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Train passengers could face travel chaos over Easter after signal workers voted to hold the first national rail strike in 16 years. The Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union said 54% of its members backed striking, with 77% supporting industrial action short of a strike. Maintenance staff belonging to the union have already voted to go on strike in protest at 1,500 job losses at Network Rail, which the RMT calls a "reckless gamble" of safety.

I think some of the biggest sets of industrial action on the railways loom very soon in the future.   -Paul Harrison

 

A group of Utah doctors want the health care reform bill to pass in Congress. ABC 4 News takes a closer look at both sides of the debate. We interviewed Doctor Scott Lechman, former president of the Utah Medical Association and Doctor Paul Harrison of the Utah Coalition to Protect Patients.

Have people seek health care in a timely manner, come in and see the doctor when they are concerned when something wrong. There are so many people that die every year because they don’t have health insurance.   -Paul Harrison

 

JOHN McKenna's injury-time winner kept alive TNS' hopes of snatching the Welsh Premier silverware. Just two months ago the young midfielder was on the verge of finishing the season on loan at Newtown. However McKenna underlined his worth with a last gasp winner to maintain his side's championship challenge.  

Money and resources should be devoted to elevating or relocating flood-prone homes, maintaining existing storm-evacuation routes and other "non-structural" protection projects. That's the message five environmental groups banded together to present to officials at Wednesday's state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority meeting, which was held in Baton Rouge to amend the $600 million plan. "Architectural, land-use and community-planning solutions — such as elevation and evacuation planning — must

We don’t have enough money for levees and coastal restoration as is   -Paul Harrison

 

A group of Utah health care providers has teamed up to support federal reform plans, while other doctors say Obama's plan won't work. On Wednesday, a group calling themselves "Utah White Coats" gathered at the Salt Lake Jewish Community Center near the U of U to urge Utah's U.S. representatives to pass comprehensive healthcare reform. Dr. Claudia Fruin, a Bountiful pediatrician said, "There's a lot of gaps in coverage for children, families, teenagers, young adults, that to me is just unacceptable.  

Timmins' future in the Kraft Hockeyville competition is now in the hands of Canadians. Timmins may have been chosen as a wild card for the Ontario region, but only votes will ensure that the city continues in the race to become the 2010 Hockeyville winner. Committee members put out a call to everyone to vote as often as possible to ensure the city's success.

The first time I played there was incredible   -Paul Harrison

 

Weeks after a scathing report on the Armadale fire tragedy surfaced, embattled Commissioner of Corrections June Spence-Jarrett has been summoned before the Public Service Commission (PSC). Highly placed Gleaner sources suggest that the commission will announce that Spence-Jarrett is to be transferred to another section of Government after today's meeting. Spence-Jarrett's dilemma comes in the wake of thunderous public outcry at the findings of an enquiry into the May 22, 2009 fire at the Armadale Juve  

A Lively man will get to see six big-league teams in action after being selected the winner of a provincial draw involving the National Hockey League alumni and minor hockey associations across the country. Mark Popowich, along with NHL Alumni Hockey Dream Draw ticket seller Cindy Mousseau of the Walden Minor Hockey Association, will be going with one guest each on a week-long hockey vacation. The four will go on an NHL alumni-escorted road trip beginning in Toronto on Saturday and wraping up in Buffa

We try to target them before they get exposed to it (drugs and violence)   -Paul Harrison

 

WASPS will be holding a fans forum at Adams Park on March 24, from 7.30pm to 10pm. Owner Steve Hayes, director of rugby Tony Hanks and chief executive Paul Harrison will all attend.  

The government has given the clearest indication yet that the fire at the Armadale Juvenile Correction Centre was behind the planned transfer of permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Security, Major Richard Reese. Since The Sunday Gleaner broke the story of the transfer at the start of the week, there has been speculation that Reese was being punished for his inaction, which led to the tragedy, or his treatment of the report by sole commissioner Mr Justice Paul Harrison. Even as it confirmed