Thanks to advancements in medicine, monitoring and treatment of diabetes, the rules for medical reporting have been relaxed for drivers with diabetes. Drivers with well-managed diabetes no longer have to provide annual driver medical reports, pending the approval of their physician. The new rules reflect changes recommended at the national level by the Canadian...
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SCARS PET – AL POOCHINO OK I might not be as brilliant an actor as the real Al Pacino, but I make up for it with my gorgeous looks. I’m a beautiful brindle Mastiff who strayed into a farm yard. The kind people there kept me for a couple of nights trying to look...
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Former Utah governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. ended his Republican Party presidential campaign Monday, and announced his support for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Huntsman cited Romney as the best candidate to defeat President Barack Obama in the general election, and noted that the primary has become too negative. This comes a week after Huntsman’s...
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The Fort Saskatchewan High School Cosmetology Lab will be accepting clients for services such as colouring, highlighting, haircuts, shampoo, hair styling, updos, and manicures starting in February. Appointments will be taken on Thursdays and Fridays beginning at 8:30 a.m. Interested individuals are invited to call the school at (780) 998-3751 and ask for the...
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The Government of Alberta is working with municipalities and industry to provide access to high-speed Internet in unserviced areas of rural Alberta. “All Albertans should have access to high-speed Internet. For our rural communities it’s essential to future economic competitiveness and vitality,” said Premier Alison Redford. “SuperNet was a good start delivering access to...
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Thousands of Albertans shared their ideas in recent consultations about education.  Ideas raised in those sessions , as well as conversations with parent councils and education stakeholders, will form the basis for future legislation and prompted the development of a 10-point plan for Alberta’s education system. Seven full-day community meetings between November 26 and...
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The City of Edmonton and the Katz Group have selected ICON Venue Group (ICON) as project manager for Edmonton’s proposed downtown arena. In the last 10 years, ICON has been project manager for nine new arenas, including Pittsburgh, New Jersey, Phoenix, and Denver. ICON will be responsible for overseeing work to get the project...
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The ability to trust, love, and resolve conflict with loved ones starts in childhood—way earlier than you may think. That is one message of a new review of the literature in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science. “Your interpersonal experiences with your mother during the first...
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Edmonton-based Clark Builders was ordered to pay $285,000 in Alberta Provincial Court after pleading guilty to one count under the Fisheries Act, according to a recent Enviroment Canada news release. This relates to the release of approximately 12 million litres of chlorinated water into the North Saskatchewan River following the striking of a water...
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