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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 25 Apr 2001, p. 10

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5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION + 6 SPEAKER DOLBY AM/FM STEREO â€" DUAL ZONE ELECTRONIC CLIMATE CONTROL + HEATED FRONT SEATS + FOURâ€"WHEEL DISC BRAKES + WHIPLASH PROTECTION SEATING SYSTEM + SIDE IMPACT PROTECTION SYSTEM + A HIGHâ€"STRENGTH STEEL SAFETY CAGE + ANTIâ€"LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM. SEE YOUR VOLVO RETAILER TODAY FOR THIS LIMITED TIME OFFER. VOLNVO Authorized Volvo Retailer 533 King St. N., Waterioo (s19) 885â€"5091 BEST NEW SPORTS COUPE OR SERAN Hey good samaritan, let me buy you lunch n Monday April 9, 1 Obiked to the Central Meat Market. After paying for my groceries, 1 left my wallet in a shopping cart. Easter cartoon was antiâ€"Semitic Continued from page 9 Lynn Johnston‘s strip did not . promote intolerance or Canada entering the 218t hatred or reâ€"enforce dated century! _ . _ stereotypes. Jonny: Hart‘s There is a place in BC comicdoes. There is a place in humour for challenging social commentary. Years ago Lynn Johnston‘s comic "For Better or For Worse" created a storm of controâ€" versy for daring to present a series on a young boy comâ€" ing to terms with being gay. There is a profound differâ€" ence between this series and the B.C. Easter cartoon. When I returned home I received a phone call from the store telling me that somebody just returned my wallet. I would like to say thank you to that person. If you call me 1 would like to take you out to lunch. Again, 1 appreciate your honesty. Ludmila A. Krist, Waterloo 1 sincerely hope the resulting outcry will lead to the Record reâ€"examining its policy on any material, including comics, promotâ€" ing such narrowâ€"minded bigotry and in this case, blaâ€" tant antiâ€"Semitism, appearâ€" ing in the paper. Local healthâ€"care workers fear possible funding cuts Last _ week‘s _ throne speech also delayed the approval of an interim Magnetic Resonance Imaging site at Grand River Hospital while it undergoes an expansion of its emerâ€" gency services department. If approval for an interim site isn‘t given by the Ministry of Health in the next little while, it could be another full year before local patients have access to this important diagnostic tool. Continued from page 7 Barb Wahl, president of the Ontario Nurses‘ Association and a Waterloo resident, said the provincial government must properiy fund employers so they can improve working conditions for nurses and other healthâ€" care professionals. Addressing the chronic nursing shortage was also not done in last Thursday‘s throne speech. "We know there is a direct correlation between the nursing shortage and the wages and conditions under which nurses work," said Wahl after the throne speech. "Yet today the governâ€" ment _ has â€" told _ cashâ€" strapped hospitals, longâ€" term care and community employers _ they _ must tighten their belts even furâ€" ther, while nurses should not expect wage increases that would properly reflect their professional skills and value to Ontario communiâ€" ties." Lyn McGinnis, Waterloo

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