No. 99

A PUBLICATION OF CASCA	December Solstice 1998
UNE PUBLICATION DE LA CASCA	solstice de décembre 1998
ISSN 0715-4747

The Wayne Gretzky Edition

No, this issue is not about hockey nor Gretzky. We are using The Great One's fame to emphasize that Cassiopeia has reached the venerable age of 99 issues.

Editorial
From the President: A message from Michael De Robertis
Press Release -- A preliminary statement from the Long Range Planning Panel
HIA hiring practices -- Don Morton explains the procedures for recent scientific appointments at HIA
Correspondence Jean-René Roy seeks support for a Canadian Centre for Experimental Astrophysics
Announcements -- Job Opportunity in Calgary
Articles -- Jean-René Roy, presents a proposal for the establishment of a Canadian Centre For Experimental Astrophysics as a way of maintaining Canada's strength in instrumentation.
Reports / Rapports

The Sept 1998 meeting of the Canadian Gemini Science Steering Committee
Canadian Time Allocation Committee for CFHT / Comite d'Allocation de Temps Canadien pour le TCFH .
JCMT Canadian Time Assignment Group /Groupe d'Allocation de Temps Canadien du TJCM .
A progress report on the Gemini project: 'tis twilight time as first light draws nigh for Gemini North (Castor?)!
Canadian Gemini Office Activities / Les activités du Bureau Canadien de Gemini .
Canadian Preprints
What's happening at... / Quoi de neuf à...
Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics / l'Institut Herzberg d'Astrophysique
University of British Columbia
Recently Submitted Thesis Abstracts/Titles
Stellar Populations in the Globular Cluster M55 -- Georgi Mandushev

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