Metro Edmonton - January 23, 2015

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WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
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NEWS
WORTH
SHARING.
The Kohler Report
Here’s to free-range parenting
PAGE 35
Dirks quashes Edmonton Catholic
plan to build childcare facilities
Modular buildings. were provided to your school worry to have their kids driv-
authority for purposes related en or bussed some place else,”
Board plans to lobby
to the education of Alberta she said.
government for students and children.” Brenneis called the govern-
The district had planned to ment’s response frustrating.
wrap-around services
install the modulars at Bishop “The parents are crying
David Motiuk School, Father out for the spaces and I think
Michael Mireau School, St. the Catholic school district
LEAH John XXIII School and the St. was trying to do the right
HOLOIDAY Brendan Replacement School thing,” she said.
[email protected] and use lease money to repay Alberta Education spokes-
the initial cost of the build. woman Tamara Magnan ex-
Alberta’s education minister Engel said she was dis- plained in an email to Metro
has kiboshed a proposal from appointed with the minis- the government provides dis-
Edmonton Catholic Schools ter’s response, since the dis- tricts with education grants
to set up modular classrooms trict has heard from parents for the purpose of providing
at four city schools that could throughout the city who are kindergarten to Grade 12 edu-
be used for childcare space. desperate for childcare facili- cation.
In a letter obtained by ties. “Thus, Alberta Education
Metro, Minister Gordon Dirks “Our mandate is to make does not allow school juris-
informed ECS board chair sure every child has every- dictions to use these funds to
Debbie Engel “funding for thing in place as much as pos- offer childcare services,” she
childcare facilities is outside sible to make sure they suc- wrote.
of the mandate of education ceed to the best of their ability In response to the minis-
and school authorities.” and if that means making life ter’s letter, ECS said it plans
The board had OKed the easier for their parents and to form an ad-hoc commit-
plan in October to use $3.6 their siblings then that’s my tee to lobby the government
million from the sale of old mandate,” Engel said. Education minister Gordon Dirks put the brakes on plans from the Edmonton Catholic School Board to for wrap-around services at-
school properties to build Currently, ECS has 19 day- use modular classrooms to provide daycare services. METRO FILE tached to schools, including
eight modulars that could be care leases and 42 before- and childcare services.
used for daycare, as well as after-school-care leases rent- “We will be getting par-
before- and after-school care. ing school space in their dis- Lana Brenneis said having parents. really ideal, because parents ents on board. We will be get-
Dirks noted the “$3.6-mil- trict. a daycare at the school has “Having a daycare within have one place to drop their ting the message out there,”
lion unused education grants St. Gabriel School parent been an incredible asset to the actual school building is kids off and don’t have to said Engel.
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WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
Alberta.
‘Tax points’
proposed
for Calgary,
Edmonton
N
Calgary and Edmonton may
not get any new taxation
powers from the Alberta
government as they negoti-
ate new city charters, but
both mayors are now talking E
about getting a guaranteed
chunk of existing — or new
— taxes that the province
collects.
“In some ways I’d be W
happier with a sharing of a Doug Horner served as fi nance minister and delivered the 2012 budget before being removed from cabinet when Premier Jim Prentice was sworn in. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE
tax point — a piece of the
Horner bows out of
income tax like they have
in Manitoba — or, if there
is a sales tax, like they have
in Saskatchewan, a piece of
that goes to cities,” Edmon-
ton Mayor Don Iveson said S
Thursday. provincial politics
Calgary Mayor Naheed
Nenshi said that approach
has worked well between
other levels of government.
The mayors’ comments
came after Premier Jim
Prentice pledged Thursday Government. Premier it was time to return to the Quoted
to have a revised Municipal Jim Prentice says that private sector.
Government Act (MGA) — “You know it’s been 14
legislation that delegates au- he’ll be ‘sorry to lose’ years — 10 years as a cab- “We’re going to be able to work our way through what
thorities to cities and towns former fi nance minister inet minister, five premiers, is going to be a very signifi cant issue around the low-
— in place by 2016. three times as deputy — it’s price environment and changing how we do business.”
