The Health and LifeStyle News Beat - Troy Mecia Corporation

In the recent election, when the parties discussed their plans for infrastructure investment, the debate revolved around bridges and roads. No mention was made of our crumbling healthcare infrastructure. While recent research shows that private hospital rooms are the single best way to protect patients from hospital-acquired infection, we have trouble maintaining existing facilities, let alone beginning to renovate outdated buildings or build new ones.

Getting the right dosage through technology

A different approach

Rethinking obesity

EDMONTON, AB, November 11, 2008/Troy Media/ -- The obesity crisis striking North America has prompted this province's Capital Health Region to try something completely different to combat the problem. It’s called the Weight Wise Program. .... More

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Alberta in World War II

Remembrance Day: The Homefront in Alberta

EDMONTON, AB, November 4, 2008/ Troy Media/ - While World War II was hard on the men and women fighting on the front lines, it was also hard on those they left behind. This is important to remember this Remembrance Day. .... More

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The right to offend

Free speech won, but what about ethics?

Advocates of free press in Canada have reasons to cheer. Several recent complaints to human rights tribunals against journalists have failed. The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal set aside an ill-considered action against columnist Mark Steyn and Maclean’s magazine for his writings on Islam. .... More

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Doug Firby

Jumping the 'racial' divide to citizenship

CALGARY, AB, October 10/Troy Media/ -- Mark was a well-adjusted young black student in Toronto, committed to his studies and deeply grateful to Canada for the opportunities it had afforded him since his immigration from Trinidad in 1995. “Canada’s been great,” he told a sociologist studying how immigrants have adjusted to living in our country. “I like it here.” .... More

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