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3/9/2010
New safety measures have been unveiled at the Alberta Children's Hospital as a way to improve patient safety in the wake of several medication errors over the past year.
None of the incidents were fatal, but an independent review was launched by Alberta Health Services.
New initiatives include the development of standardized procedures for tracing and labeling all infusion lines, having clinical nurse educators spend more time with new staff to ensure proper routines are imposed, and implementing safety teams on each patient care unit.
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3/9/2010
Changes to energy royalties in Alberta are to be announced Thursday with the release of a report on the industry's competitiveness.
Energy Minister Ron Liepert is to make the announcement in Calgary, where most of the province's energy firms are based.
Investment has plummeted in Alberta in the last couple of years since the province restructured royalties to boost government revenues.
Wildrose Alliance Leader Danielle Smith says the royalty changes have been a costly disaster, and have dried up energy investment and jobs in Alberta.
Her party has put forward a strategy calling for lower royalties, especially for natural gas, and faster environmental approvals for drilling projects.
Smith says that approach could lure back energy investment and increase total royalties that plunged dramatically last year.
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3/9/2010
An Alberta government backbencher is floating the idea of bringing an international beauty pageant to the province as a tourism booster.
Edmonton MLA Carl Benito first suggested the idea at a meeting last month, pointing out the concept is popular in Asian countries.
Tourism Minister Cindy Ady didn't dismiss the idea, but said more work would need to be done to figure out whether such an event would actually draw tourism to the province.
Dorothy McKenna, executive director of the Lethbridge-based group Womanspace, says she is horrified by the idea.
She says the province would be better to spend tax dollars supporting women in need rather than propping up outdated contests focused on how they look.
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3/9/2010
Calgary police are turning up the heat on car thieves with the Bait Car Program.
It is being expanded to include transit park and ride lots.
Sign are now posted stating "attention thieves: bait cars are everywhere."
Police say when a suspect steals a bait car, they are notified and when they are in a position to catch the thief, the engine is disabled electronically.
The top ten vehicles being stolen in calgary are:
1) Ford Trucks
2) Honda Civic
3) Dodge/Plymouth Neons
4) Dodge/Plymouth Vans
5) Dodge Trucks
6) Chevrolet Trucks
7) GMC Trucks
8) Honda Accord
9) Jeep Cherokees
10) Acura Integra
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3/9/2010
Former Alberta Conservative MP Rahim Jaffer pleaded guilty today in Orangeville, Ont., to careless driving. Charges of cocaine possession and drunk driving were withdrawn.
Jaffer, who is married to junior federal cabinet minister Helena Guergis, was fined $500.
Jaffer was arrested last Sept. 10 after police stopped him for speeding in Palgrave, Ont., north of Toronto.
The judge said he hoped the former politician recognized the break he was getting.
Jaffer was first elected as an Alberta Conservative MP in 1997 but lost in his riding in 2008.
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3/9/2010
Statistics Canada projects by the year 2031, 38 per cent of Calgary's population will be a visible minority.
That compares to 22 per cent based on figures from the year 2006.
The report also projects white people will become the visible minority by 2031 in Toronto and Vancouver.
Calgary's foreign-born population is forecast to rise just slightly from 12 per cent in 2006 to 13 per cent by 2031.
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3/9/2010
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is expanding a recall of products that may be contaminated with salmonella. Earlier this week, the recall focussed on mostly pretzel products that contain hydrolysed vegetable protein, or HVP, made by 'Basic Foods Flavours' based in Las Vegas.
Now, some dry soup mixes and potato chips distributed across Canada have been added to the list because they also contain HVP.
There have been no reported illnesses in Canada in relation to the recall.
HVP is found in thousands of processed foods.
Recalled items include:
H.K. Anderson, Pretzel Bites, 9 oz. Honey Mustard. UPC code 070271 00130 3.
President's Choice, Honey Mustard flavour, 300 g, Pretzel Nuggets. UPC code 0 60383 99222 4
Family's Best Smokey Bacon Potato Chips 140 g7 UPC code 75284 14018 5
No Name Onion Recipe and Soup Mix (4 pouches, 40 g each) 160 g UPC code 0 60383 65353 8
No Name Cream of Leek Soup Mix 77 g UPC code 0 60383 75573 7 318K3A
Compliments Onion Soup Mix - Value (4 pouches x 40 g) 160 g UPC code 0 67257 11540 6
Quaker Crispy Minis Rice Cakes -Savoury Tomato & Basil 173 g UPC code 0 55577 ...
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3/9/2010
The Calgary Airport Authority is moving forward on building a new runway -- and there won't be a tunnel involved in the project.
With the rejection by the federal and provincial government to the project, the City pulled the plug on the idea... for now.
Plan B is to reserve the land necessary for the tunnel, so that in the future it could be built under the new runway if money (estimated to be in the billions) becomes available.
Roadway improvements will also be made on sections of Country Hills Boulevard as well as 36th Street near McKnight.
The improvements on those two roadways would cost $10.5 Million.
Alderman Jim Stevenson is disappointed.
"I believe in my heart it's going to be a problem in the next 10 to 15 years and it's going to be a real hardship on the businesses in the area."
Airport Trail Access Committee Spokesman Grant Galpin is also unimpressed with the City's contingency plans, saying they will be completely insufficient within just a few short years.
He's also unconvinced the airport will be open to building the tunnel once the runway is up and running.
Barlow Trail between 48th Avenue N.E. and Airport Road ...
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