Vegreville School of Ballet exhibits elegance

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Michael Simpson Staff Writer Crisp choreography, colourful and eye-catching costumes and a packed house from front to back would be the best way to describe the Vegreville School of Ballet’s year-end recital held at the Vegreville Social Center on May 3. Having performed successfully at several competitions this year including the STEPS competition in Vermillion [...]

Tomorrow Projecet seeks participants in Vegreville

Fatima Khawaja   The Tomorrow Project visits Vegreville this month, giving local residents an opportunity to join the long-term research study into the causes of cancer. The Tomorrow Project is a research project of Alberta Health Services, Cancer Care. By 2013, researchers want to enroll 50,000 Albertans, ages 35 to 69 that have never had [...]

Epic life challenge – Throwing the gauntlet

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  Michael Simpson Staff Writer Standing outside my house last week with my morning smoke in hand, blurry eyed and half alert like probably half of the people on this earth, I came to the realization that I feel like crap. How did I get here? I don’t eat much junk food, I try to [...]

Georgina’s Academy of Dance recital rife with talent

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Michael Simpson For the hundreds of parents, grandparents and cousins, uncles, aunts and friends who made it out to Georgina’s Academy of Dance recital on April 30, it was evident that the dancers themselves are getting bang for their buck. The year-end recital, featuring guest dancers from Georgina Klammer’s Irma and Viking schools carried a [...]

Antidepressant Cipralex (escitalopram): Updated information regarding dose-related heart risk

Health Canada is informing Canadians of a labelling update for the prescription drug Cipralex (the

Health Canada Reinforces the Importance of Food Allergy Awareness

Health Canada is reminding Canadians of the importance of allergy awareness. For those individuals

Expecting a tax refund?

A tax refund is much like receiving any other windfall – it’s worth taking time to pause and evaluate your options. If you borrowed to make your RRSP contribution, paying off the loan should be your top priority. Beyond that, and perhaps after treating yourself to something small, there are a number of wise choices [...]

Viterra Teams Up with CFL Hall of Famer Don Narcisse to Promote Healthy Lifestyles

Viterra Inc. (TSX:VT) (ASX:VTA) is pleased to announce that for a second

AHS launches Tomorrow Project

Alberta Health Services   The Tomorrow Project, an Alberta Health Services research initiative, invites you to join Alberta’s largest research study aimed at learning more about the causes of cancer and other chronic diseases. The project began in Alberta in 2001, and has since joined forces with other provinces in Canada to become The Canadian [...]

Easy access to new prescription drugs depends on where you live

Question: Should patients in Rome or Detroit have faster access to new prescription drugs than

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Donate to Help Vegreville Get a Portable Ultrasound Machine

The Hospital Board is taking donations through paypal to help raise funds for a portable ultrasound machine. The new machine, the Sonosite M-Turbo, is a high performance mobile ultrasound machine that doctors hope to use as a diagnostic tool in the hospital to speed up diagnosis times in patients, allowing doctors to make accurate, informed decisions about patient care in shorter time periods. The mobile ultrasound unit can be applied in areas of care such as Anesthesia, Critical Care, Cardiology, Emergency Medicine, Women’s Health, Cardiovascular Disease Management, Surgeries and more. With support from the community, this incredibly valuable tool can be added to the list of ways that St. Joseph’s General Hospital works to bring the community better health.

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