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Another dissenter falls |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Wednesday, August 18 2010, 7:41 PM |
Pat Stogran isn’t going quietly.
The man who took on the role of veterans’ ombudsman in late 2007 won’t be retained for a second term by the federal government, so he’s going out with guns blazing.
Frustrated by what he calls “a bureaucracy that was deliberately obstructive and deceptive,” the advocate for Canadian veterans has vowed to spend his final three months in office letting Canadians know how poorly many vets are being treated.
That’s the mark of a fighter, which you’d think would be a welcome characteristic for someone hired to fight on behalf of veterans in obtaining the services and benefits they deserve. But it seems that’s not what the federal Conservatives had in mind when the retired colonel was given the post almost three years ago.
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We’ve come far on tobacco front |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Tuesday, August 17 2010, 9:26 PM |
It’s amazing what can happen when people put their mind to changing society.
For evidence, we need look no further than the changes wrought in the country and the province with respect to tobacco use.
According to figures from Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, in 1965, roughly 61 per cent of Canadian males age 15 and older and 38 per cent of Canadian females in the same age group were smokers. By 2008, those numbers had dropped dramatically, to 20 per cent for males and 16 per cent for females.
Such a change is, in a word, astounding.
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No end to health challenges |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Monday, August 16 2010, 8:49 PM |
Canadians have managed to get the lead out. But now there’s a new chemical contaminant in our bodies to worry about.
The Canadian Health Measures Survey, released Monday by Statistics Canada, says according to blood and urine samples analyzed between 2007 and 2009, 91 per cent of Canadians aged six to 79 had low levels of bisphenol A in their urine.
The researchers were looking for signs of more than 80 environmental contaminants and chemical substances and also found 88 per cent of those tested had detectable levels of mercury in their systems.
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Time to end the long-form census discussion |
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Written by David Giesbrecht
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Saturday, August 14 2010, 8:32 PM |
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I am really tired of this flap over the long-form census.
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Time to legislate common sense? |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Thursday, August 12 2010, 8:53 PM |
“You can’t legislate intelligence and common sense into people,” humourist Will Rogers once noted.
Perhaps not, but sometimes, legislation can help nudge people in the right direction where safety is concerned.
Take, for example, the case of seatbelts in automobiles. There were plenty of complaints when seatbelt use became mandatory in Alberta in 1987 (Ontario led the way in Canada, making them mandatory in 1976), but more people started buckling up, and compliance has continued to increase, reaching 92.9 per cent in 2009.
The positive effect of mandatory seatbelt laws is borne out in the numbers. From 1980 to 1996, vehicle-occupant deaths in Canada fell by about 68 per cent.
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