Woodbine mourns 32 horses as fire prompts safety review
Toronto officials re examine racetrack fire safety after a barn blaze at Woodbine killed 32 thoroughbreds. The loss included 29 on site and three euthanized later with $3 million in barn damage and horse values from 15000 to 200000 each. A sprinkler system may be considered despite current livestock norms.
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Toronto
Woodbine Racetrack
Hugh Mitchell
Woodbine Racing
Woodbine
Ontario
Return to normal life for Canadian troops after Afghanistan
Edmonton soldiers recount the challenge of fitting home after six months in Kandahar. Lt Col Pat Stogran notes the shift from battlefield urgency to daily stresses, while 800 troops completed a Guam decompression program with anger management and death-prevention training to ease reintegration.
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Edmonton
Chance Fiessel
Canada
Afghanistan
Fiessel
Fort Bragg
N.C
U.S
Kandahar
Pat Stogran
South Pacific
Guam
Shorter radiation course helps breast cancer patients after lumpectomy
A study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds a 22 day radiation plan after lumpectomy is just as effective as a 35 day course for invasive breast cancer without node involvement. Researchers across Ontario and Montreal followed 1,234 patients since 1993.
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Toronto
Journal of the
National Cancer Institute
Timothy Whelan
Hamilton
Ontario
Montreal General Hospital
Drought Drives Alberta Horse Breeder Toward Tough Choice
Elaine Boon, a Killam area breeder with 17 Arabian horses, faces ruin as drought wipes out feed. She has fed by clipping roadside grass and may have to give away or sell to meat buyers. Alberta rescues report hundreds of desperate breeders, with shelters able to save some but not all.
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Edmonton
Boon
Paul Mitchell
Alberta
Vulcan
Alta
Elaine Boon
Killam
Blackford Bashtar
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