Dementia Patient Seeks MAID Despite Capacity Rule
Roger Marple, diagnosed with Alzheimer's at 57, seeks medical assistance in dying under a directive but cannot qualify due to lack of full decision making capacity. Alberta health officials note 23 MAID requests in the province failed to meet federal criteria as of October.
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Oilpatch thaw prompts hiring in Alberta but Hat workers face hurdles
Oil companies show signs of a thaw after a two year downturn in world prices with service, fabrication and welding jobs appearing in Medicine Hat. Industry forecasters predict slight recovery in 2017. unemployment in the Lethbridge Medicine Hat region stood at 6.2 percent in October, down from September but higher than a year earlier.
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Being Human Services
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Lethbridge Medicine Hat
Brooks
Medicine Hat
Alberta judge allows private school to operate without state funds
A Grande Prairie judge rules the Trinity Christian School Association and Wisdom Home Schooling Society may continue temporarily without government funding after the province shut them down over alleged misspending. The decision preserves schooling for about 3,500 students pending a Jan. 5 hearing.
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Alberta
Court of Queen's Bench
Trinity Christian School Association
Wisdom Home Schooling Society
NDP
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Jay Cameron
Trinity
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