Municipal Affairs Min- time,” he said, adding that
ister Diana McQueen said he had to make the deci- Former Finance minister Doug Horner, on the challenges facing Alberta as he announced
Thursday the new MGA RYAN sion now because the party’s his retirement from politics
should involve some form of TUMILTY nomination is open and his
additional revenue flowing to [email protected] riding needs a candidate. After serving in cabinet to see Horner stepping down.
Alberta’s cities and towns. “It’s important that the for a decade, Horner was “I will be sorry to lose
“This MGA is really about After 14 years in politics, for- association has a clear under- left out of Premier Jim Pren- him. We spoke this morning.
empowering and enabling mer finance minister, leader- standing of what it is they tice’s ministry this past fall. I understand the reason for
municipalities to do more,” ship candidate and deputy have to do now,” he said. Horner said that was not a his decision,” he said.
she said. “If there are things premier Doug Horner is call- Horner said the decision factor in his decision. “Some of what we’re
that they are going to do ing it quits. has been weighing on him “It doesn’t have anything dealing with in terms of the
more of that we currently Horner announced Thurs- since former premier Alison to do with any kind of nega- financial circumstances in
do, as a province, then it’s day that he would not be Redford’s time in office. tive connotation to caucus or this province right now were
only right that the funding running in the next election “I have been thinking to this premier. It has every- made a little easier by some
that we have to deliver those and would resign as an MLA about this for a long time. I thing to do with a personal of the very good work that
services now could go to the at the end of this month. have been thinking about it decision on my part,” he Doug did as minister of fi-
municipalities.” He said after a lengthy since before Alison stepped said. nance,” he said.
ROBSON FLETCHER/METRO career in provincial politics, down,” he said. Prentice expressed regret WITH FILES FROM ROBSON FLETCHER
4 EDMONTON metronews.ca
WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
‘Prices are not going to
bounce back’: Prentice
Alberta Premier Jim Prentice poor it is one of the toughest
says there’s no chance that forms of taxation in this coun-
the province can “ride things try, because it has a flat level of
out” while waiting for a re- tax for people who are strug-
bound in oil prices. gling to raise their families and
Prentice says a full discus- make ends meet,” he said.
sion must be held with Al- “I don’t believe that was
bertans to find a way to deal the original intention … they
with a decline of $7 billion in did not intend that it would be
resource revenues triggered regressive, to use that term,
by a fall in world oil prices to on poor people in this prov-
below $50 US a barrel. ince. I think we need to be
“I know there is a thought mindful of that, especially as
out there that we should just we go forward in what is go-
ride this out and prices will re- ing to be a difficult year.”
bound and we’ll be back into Premier Jim Prentice In Edmonton on Thursday,
happier times,” Prentice said METRO FILE NDP Leader Rachel Notley, Ice carver Uldis Zarins, from Latvia, works on a demonstration ice sculpture while the weather is overcast and cool
Thursday. said the New Democrats have enough for carving for Ice on Whyte. The warm temperatures will be a challenge this weekend, as the competitors
“That is not the advice we circumstance than we’ve seen been fighting against the flat work in the cooler dark hours to create their ice sculptures for competition. LUCY HAINES/FOR METRO
are receiving.” in other commodity cycles. tax for a long time.
Thaw may mean
Prentice noted that both Prices are not going to bounce “Welcome to the party,”
financial and energy experts back.” she said. “We’ve only been
have made it clear prices Alberta has to look for saying that for about 15 years.
aren’t going to recover any other ways to make up the I’m not quite sure why it took
time soon. shortfall, including a change them so long to get that.
He said it’s expected a bar- in taxation, Prentice said. He “If they had gotten it 15 slush on Whyte
rel of oil could be selling for pointed to the province’s 10 years earlier, we wouldn’t be
$62 US next year and maybe per cent flax tax, which he in this position now.”
