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Rocks for liquor

~SOMEONE HURLED a rock through the front window
‘of the beer and wine store at the Coast Inn of the West
‘} around 4:30 a.m. on April 12.

The suspect entered and stole three bottles of liquor

, “worth about $58.65.

Damage to the window is estimated at 1 $2,000.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crimestop-

| : pers at 635-8477 or Terrace RCMP at 638-7400.

UNBC nurses to stay

: _ in north .
-THE NORTHERN Health Authority has hired 48 of

‘of Northern British Columbia’s Bachelor of Science i in
-Nursing program.

b}. They'll be headed to Fort St. Jobin Prince Rupert,
‘Terrace, Smithers, Burns Lake, Fort St. James, Vander-
‘hoof, and: Prince George. °

} UNBC’s nursing graduates have again chosen to stay in
} E the north,” said Northern Health CEO Malcolm Mux-
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4 ’ “Our goal now is to make sure that Northern Health
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, provides these new nurses with a rewarding work life so
they choose fo stay with us over the long term.”
This year’s recruiting results follows 2004’s recruit-

! ment of 33 of 38 UNBC nursing graduates to positions -

across northern B. (on

cation for. future health professionals as they complete
their studies. —

Diabetes pitch made
to provincial gov't

: supplies to its Pharmacare coverage package to benefit

-. |} lower income people.

1» The-association says people who rely on Pharmacare
£ don’t have access to a full range of medications and sup-
plies unless ‘they can pay for them.

It also notes diabetes medication and other bills can
‘reach $5,000 a year.

.faced with fewer choices in ‘making decisions as to the
appropriate kind of treatment.

diabetes, a figure. the association says will grow dra-
atically., :

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‘the 58 nurses graduating this year from the University.

; _ “Northern Health is pleased that ihe vast majority of

~ The health authority works closely with educational tT
‘institutions across the region to provide hands-on edv-

THE CANADIAN Diabetes Association is urging the»
¢ provincial government to add new medications and”

The association says doctors and their patients are ,

More than 210, 000 British Columbians now have ‘|

Tuition
fees
rise
again

Northern British Columbia
has raised tuition. rates by

‘ two per cent, increasing the .
cost for a full time studentin |

a typical bachelor’s program
_by $80 to $4,110 a year.

It's a modest bump. com- = *

pared to recent years which
have seen annual increases
that have nearly doubled tu-
ition from the $2,257 figure
of the late 1990s.

The provincial. Liberal
government ended a tuition
fee freeze brought in by the

“previous NDP. government
‘in the 1990s.

The provincial -govern-.
_ ment now wants to limit tu-
ition increases to the.level of

inflation. '

_Overail, tuition fees make
up 26.7 per cent of UNBC’s
$52.4 million budget for this .,

year.
That percentage has in-

creased over the last years in

line with tuition hikes..
But some of the’ bud-

get increase’ comes from an

increase in the provincial
goverment grant from $34.6

‘million this. year to $36.5

million this year.

“There’s an extra million
. with the Northern “Medical

Program now fully on-line,”

added UNBC public rela-
‘tions official Rob van Ad-

richem. |
_° He said inflationary pres-

* sures from increased heating

and lighting bills and sala-
ries and benefits account for |
other portions of the budget

. increase.

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