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Flames given preferential treatment

ESPN.com news services

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

EDMONTON, Alberta -- A senior staff member for Alberta Health Services has been fired for giving the Calgary Flames swine flu shots while thousands of people waited in line for the vaccine last week. The board, which reports directly to the Alberta government, won't name who was dismissed Wednesday and said more people might be punished for their roles. "I am deeply offended that this circumstance has occurred," Ken Hughes, chairman of Alberta Health Services, said in a news release. "The deci ...

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