Spanking on trial: should parents ever strike their children?

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A case where a man was tried and acquitted for spanking his child highlights the debate in Canada on whether spanking is right. A law allows parents and teachers to spank, but psychiatrists say spanking can mentally wound children. A member of parliament wants to outlaw spanking.

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Radical surgery: cuts in public funding imperil medicare's future

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Canada's national, publically funded healthcare system, created in 1972, may not survive efforts to make it more efficient, structured and streamlined. As budgets are slashed, personnel are laid off, services restricted, and the quality of care diminished.

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Mightily cheesed off: a proposal to ban raw-milk cheese draws scorn

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Health Canada issued new regulations that take effect in Jun 1996, that would ban unpasteurized cheese that has not been heat-treated. The regulations are an attempt to prevent outbreaks of salmonella. Cheese connoisseurs lambasted the new regulations.

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