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Canadian inmates receiving top-dollar medical treatment.
Canadian inmates receiving
top-dollar medical treatment.

Inmates Get Top Treatment

by Kelly Hayes - Story: 6409
Jan 12, 2005 / 1:00 pm

  • Federal inmates are getting "deluxe" medical treatment behind bars, with costs per prisoner roughly double the average Canadian on the outside. Taxpayers spent $81.5 million to keep 12,500 offenders healthy last year, providing free access to prescription drugs, medical treatments and a controversial methadone program for heroin addicts. Figures obtained by Sun Media under Access to Information show the tab jumped 26% from $64.8 million in just five years, driven up by soaring pharmaceutical and opiate-addiction drug costs. Full story
  • They're enough to make even the most seasoned soldier's skin crawl. Deadly vipers and cobras. Black widow spiders. Centipedes of unusual size and speed. Mosquitoes that spread malaria and dengue fever. Soldiers with Canada's Disaster Assistance Response Team spent Sunday in training sessions to help them deal with a host of health hazards here. Full story
  • Lt.-Gen. Rick Hillier, a Newfoundlander who headed the NATO mission in Afghanistan last year, will be named chief of defence staff, The Canadian Press has learned. An official announcement naming Hillier as Canada's top soldier will be made by the Prime Minister's Office by week's end, said a senior defence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Hillier, currently head of the army, will replace Gen. Ray Henault who is leaving in April to take over NATO's top military post in Brussels. Full story
  • Freezing rain fell across southern Ontario Wednesday morning, causing a slew of accidents and flight delays. Environment Canada issued a freezing rain warning Wednesday for all of southern Ontario, from the London area to the Quebec border. The freezing rain was expected to become rain by the afternoon and continue through the evening. Environment Canada also issued winter storm warnings and heavy snowfall warnings for most of northern Ontario. Full story
  • The search for fame just got easier for some pop star wannabes. Canadian Idol judges announced Wednesday they will travel to every province and one territory, starting next month, in the hunt for the country's next singing sensation. The 13-city audition tour will include Whitehorse, Sudbury, Ont. and Moncton, N.B. - cities traditionally overlooked by the Idol talent search. Full story
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