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Rehab patients ditched, leading to relapses

After recovering drug addicts arrived at the Clear Haven Centre in Montreal last Thursday, they were told of its closure. Within the hour, they were on the road to the airport, not rehabilitated, none with any plan for returning home. When they arrived at the airport, they were given $100, not enough for a plane ticket, but more than enough to buy drugs. One 26 year old went home after this ordeal and OD'd, and is currently in brain dead and will most likely be taken off of life support. His relatives say that "None of this would have happened if he hadn't been kicked out like that."
Only one thing can be said about this: What went wrong? A well-organized rehab program suddenly leaving their patients for dead can't be a normal thing. And then leaving them with nowhere left to turn and no support left to offer. These people came looking for a new lease on life and just looking like they had a chance to kick it, they were turfed without any home or support. Government needs to pay more attention to the places that need it before something like this happens again.

Article courtesy of The Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/750027--rehab-clinic-dumps-addicts-at-airport?bn=1

Belgian Woman receives windpipe transplant

Linda De Crooke has been living in pain for 21 years after a car accident smashed her windpipe. This week, she received the first ever windpipe transplant. The method included allowing her body to get used to the new tissue before she ever had the transplant; the donor windpipe was sewn into her forearm for 10 months before the transplant. The doctors who performed the surgery had performed similar procedures on cancer patients in the past, but this is the first successful operation of something this scale.
It sounds like something straight out of sci-fi, but something like this could be miraculous in curing diseases that previously were terminal. The idea of allowing your new tissue to grow in without transplantation is an ingenious idea, allowing people to find out if the tissue was right for them much earlier. Something like this could be a huge thing for medical advancement.

Article courtesy of The Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/article/750397--belgian-woman-thriving-after-windpipe-transplant?bn=1

Officer tickets speeding surgeon on way to emergency

A police officer, who remains anonymous, stopped a speeding Dr. Michael Kutryk, who was called in on an emergency and had to be at the hospital to perform surgery on Jeffrey Halstrom, who had a massive heart attack Saturday. Dr. Kutryk, who was the on-call cardiologist at St. Michael's Hospital when he was forced to come in as soon as possible to operate on Mr. Halstrom, when he was stopped for speeding for going 65km/h in a 30 zone. The police argue that it 'Protected the safety of the residents,' and 'He would have been caught up a lot longer had he got in an accident.
When someone's life is on the line, time is definitely of the essence. The time the doctor spent held up by the police officer is more than enough time for a heart attack patient to slip away. A police officer should be able to determine an emergency situation, given the doctor's pleads to let him go, but not in this case. Because of the time Dr. Kutryk spent getting a ticket, Mr. Halstrom was given a 50% chance of recovery, when he could have been in a lot better condition. It's their job to protect the lives of the citizens of Ontario, so measures must be take to ensure this doesn't happen again.

Article courtesy of the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/749478--traffic-cop-holds-up-speeding-surgeon?bn=1

GPS Tracking Device New Security Innovation

Ever have your car stolen while you're at work and not realize until you get off several hours later? Or have your child not come home on time and get worried about them? A new GPS tracking device called the Entourage PS allows you to track its location on a separate device, allowing you to know where your child is whenever you like or maintain your car's security. About the size of a television remote, it can fit tucked in a pocket of your backpack or under the seat of your car. It goes for around $350, but it's worth the price to ensure your young child's safety.
This is a brilliant idea that I don't know why it wasn't popular commercially before. If this gets big, they could start building these things right into cars, cell phones, plus many more electronic devices that are plagued by theft. But what really makes the deal is that it can track your child walking home from school, or from the playground, so that moms can supervise their small children without having to see them. With technology improving almost every several months, this could become a very popular advancement in security.
Article courtesy of the Toronto Star: http://www.thestar.com/living/article/747783--using-a-gps-in-a-backpack-to-keep-a-child-safe?bn=1

Virginia couple crashes White House Party

The Secret Service's security now has some doubt as to whether they are doing their job correctly after a Virginia couple crashed a White House dinner posing as delegates. Michaele and Tareq Salahi didn't look out of place posing as Indian representatives. Seems like a once in a lifetime thing, being able to make casual chatter with people like VP Joe Biden, Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty and even the likes of Katie Couric. The Salahis' attorney says that he sees no need for representation at the moment. Party crashing isn't a crime.

Is it just me or does this ring any bells about a certain boy in a balloon? Just another couple trying to get their ten minutes of fame, this time as party crashers for, of anything, a White House party. While they weren't on the guest list and shouldn't have got in, mistakes do happen. But you can't be too careful after you've jest elected the first ever African-American President. Let's just be thankful that it was some wannabe-delegates couple and not someone potentially worse.

Article courtesy of the Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/white-house-dinner-crashers-enjoy-a-good-party-lawyer-says/article1377905/

407 bills can collect interest without notification for up to 15 years

407 users of the GTA were surprised in the mail by bills from the 407 totaling up to several thousand dollars; around 15 years of interest that they were completely unaware of. The 407 charges an annual interest of about 26% year, so bills can amount to thousands completely out of the blue. The invoice that the 407 sends out states on the back, "Commence agreement to commence proceedings to collect payment... up to 15 years after said trip is made." Litigation lawyer Alan Heisey said it was 'absolutely absurd' for the 407 to say that its customers voided their rights by using their service.

Gotta love the 407, trying to squeeze every last penny they can get out of their paying customers. First those weird transmitter things that nobody knows how they save money, now this. It is outrageous that they would charge such a high interest rate on a toll highway; couple that with letting interest pile up as much as possible before finally foreclosing; telling people years after the fact that they have an outstanding payment without ever notifying them between then and when they actually used the highway. I think that not only will the 407 run into some litigation, but they may also see a drastic decrease in use, due to the general public not wanting to be cheated out of their hard earned money to save a few minutes in their commute.

Article courtesy of Toronto Star: http://www.wheels.ca/Consumer%20News/article/783262