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Testifying could be ‘suicide’ |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier
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Thursday, June 10 2010, 9:52 PM |
Former Mountie Mike Ferguson was excused Thursday from testifying at a fatality inquiry into his jail-cell shooting of Darren Varley in Pincher Creek in 1999 after the hearing was told he’s suicidal and might take his own life if he was forced to attend.
After being adjourned in April, the inquiry resumed in Fort Macleod with Dr. John Carmichael, a clinical psychologist who has been treating Ferguson since 2001 for post traumatic stress disorder and depression, testifying that Ferguson’s emotional state has deteriorated through three murder trials to the point where he would likely prefer to die rather than revisit the shooting incident again.
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New radiation treatment facility ready to open with full staff in place |
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Written by Dave Mabell
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Wednesday, June 09 2010, 10:57 PM |
Staff shortages in Calgary’s cancer clinic won’t affect services here.
Southern Alberta’s first radiation treatment facility will open later this month, officials say, and medical personnel are ready to care for its patients.
“Our staffing is in place,” says Brenda Hubley, site manager for the city’s newly expanded cancer clinic. “We have an implementation plan, and we’re on target with that.”
The clinic’s chemotherapy service, offered for decades in Lethbridge, moved into a larger area at the regional hospital earlier this spring. The new radiation facility has just been completed and commissioned, one floor below.
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Claresholm nurse receives life saving award |
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Written by Sherri Gallant
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Tuesday, June 08 2010, 10:08 PM |
Valerie Hall’s first-aid training and nursing skills kicked in as though on autopilot when she came upon an accident victim with catastrophic injuries two years ago in August.
A motorcyclist who’d just passed the Hall family’s car — they were on vacation in B.C. — had collided with an oncoming truck up ahead. Hall spotted the rider, lying in a ditch about 100 yards away. Once they’d pulled over, she ran to his side and her actions, combined with those of an off-duty physician who also just happened to be driving by, earned her a St. John Ambulance Life Saving Award.
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Youth program pitched |
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Written by Gerald Gauthier
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Monday, June 07 2010, 10:45 PM |
A city alderman is hoping efforts to launch a unique youth empowerment program in Lethbridge don’t get derailed by questions surrounding the past ethical conduct of the man promoting it.
Ald. Tom Wickersham said he’s convinced of the transformative value the Blue Ribbon program would have for local children and teens and isn’t put off by the fact the man spearheading the effort to bring the U.S.-based program here is Robert Smylski, a former local investment dealer who’s accused of misconduct by the Alberta Securities Commission (ASC).
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A home to call their own |
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Written by Sherri Gallant
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Sunday, June 06 2010, 10:08 PM |
Folks like Laura McKeag and her three youngsters are what first drew Bill Fox to become involved with Habitat for Humanity about six years ago, and it’s people like them who make it easy for him to stay.
“I came out to help and to learn, and I just never left,” said Fox, who started out as a volunteer six years ago, and is now operations manager — a paid part-time position.
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