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i i i re 1 1 1 r.i 1 1 Straight Talk Dear Mr. Premier: Here's some advice James Weisgerber ishop's roots in Prairies THE STRONGEST HILLTOP StarPhoenix firm gets $15 million Hog hog production companies. The money will help Big Sky Farms Inc. of Humboldt open controversial new hog production facilities in Rama and Ogcma. The $15 million is being funnelled through the Crown Investments Corporation (CIC), the provincial holding company for Saskatchewan's Crown corporations.

Florian Possberg, the president and CEO of Big Sky, said the two new operations will eventually double the compa-B CONT'D: Please see HogsA2 By Murray Lyons of The StarPhoenix askatchewan taxpayers got into the hog business in a big way Monday with a $15 million in vestment in one of Saskatchewan's big 'A i i One of two North American black bears is learning its way around its new home Farm. The pair arrived last week from Hudson Bay, but were in quarantine until Big Sky Farms receives cash boost to help expansion Cancer centre hauls out new gun Linear accelerator, hirings spell good news for Sask. cancer patients By Jason VVarick of The StarPhoenix Cancer care in Saskatoon is on the mend following the announcement of $3 million in new machinery and the recruitment of several cancer experts. Sheila Coulter, director of radiation therapy at the Saskatoon Cancer Centre, called the developments "a much better situation than we've had (in recent years). "1 guess you could say we see a light at the end of the tunnel." A new $3-milIion linear accelerator to be cost-shared equally between Saskatchewan Health and the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency was announced Monday.

The tentative startup date of the machinery is late October. The equipment will improve the quality of life for patients going through the ordeal of radiation therapy, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency CEO Bob Allen said. Higher doses of radiation can be focused on tumours. At the same time, the improved aim of the machine will decrease the amount of radiation damage to healthy tissue. Up to 36 patients a day will benefit from the new machine.

Coulter said the new accelerator should prevent lineups from ballooning once demand increases after the annual summer slowdown. "This is a big one. We're absolutely delighted. It's a wonderful addition," Andy Caswell, provincial spokesperson for the Canadian Cancer Society said. "We have lobbied quite hard for this over the past few years." Health Minister Pat Atkinson noted the purchase is part of $5.2 million earmarked in the provincial budget for improved cancer services.

In addition to the need for more equipment, Saskatoon and most other North American cities have been desperately searching for radiation therapists to run accelerators and other machines. This past winter, B.C. and Manitoba started to send radiation patients to the United States because of the therapist shortage. Ontario, with 77 of 477 radiation therapy positions vacant, has sent more than 600 people southward for treatment. CONTD: Please see CancerA2 Women, Only four of 10 received any benefits, despite monster surplus By Eric Beauchesne Southam Newspapers OTTAWA Unemployed women are a lot less likely to get jobless benefits than unemployed men.

And out-of-work youth are less likely than either to be covered. But then, the majority of the unemployed no longer get any benefits even though the government is sitting on an estimated $26-billion EI surplus that's grow Schneeberger case attracts HBO Kipling doctor's elusiveness seen as a 'cautionary tale' Peek-a-bear )) 1 fe i f. A 1 "4 CP File Photo Dr. John Schneeberger in the next episode of Autopsy, a show that appears about once every nine months. "We kx)k at other cases as well, but we're particularly interested in the Schneeberger case because it is so unusual how someone fooled the experts with DNA.

DNA is not always what you believe it is." Schneeberger drugged and then sexually assaulted a semi-conscious female from the program include lack of insurable employment and quitting jobs without cause." The report comes in the wake of protests by some unemployed over a change Monday in regional boundaries used to calculated EI benefits, which further tightens eligibility requirements for some, and criticisms by some analysts that the system is still too generous. On Sunday, an estimated 40 people who said they were frustrated by an increase in the number of hours of work they need to qualify for benefits blockaded a highway in northeastern Quebec, where a relatively high proportion of the jobs are seasonal. As of Monday workers in that region, 'rJ Sports Canuck in all-star gameBl Moose in Big Canada Game of political chickenB6 'Pull out of treaty talks'B6 HERMAN bv Jim I'nger "I can't remember the last time you put your arm around me at the movies." TODAY'S WEATHER High 23 Low 12 Weather details Page B8 INDEX ANN LANDERS D3 BUSINESS D5-D8 CLASSIFIED C1-C8 COMICS C8 FORUM A6 INTERNATIONAL B7, B8, C8 LIFESTYLE D1-D3 LOTTERIES A2 MOVIES Dl NATIONAL PROV.CITY RANDY BURTON. SPORTS TV LISTINGS WEATHER B6 A2-A5, A7 A2 D2 B8 Monday-Thursday Publications Mall Contract No. 460885 The StarPhoenix On-line www.TheStarPhoenix.com canada.com iff By Mike O'Brien Saskatchewan News Network REGINA The American cable channel HBO is making a documentary examining the case of Kipling doctor John Schneeberger and how he fooled RCMP forensic experts by inserting a tube of another man's blood in his arm.

The show's producer called it a "cautionary tale" for law enforcement agencies and criminals alike, since the doctor's ruse was eventually found out. He was sentenced to six years in prison for two counts of sexual assault, administering a noxious substance and obstructing justice. "The law enforcement community sees this show all over the country. To make them aware of it is really important," Gaby Monet said from HBO's New York City office. "The strangest cases come from small towns, for some reason.

I don't know why, but they seem to." The case will be featured prominently Monday at the Saskatoon Zoo and Forestry now. (SP Photo by Lucas Oleniuk) patient inside the Kipling hospital on Oct. 31, 1992. He fooled three RCMP DNA tests by filling a plastic tube with another man's blood and then inserting it in his own left arm. Four years later, new information plus reports of a second victim led RCMP to demand more DNA samples, including from his hair, that led to his arrest.

Schneeberger was tried and convicted last fall. HBO is running a classified ad in Saskatchewan newspapers offering to buy still photographs and video footage of Schneeberger and his wife. Schneebergcr's first victim, a Regina woman, flew down to New York two months ago and met with Monet. HBO approached Schneebergcr's wife, Lisa Dillman, but was unable to interview her because she is already committed to working with an upcoming Canadian TV-movie about the case. The program is expected to air on HBO in November.

(REGINA LEADER-POST) about 2(X) kilometres northeast of Quebec-City, must have 455 hours of work to earn 26 weeks of benefits where before they only needed 420 hours to collect 32 weeks. The protesters complained that it was already difficult to get enough work to qualify for EI without the increase. Yet, some analysts argue that the EI system, despite the tightening up done over the past decade, remains loo generous. A new report by WEFA Canada, an economic research finn, said the El system still encourages people to stay in parts of the country where there is not enough work, such as parts of Atlantic Canada, rather than move to where there are jobs available. youth at low end of EX scale ing by $5 billion a year.

Last year, only 39 per cent of the 1.14 million unemployed received benefits, down from more than 80 percent a decade earlier, before the then deficit-ridden government tightened eligibility requirements and turned the EI system into a federal cash cow. Among the unemployed, about 54 per cent of men, 48 percent of women and 16 per cent of youths received benefits, Statistics Canada said Monday in its annual report on El coverage. "The most common reason for not being covered by the EI program was the lack of any recent employment," Statistics Canada said. "Other causes for exclusion.