$68 US the year after that. said has its positives, but is The NDP and the Liberals
But he added it isn’t likely also “regressive” and a chal- have long argued for a progres-
to move much beyond that for lenge to the “working poor.” sive income tax, saying a flat
some time. “One of the negative things tax punishes working families.
“This is a different market about it is that for the working THE CANADIAN PRESS Winter festival. whatever the weather.” In detail
Warm weather could Festival artistic director and
carving competition judge De-
lead to less action
layne Corbett is less welcoming (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:39)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:96)(cid:254)(cid:317)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:302)-
of the balmy weather. (cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)
“The sun just burns (cid:633)(cid:629)(cid:550)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:627)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)
LUCY through the ice — if it’s above (cid:628)(cid:629)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:209)(cid:317)(cid:3)
HAINES zero and overcast, that’s okay. (cid:273)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)
[email protected] But perfect conditions are (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:553)
about minus-5 and cloudy,”
Call today for The continuing January thaw said Corbett. (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:39)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:17)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:255)-
may be making puddles of the “We can build snow blocks (cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:292)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:266)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:550)(cid:3)
(cid:135)(cid:3)Pre-Approval ice and snow around town, for shade and work after dark (cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:255)(cid:251)(cid:254)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)
(cid:135)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74) but organizers at the city’s and through the night, but (cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:3)
(cid:135)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:80)(cid:72)(cid:85)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:68)(cid:79)(cid:3)(cid:41)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:68)(cid:81)(cid:70)(cid:76)(cid:81)(cid:74)(cid:3) premier winter festival aren’t ideally there would be a lot (cid:254)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:632)(cid:632)(cid:627)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:268)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:266)(cid:296)(cid:3)
sweating it. more shade trees in the park, (cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:289)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)
“Everything goes ahead ac- and colder temperatures. Come (cid:238)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:61)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:305)(cid:238)(cid:209)(cid:221)-
cording to plan,” said Ice on on, it’s January in Edmonton.” (cid:302)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:553)
Edmonton West Whyte festival producer Wanda Bornn said the artists will
11025 - 184 Street Bornn, who is putting final likely be carving at night, an
touches on the End of Steel idea carver Sandis Kondrats chain saw and been in hos-
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the festival opens Friday at “These are dangerous tools don’t want to be carving when
2 p.m. “There’s tons to do, — I’ve cut my head with a you’re tired,” he said.
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6 EDMONTON metronews.ca
WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
Funding boost for women in trades
Careers. More than Women Building Futures
$1M to go to skilled
labour training program The federal government is
investing nearly $1 million
in the Women Building
LUCY Futures (WBF) program,
HAINES while the province is kicking
[email protected] in $250,000. Industry leaders
from Imperial Oil and Shell
Government and industry Canada are also funding the
put money behind their expansion of the program
message that Canada needs to include online and on-
more skilled tradespeople site courses for aboriginal
with the announcement of women.
a $1-million-plus investment
for Women Building Futures (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:17)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:561)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:243)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)
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tion industry. (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:626)(cid:631)(cid:55)(cid:25)(cid:3)(cid:71)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:251)(cid:292)(cid:209)(cid:273)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)
Michelle Rempel, minister (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:316)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:317)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)
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ic diversification, said the (cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:273)(cid:273)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:553)
skilled labour gap is a priority
for her department, as is giv-
ing aboriginal women access “Online or on site, we
to projects like WBF #4ME. want to be able to reach any
“We continue to see woman anywhere who is in-
women underrepresented terested in a career in the
in the skilled labour mar- trades,” said WBF president
ket. The #4ME project will Judy Lynn Archer. Lana Kinghorn is halfway through the 17-week Women Building Futures program, where she’s getting the skills needed to work as a welder, electrician,
allow flexible training to When Lana Kinghorn plumber, pipe fitter or carpenter. LUCY HAINES/FOR METRO
more women — we know got laid off a few years ago,
it’s a powerful program — it she decided it was “kind of is working through the 17- safety ticket and skills in six north for work. even build our upper body
changes women’s lives,” said silly not to get a trade in Al- week Journeywoman Start areas of the construction “I love it. We get the strength to be able to work in
Rempel. berta.” Today, the 38-year-old program at WBF, getting her trade, with plans to move knowledge we need, and the trades,” she said.
