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3/11/2010
1:55pm
It's a sad end to the story of the five-month-old boy we've come to know as "Baby Isaiah."
Alberta Health Services called a news conference Thursday afternoon, at which time it was announced Rebecka and Isaac May of Rocky Mountain House made the difficult decision to drop their court battle against AHS and Stollery Children's Hospital to keep their son on life support. He died in his parents' arms.
The child suffered severe oxygen deprivation at birth, after his umbilical cord got wrapped around his neck. Doctors at the Stollery children's hospital wanted to take him off life support in January, but Rebecka and Isaac May fought for more time to get a second opinion.
The case was due to return to court Thursday morning but was cancelled.
The Mays were not present for the Thursday afternoon news conference, instead having a lawyer speak on their behalf. (bp)
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Alberta Health Services offers condolences to May family
EDMONTON - Understandably this is an extremely emotional time and it is important to be respectful of the May family's need for privacy given the difficult decision they have made. All Alberta Health Services' physicians and staff who have been involved in caring ...
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3/11/2010
1:35pm
The federal government wants input on random breathalyzers to help cut down on impaired driving.
The federal justice committee cites statistics from other countries, saying the practice reduces the number of impaired-driving related incidents. But, in doing so, the government may be infringing on your rights.
"We want to make sure the government and police have a reasonable grounds for asking for that information," says Linda McKay-Panos with the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre at the University of Calgary. "Anything that's an arbitrary sort of search and seizure, we're looking at an infringement of our personal space."
Ottawa says the policy has shown "remarkable results" in Australia, New Zealand, and 22 European countries.(sg/bp)
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3/11/2010
1pm
The province is re-introducing a contentious piece of legislation, aimed at changing some of the municipal election rules.
Municipal Affairs Minister Hector Goodreau says the changes focus on issues of major concern to anyone thinking about launching a campaign to run in Alberta's civic elections this fall.
"This bill will look at a couple things -- one, is residency requirements for the next municipal election this fall," says Goudreau. "That was a recommendation that came from a court decision about a year ago, so we'll be providing clarity in that areas, as well as responding to quite a number of concerns on Bill 203 as a follow-up."
Goodreau says it's impossible to respond to everyone's concerns, but he feels the re-named Bill 9 will take care of most of the objections to the former Bill 203.(dl/bp)
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3/11/2010
12:33pm
This winter so far has been Canada's warmest in 63 years.
Bill McMurtey is a Meteorologist with Environment Canada.
He says here in Edmonton, our temperatures were average.
However, there's one area where we were well below normal.
"Both this year and last year we have seen below normal precipitation so far," McMurtry says. "For the city of Edmonton, looking at precipitation amounts for December, January and February, we've only received about half the normal precipitation that we would get for those three months."
McMurtey adds low precipitation in the winter usually leads to a dry summer. (aa)
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3/11/2010
12:20pm
Parliamentary budget watchdog Kevin Page says the federal government's most recent plan to balance the budget is still about $10 billion short.
Page says he agrees with Ottawa's budget projections as far as the next two years go, but further out he believes they are overly optimistic.
He says, in the last two years of the projection period -- 2013-14 and 2014-15 -- the deficit will be about $10 billion more than Ottawa expects. That's because Ottawa is counting too heavily on increases in corporate tax revenues and underestimating expenditures, especially the cost of paying for the growing national debt.
Page notes that under his calculations, the deficit will only be $12.3 billion in five years' time. He notes that is a small amount given the size of the economy.
(The Canadian Press/bp)
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3/11/2010
11:40am
The case of "Baby Isaiah" won't be going ahead Thursday.
Court of Queen's Bench says the case involving the child on life support at Stollery Children's Hospital was taken off the Thursday morning docket. No reason has been given, nor has there been a new date scheduled for the case to proceed.
Calls to Isaiah May's parents, and to the lawyer of Rebecka and Isaac May haven't been returned. Alberta Health Services, meantime, released a short statement Monday morning indicating more details will be released later in the day. A news conference has been scheduled for 1:30 p.m. The Mays will not be present, instead they will be represented by their lawyer.
"Baby Isaiah" is the five-month-old who suffered severe oxygen deprivation, after his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck at birth. Doctors at the Stollery children's hospital wanted to remove him from child support in January. The Mays fought the move, successful getting more time so they could have another doctor give a second opinion on their child's future.(bp)
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3/11/2010
12pm
NAIT plans to launch a new diploma program this September.
The two-year Nanotechnology Systems diploma is the first of its kind in Canada.
NAIT says it will provide graduates with the skills to operate systems and equipment in Canada's emerging nanotech industry.
Alberta is already a major player.
It boasts a growing nanotech enterprise sector of more than 40 companies, many of them located in the Edmonton area.
NAIT Chair of Electronics Engineering Technology, Mark Archibald says the goal of the new diploma is to prepare technicians and technologists for roles in nanotechnology manufacturing and research departments, supporting engineers and scientists.
The Alberta government unveiled a strategy in 2007 aimed at capturing a $20-billion share of the worldwide nanotechnology market by the year 2020.
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3/11/2010
11am
Patrick Clayton's hunger strike is over.
He's the man charged after a day-long hostage-taking incident at the WCB building in downtown Edmonton last fall.
Clayton says he went 28 days without food -- claiming the last seven were also without water -- because of what he says is a need to make changes to laws to protect injured workers. Clayton says he ended his hunger strike last weekend, after a promise that was made by the director of Edmonton Remand Centre.
"That I'd see a specialist about my injuries," Clayton told iNews880 in a phone interview Thursday morning, about the promise that was made. "I'm hoping that the surgeon-general will step in and override the WCB findings about my injuries."
Clayton is scheduled to return to court for a preliminary hearing, starting April 9th. He is charged with hostage-taking and fire-arms offences. At last word, he was planning to represent himself, after firing his lawyer earlier this year.(bp)
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3/11/2010
10:43 am
Conan O'Brien is coming to Edmonton.
His show, titled, "The Legally Prohibited from being Funny on Television Tour" is presented at the River Cree Resort and Casino, April 17th.
The former host of ``The Tonight Show'' announced a 30-city theatre tour today.
Sidekick Andy Richter and the former ``Tonight Show'' band will join O'Brien for what he promises to be ``a night of music, comedy, hugging and the occasional awkward silence.''
O'Brien says it was either that, or he'd have to start helping out around the house.
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River Cree Resort and Casino
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3/11/2010
10:15am
Stephen Harper hopes you will listen to what he has to say on YouTube.
It's the first time a Canadian Prime Minister has ever turned to a livestream on YouTube to get his message out.
In what was billed as a democratic online discussion, Harper highlighted Canada’s accomplishments since the last session, including the Olympic Winter Games, the quick response to the disaster in Haiti and the ongoing success of the Government’s Economic Action Plan. The PM also emphasized his Government’s top priority in the new session: "jobs and economic growth".
“There is a widespread understanding among Canadians of the need to return to balanced budgets when the recession is over, to ensure funds are freed for the private sector to create sustainable long-term jobs and growth,” said the Prime Minister. “This country is going to emerge from this recession in the strongest position of any first-tier country.”
The Prime Minister's Office, which was recently approached by Google to do the video chat, says it's a new way to hear from Canadians and further ramp up the leader's presence online. Harper has used YouTube since 2006, but mainly for commercials and videos of public appearances.
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