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gross and disgusting, i it is happening in’ some place

something really

like * Florida® or: England ‘or Asia ‘or _ Central”

America.

Almost never.in Canada.

But now I've’ heard of. about, you ‘might have
something that manages to _ overlooked the extra-special

combine the: worst-elements ~
of several combinations. -of

camp on: ithe North Shore but °
ys: ‘I think they:have gota . -

~ good “representation. - ‘There |
are certainly a:lot:of people -
who think as they‘do.”
As for his own opinions on

- the proposed settlement, he

says: °
be bad if we:. were . not
behind: But our purchasing
power has, eroded,” con-
siderably in the * past 10
years.”

The 40 per cent figure
over two years is at least 10
per cent ahead of current
inflation, but - Warner
comments; “I am not sure it
is out of line with other
settlements recently but we
fet] we are not catching up
the 25 per cent or so that has
been lost over the past few
years.”

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‘perversity of this one. °

of ‘National Defence is

., Planning toe spore A ‘bunch

- puking during a ‘nuclear war.

- “survey” of 397. ‘people. ‘last

week showed 56’per cent of.’
people ‘questioned. opposed

the provincial | medical plan
for medical ‘services,’ while.
18 per ‘cent :were in favor.
The remaining. ‘26 per cent
gave no.opinion.

These past few days the
North Shore.has been exper-
iencing. the effects of jot
- action: taken by. the doctors .
--in theirfeedemands. .

The majority of doctors’
offices have not been open

for routine visits by patients, ©

although they have had an
‘on-call system in: effect for
dealing with emergencies.

A random check by the
North Shore News ‘of 15
doctors’ offices showe t
only four of them were func-
tioning routinely, with on-
call services being offered at
the other [1.

The effect on Lions Gate ~ ;
is expected to

Hospital
increase markedly ‘over this
holiday weekend as more
people requiring medical

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‘attention are

That's right>puking.

. Probably,. like me, you~
-wonder why the Department .
of Defence would worry
about so minor a thing as
puking: ‘when we're all going

to be dying.

Puking will be part of it, at

_ least for. those of us who
-. aren't. already © dead from

first-degree; « second-degree ~
. and third-degree... -purns, or
outright inicineration itself.

‘But the main thing wilkbe-
the.dying. ©

It turns out the chieftains
of Canada’s military
establishment want to “know

referred»
there.,

Thursday, the first day of
the doctors’ job action~say,
an, even quieter day than
usual’ in .the - hospital's

emergency department.

‘But.-by Friday the ward
was ‘beginning to feel the
effect of the doctors‘action.

Medical‘ coordinator. Dr.
Jim Corbett told. ‘the News
that more and more people
were beginning to-overflow

“into: the hospital becatise

their. régualr doctors _were
not open...

“Many of them are not
true emergencies,” he said.
“But we-are giving them the
benefit of-the doubt if the
receptionist in the doctor’s

. Office is asking them to go to

emergency and we’ re not
turning them naway."

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how to keep soldiers from
throwing up as a result of
radiation poisoning long
enough for them to “mount a
reprisal.”

, ea¢

Haven't these characters
been locked away?

T mean, isn't there some
Act of Parliament that
makes it illegal for the
Canadian Armed. Forces to
blast: diation into a bunch

of Bh ipless:.mutts so that

Canadian soldiers will be
able. to stop from puking
long. enough “mount
reprisals” “ener a nuclear
exchange?

That's just plain sick!

| Basically, ‘the generals
“want to find out how to keep
dying soldiers stumbling
“along « like: zomb with
"orders to kill.
" This would be a joke if it

was just the military in.

Ottawa, bent on their

He predicted that in the

event of a. sunny holiday

weekend the workload on
the emergency department
would increase daily because
of people injuring them-
selves in holiday activities.
But he. added that in
anticipation of a continuing
buildup the hospital is
bringing .in extra ‘nursing,
medical and clerical staff
and would be equipped to
handle the situation.

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ran

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perverted schemes. Sort of as “every bit
like a twisted late-night “demonic -as‘the idea:
movie plot... . ec
But, in fact, it's deadlier
than that. - oe
Canada and the United
States have all sorts of —
mutual defence pacts which; _
while they keep us free from
Gulag Archipelagoes, also
mean that every time we

military gimmick, “Our,
American allies are handed”
the thing on a. silver platter
right away. :
And they might use it. ‘

” storming the beaches, Jong

after they've been turned

into walking dead.
Somehow, this strikes me

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