Epilepsy facts and awareness for National Epilepsy Month
Epilepsy is not a disease nor contagious and most seizures can be controlled with medication. The piece notes 80 percent respond to treatment and stresses public attitudes as the major barrier, with contacts for Epilepsy Canada and the Manitoba Epilepsy Association. It also reminds readers that laws and medical responses can change over time.
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Canada
Epilepsy Canada
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Montreal
Quebec
Manitoba Epilepsy Association Inc
Sherbrook Street
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Safe Driving Week Campaign Urges No Impaired Driving
The Canada Safety Council urges support for Impaired Driving The Social Dilemma during National Safe Driving Week December 17. Wear seatbelts at all times and refrain from driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The life you save may be more than your own.
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The
Canada Safety Council
Wilson Unemployment Initiative Targets UI System
Michael Wilson proposes cuts of almost 296 million dollars to the unemployment insurance program by tightening eligibility and reducing benefits. The piece argues UI should ease distress, not prop up demand, noting Canada’s higher benefits may reduce flexibility. It praises a focused review of UI and quotes local business views.
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Alexander the Great
Michael Wilson
Canada
United States
John Bulloch
Canadian Federation of Independent Business
U.S
Wilson
Michael the Great
Magnetic resonance imaging aids arthritis research in Canada
Dr Mark Adams and Dr David Li at the University of British Columbia use a magnetic resonance imager to study osteoarthritis. The device maps body protons to reveal joint health, challenging the idea that arthritis is only an old age, degenerative disease. The Arthritis Society promotes the findings and education on osteoarthritis.
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Canada
University of British Columbia
Mark Adams
David Li
Adams
Arthritis Society
Patrick Baker
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Ontario
Patient rights in medical consent and refusal explained
The article outlines that patients may refuse medical aids and must be informed before treatment. Doctors may provide care without consent only in limited cases, and failure to disclose risks can support a lawsuit if the patient would have refused or been better off. Consent can be revoked and patients can discharge themselves.
Ivory Joe of Churchill A Life of Carvings and Tragic End
In Churchill Manitoba during the mid 20th century Ivory Joe, real name Joseph Yarmalow, a Lithuanian blacksmith turned walrus ivory carver, lived in a shack crafting detailed carvings for tourists. By 1959 he hanged himself in a Winnipeg hotel after eyesight failed. three unsold carvings and twenty pairs of eyeglasses were found in his shack.
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Snookum Jim
Davis
Scratchum Charlie
Churchill
Man
Joe Chambers
Windy Smith
Cowan
Ivory Joe
Joseph Yarmalow
Harbor Board
Winnipeg
Manitoba man jailed for weekend drink driving sentence
Sandy A. Elaschuk of Russell Manitoba received 45 days in jail for drinking and driving. Judge Manwar ing cited his prior alcohol related offenses and ordered the sentence to be served as weekend confinement from 6 p.m. Fridays to 1 p.m. Sundays at Dauphin Correctional Institute.
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Sandy A. Elaschuk
Russell
Manitoba
Manwaring
Elaschuk
Dauphin Correctional Institute
Famine Relief Efforts In Ethiopia Face Ongoing Crisis
Continuation of famine relief highlights extreme starvation exposure and disease in Ethiopia. Relief groups urge massive support as immediate life saving measures dominate, while long term needs include tools and know how to restore self sufficiency. The briefing stresses urgency over longer term planning.
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Ethiopia
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