Alberta Health Services (AHS), the authority that administers Alberta’s public health care system, suddenly found itself without a Chief Financial Officer on Wednesday. According to reports emerging late Wednesday, The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had planned to release an exposé of the spending practices of AHS’s then CFO, Allaudin Merali. Before they could break the...
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Some of us remember the 1967 American film starring Sidney Poitier, Guess Who’s Coming for Dinner. Well, other than just for the purpose of an interesting title for this column and to get you into a dining-out mindframe, nothing in this movie really relates directly to the interesting dining out practices that CBC recently...
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Last month, a Good Samaritan was struck by a vehicle and died on the Anthony Henday, after stopping to help a stranded motorist change a flat tire.Edmonton police are urging witnesses of that June 13, 2012 hit-and-run fatality to come forward. “Any additional information motorists might have that were travelling along the Henday near...
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Drinking coffee with caffeine daily may have a benefit in controlling movement, according to new research. “Studies have shown that people who use caffeine are less likely to develop Parkinson’s disease, but is one of the first studies in humans to show that caffeine can help with movement symptoms for people who already...
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I just returned from a couple of days of fishing out on BC’s North coast. It was so great to smell the salty air and to bask in the presence of the Coastal mountains. My two brothers and I decided it was time to take our dad and sons out on a very long...
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Air Canada stated that a passenger found a sewing needle in a sandwich Monday on a flight from Victoria, BC to Toronto. Spokesman Peter Fitzpatrick stated they are working with unidentified caterers “to ensure heightened security measures have been put in place.” He also stated authorities are undertaking an investigation. Last month, the FBI...
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The Government of Alberta has announced this week that the province’s legislators will return to the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd. The fall sitting of the 28th Legislature will commence at 1:30pm that afternoon, in Edmonton. The session can be viewed in person or online. More details are on the Assembly’s website, www.assembly.ab.ca. ~RS
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There are those who truly listen to music, and then there’s me. I listen because radios exist, but I never intentionally listen. I’ve never deciphered why they call folk music that. What folk is it for? Isn’t all music folk music? Isn’t country music written and played for country folk? Isn’t rock music put...
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July 30, 1987 was shaping out to be a dilly of a storm. Around midnight the storm lit the sky for miles around. I was a bit worried because my wife Edna finished her shift at the Lamont Hospital about the same time when the storm started acting up. I was in the kitchen...
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Sherritt International Corporation, which has substantial operations in Fort Saskatchewan, reported weaker revenue and profits last week. Net earnings were down just over $19 million in their most recent quarter, compared to the second quarter of 2011. Revenue company-wide was also slightly lower, with total revenue of $487.9 million in the company’s most recent...
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