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Fredericton - New Brunswick nurses could walk off the job within two weeks, after overwhelmingly voting to strike. The province's 5,000 nurses voted 98 per cent in favour of strike action, the New Brunswick Nurses Union said. Union leader Debbie McGraw said the strong vote provides a wake-up call for the provincial government. "The need for this province to be competitive is urgent if we are to keep the nurses we have and attract the ones we need," McGraw said. The strike is set to begin Sept. 13. More than 60 per cent of nurses must stay on the job because they're essential employees. Edmonton - Nicholas Lysyk, the former Edmonton bank manger who admitted defrauding the Bank of Montreal out of $16 million, is back in jail after being charged with breaking the conditions of his bail. Lysyk, 53, has admitted to spending the bank's money on lavish homes, cars and jewelry for his wife and more than 12 other women with links to escort agencies. Grassy Narrows, Ont. - Two Northwestern Ontario reserves are expected to demand a federal inquiry Thursday, saying that residents show symptoms of mercury poisoning more than 30 years after a paper plant dumped tonnes of the toxic chemical into their watershed. Chiefs of the White Dog and Grassy Narrows First Nations are expected to demand that Prime Minister Paul Martin launch the inquiry.
