The Food and Drug Administration denied a petition Monday by a reproductive rights advocacy group that sought to lift all prescription requirements foran older version of the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill on the eve of a federal court hearing on the issue.
And Sinn Fein Stormont ministers Martin McGuinness and Bairbre de Brun have written to the first and deputy first ministers calling foranemergency meeting of the executive to discuss the plan.
Mr Dion has had more success with his improvised idea foranemergency meeting of federal and provincial leaders to come up with a government planfor the economy.
The National Association of Theatre Owners trade group on Friday distributed to members an emergency-plan checklist prepared by the Department of Homeland Security, according to a spokesman for the association.