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Quebec ambulance workers consider new pressure tactics in contract talks

The Canadian Press - 2 hours, 13 minutes ago

MONTREAL - Quebec ambulance technicians are considering the possibility of resorting to new pressure tactics in their contract negotiations with the provincial government.

  • A scientist prepares a DNA test for the A(H1N1) virus. Canada has reported four new swine flu deaths, bringing to 31 the country's toll from the A(H1N1) virus. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP
    Canada reports four more swine flu deaths AFP - Sat Jul 4, 11:11 AM

    MONTREAL (AFP) - Canada has reported four new swine flu deaths, bringing to 31 the country's toll from the A(H1N1) virus.

  • World Health Organization assistant director general Keiji Fukuda attends a plenary session of the WHO Summit 'Influenza Lessons Learned and Preparedness', in Cancun, Mexico. Universal access to a swine flu vaccine remains a 'critical question,' the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday. Photo:Luis Acosta/AFP
    Access to swine flu vaccine a 'critical question': WHO AFP - Fri Jul 3, 7:43 PM

    CANCUN (AFP) - Universal access to a swine flu vaccine remains a "critical question," the World Health Organization (WHO) said Friday.

  • Taiwan researchers sort through eggs used for the cultivation of swine flu vaccine in Taichung. The World Health Organisation says it still expects the swine flu pandemic to subside in the northern hemisphere over the summer, despite its persistence in the likes of the United States and Britain. Photo:Patrick Lin/AFP
    WHO sees swine flu tailing off in summer AFP - Fri Jul 3, 1:55 PM

    GENEVA (AFP) - The World Health Organisation still expects the swine flu pandemic to subside in the northern hemisphere over the summer, despite its persistence in the likes of the United States and Britain.

  • A scientist prepares a DNA test for the A(H1N1) virus. The World Health Organisation says it still expects the swine flu pandemic to subside in the northern hemisphere over the summer, despite its persistence in the likes of the United States and Britain. Photo:Leon Neal/AFP
    Croatia announces first swine flu case AFP - Fri Jul 3, 1:36 PM

    ZAGREB (AFP) - The Croatian government on Friday announced the country's first swine flu case in a woman who had recently returned from Australia.

  • China's Health Minister Chen Zhu delivers his speech before the WHO World health assembly's in Geneva in May 2009. Zhu, Friday, apologized to his Mexican counterpart for failing to warn him about the tough measures Beijing imposed on Mexicans to combat swine flu. Photo:Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
    China apologizes to Mexico for tough swine flu stand AFP - Fri Jul 3, 1:28 PM

    CANCUN, Mexico (AFP) - China's Health Minister Chen Zhu Friday apologized to his Mexican counterpart for failing to warn him about the tough measures Beijing imposed on Mexicans to combat swine flu.


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