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Flu shots fall short |
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Written by Sherri Gallant Lethbridge Herald
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Monday, 21 December 2009 |
An H1N1 vaccination clinic in Lethbridge today (Tuesday) from 2 to 4 p.m. is likely the last one of 2009, but the province has fallen far short of its goal to immunize 70 per cent of Albertans against the pandemic strain of influenza.
A third wave of illness is expected to circulate in the New Year, but public health officials have said it could be either dramatically lessened or even eliminated if enough people were immunized.
“We want to keep reminding people to not lower their guard — to continue to do all the things they can to protect themselves. Practice respiratory etiquette (sneeze and cough into your sleeve) and wash your hands, because influenza season isn’t over,” said Dr. Paul Schnee, Medical Officer of Health in the south zone at Medicine Hat.
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Knives and guns in weekend incidents |
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Written by Lethbridge Herald
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Sunday, 20 December 2009 |
Two separate weekend incidents in the city left two men with knife wounds and two others shot.
Saturday at 2 a.m., police were called to a disturbance outside an apartment building where they found an intoxicated 17-year-old. The youth, who didn’t live in the building, had been denied entrance by a tenant and produced a knife.
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Feds take flak over Copenhagen deal |
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Written by Canadian Press
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Saturday, 19 December 2009 |
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The federal government wasted no time Saturday trying to take some of the sting out of criticism that it failed to play a meaningful role in global climate change talks in Denmark that produced a shaky agreement.
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No lesson learned for snowmobilers |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier
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Friday, 18 December 2009 |
As the B.C. town of Sparwood prepares to remember eight snowmobiling buddies who perished a year ago in series of avalanches, some doubt whether the tragedy has been a lesson for other thrill-seeking sledders.
“I think as Dec. 28 approaches, the community knows this is the end of the one year and that both the families and the community need to move on,” said David Wilks, mayor of Sparwood where a candlelight vigil is planned on that date to mark the anniversary of the deaths of the men who were buried by a series of avalanches while snowmobiling.
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U of L announces new president |
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Written by Caroline Zentner Lethbridge Herald
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Thursday, 17 December 2009 |
After a search that took more than eight months, the University of Lethbridge announced Michael Mahon as its sixth president Thursday.
A 20-member search committee and an executive search firm hunted for a person who would embrace U of L ideals and engage with regional, national and international communities.
“I’m pleased to tell you that search has gone very well,” Bob Turner, board of governors chairman, told an atrium full of people.
“I don’t think my heart has beat this fast since our third child was born 20 years ago,” Mahon (pronounced ‘man’) said.
Mike and his wife Maureen currently reside in Edmonton where he is dean of the faculty of physical education and recreation at the University of Alberta. Maureen is an educator and university lecturer and researcher specializing in early childhood development issues.
“I’m just tremendously excited. This is a wonderful university in a beautiful part of Canada so to have the opportunity to come here and be the sixth president of the University of Lethbridge is really a dream come true,” Mahon said.
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