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Delay of trials for MS treatment frustrating for city couple |
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Written by Caroline Zentner with CP files
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Wednesday, September 01 2010, 9:08 PM |
Canada’s decision not to support clinical trials for the surgical unblocking of neck veins as a treatment for multiple sclerosis is frustrating but not surprising to Paul Zook.
“They’ve been doing nothing for two years and they still are,” said the Lethbridge resident in a telephone interview.
Zook’s wife, Kim, was diagnosed with MS in 1989 and her condition has slowly but surely worsened since then. Paul said Kim could soon be confined to bed as the disease progresses. But the hope of even small improvements has them heading to Mexico for the surgery on Sept. 13.
The treatment is based on claims by an Italian doctor, Paolo Zamboni, that blocked neck veins are linked with MS.
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Building toward the future |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier
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Tuesday, August 31 2010, 10:02 PM |
Lethbridge took another big step Tuesday toward establishing itself as a city to be reckoned with in the global, knowledge-based industry sector.
Government and private-sector funding partners met at a site in the Sherring Industrial Park to celebrate the start of construction of a new technology commercialization centre.
When it opens next spring, the centre is expected to attract start-up technology enterprises with the potential to compete globally from Lethbridge. In addition, it’s expected to provide more high-tech career opportunities for local university and college grads — jobs they currently have to go elsewhere to find.
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Put a lid on it |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier
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Monday, August 30 2010, 10:36 PM |
A proposed new bicycle bylaw got a rough ride from Lethbridge residents who jammed a public hearing Monday in city council chambers.
More than 70 people filled the gallery, and 17 of them stepped up to voice various concerns with the bylaw, which, if approved, would make helmets mandatory for all cyclists, regardless of age, and introduce new limits on where other personal conveyance devices such as skateboards and in-line skates could lawfully be used.
Although a few speakers acknowledged the safety value of wearing helmets, no one came forward in favour of making them compulsory for adult cyclists.
“Requiring helmets for all cyclists is misguided,” Kim Siever told council members.
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Helmet bylaw on table |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier
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Sunday, August 29 2010, 9:33 PM |
Lethbridge residents get their chance today to tell city council what they think of a proposed new bylaw which would make helmets mandatory for cyclists of any age.
Although provincial law requires only riders younger than 18 to wear the protective headgear, Lethbridge is looking at following the lead of some other Western Canadian cities and making them compulsory for anyone riding a bicycle in the city, regardless of age. In addition, the proposed new bicycle bylaw would allow cyclists to use sidewalks and would regulate other forms of self-propelled transportation such as skateboards and roller blades.
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Corn comes through |
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Written by Delon Shurtz
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Saturday, August 28 2010, 7:39 PM |
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Tierza Fehr is proud to say she has been attending Taber’s annual CornFest all her life. Of course, she’s only 10 years old, but she’s been going to the popular festival for as long as she can remember, and no doubt she’ll still be going 10 years from now.
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