obhrai made this announcement on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health. “The Government of Canada is proud to be working with provinces and communities across the country to help prevent illicit …
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Sunday, August 1st, 2010 at
3:57 am
Drinkaware Response To Plans By The Government To Crack Down On Binge Drinking Hotspots, UK
Responding to the plan by the Government to crack down on binge drinking hotspots and give communities more influence over licensing applications, Chris Sorek, Chief Executive of alcohol awareness charity Drinkaware, says: “Alcohol misuse costs society £25 billion a year* and it is imperative our culture’s binge drinking problem is tackled head on. Drink related anti-social behavior causes …
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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at
6:57 pm
Treatment Sector Gives Government Four Out Of 10
The National Committee for Addiction Treatment (NCAT) says the government’s changes to drink driving laws are hugely disappointing, and has rated them a four out of 10.
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Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at
2:57 pm
A bid to save lives – and fill government coffers
Over the years I have watched the ever more gory health warnings on cigarette packs and in anti-smoking campaigns and shaken my head at the contortions various governments have gone through to make tobacco unappealing (”Cigarettes up, and plain packaging compulsory to help stub out smoking”, April 29). Cigarettes are blamed for 20,000 deaths a year, and government campaigns have condemned them …
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Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 at
9:58 am
Government favours alcohol industry
Minister responsible for the government’s alcohol policy, Peter Dunne today dismissed Professor Doug Sellman, an addiction specialist, and 450 senior doctors and nurses as a group of people who don’t like a drink of wine at a wedding.
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Saturday, April 17th, 2010 at
2:58 am
Fraudster Lloyd Carr sentenced to 3 1/2 years for bilking government
EDMONTON – The lies of high-flying fraudster Lloyd Carr – lies that for years caught employers, co-workers and politicians in concentric rings of humiliation – spread Friday to a judge in Alberta’s highest trial court.
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Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at
12:12 pm
Government Use Of Social Networking Info Revealed
Law enforcement personnel can gather evidence from social networking websites, use it to establish motive in criminal proceedings, prove or disprove alibis, establish crime or criminal enterprise, discover an individual’s whereabouts – possibly even going undercover to obtain the information in question – according to documents obtained and made public by the Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF …
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at
5:36 am
Dying drug addict to get government loan
DRUG addict to receive $258,000 interest-free loan to travel to Singapore for life-saving surgery.
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010 at
11:48 am
Government should increase tax on alcohol- Sheikh Bonsu
Accra, March 6, GNA – Sheikh Dr Amin Bonsu, Chief Executive Officer of Amen Scientific Herbal Hospital, has called on the government to increase tax on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products in the country.
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Monday, March 1st, 2010 at
10:17 am
Todays government meetings
Tomorrow River School District Safety Committee, 1 p.m., District Board Room, 357 North Main St., Amherst. Call 715-824-5521, ext. 1. Portage County Planning and Zoning Committee, 4 p.m., Conference Room 5, County Annex. Call 715-346-1334. Tri-County Area School District Negotiations Committee, 5 p.m., 5-12 Library Media Center, 409 S. West St., Plainfield. Call 715-335-6366. Village of Plover …
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