Parents pleased with digital tools, teachers not
Some Alberta parents are tak- digital reporting tools have en- maintain, said Edmonton pub- ATA president Marc Ram-
ing issue with a new report that hanced the level of instruction Quoted lic board staff. sankar said it’s essential to en-
suggests digital reporting tools and assessment in classrooms, A spokesman from Cal- sure that new tools introduced
“I like that the information that used to … go home
used in the province’s schools while 40 per cent agreed com- gary’s Board of Education told into the classroom, like digital
are more of a hindrance than a munication with parents in (a) kid’s backpack, you get it in one piece.” Metro the district has been reporting, don’t impact teach-
helper for educators. hasn’t improved either. working with teachers to iden- ing and learning.
Wendy Western, parent and school council vice-president
The stats released by the Edmonton parent Wendy tify possible workload issues “Having teachers use copi-
Alberta Teachers’ Association Western said the SchoolZone and digital reporting tools. ous amounts of time to record
polled 1,100 teachers across — used by the city’s public teachers and the school. backpack,” said Western, who “We are committed to both in an electronic fashion isn’t
the province and reported on school district to report student “I like that the information serves as school council vice- improving the conditions for a teaching tool, it’s not im-
digital tools including Power- grades, track yellow buses and that used to ... go home in (a) president for Michael Strembit- student success and improving pacting student learning. It’s
School and StudentsAchieve. post important notes to parents kid’s backpack, you get it in sky School. the conditions of professional reporting student learning,”
The report found that 63 — has been a great way to com- one piece. It’s no longer crum- The program costs approxi- practice through this commit- Ramsankar said.
per cent of teachers don’t think municate with her daughter’s pled up in the bottom of their mately $250,000 per year to tee,” he said. LEAH HOLOIDAY/METRO
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Andrew Scholotiuk, one of the producers of 40 Below and Falling, stands beside the production’s 3D camera on
RThursday. oRYAN TUMImLTY/METRO com enters
a new dimension
Film. Love story being a ride with Robert’s character colour movies screamed the
on a snowmobile. technology at the audience.
shot in Edmonton with Andrew Scholotiuk, one “If you look at something
3D cameras of the film’s producers, said like the Wizard of Oz, it’s
they have been excited to super-saturated colours; they
make the film for a while, really want to get every inch
and wanted to try something of saturation you could,” he
RYAN unique. said.
TUMILTY “This was a project that Scholotiuk said the film is
[email protected] really stood out and we partnering with NAIT to use
thought it could be a great some of the institutes theatre
A charming love story set in twist on a genre,” he said. space and offering opportun-
Northern Canada is being While it might seem like ities to grads to work on the
brought to life in Edmonton a gimmick, Scholotiuk said film.
this month and they’re doing shooting the film in 3D is He said the entire com-
it in 3D. about exploring the technol- munity has really supported
Production company 12pt ogy’s artistic possibilities. the production.
media is shooting 40 Below “We felt that we wanted to “We’re only able to hap-
and Falling in and around the use it as an artistic tool,” he pen because we have passion
city with 3D cameras — a first said. and commitment and people
for a romantic-comedy. “We find that like all tech- who are incredibly commit-
The film stars Jewel Staite, nical elements of a film, you ted to the cause.”
who previously appeared in shouldn’t be aware of it.”
Firefly and stars in the drama Director Dylan Pearce said 40 Below and Falling
series The Killing. Her co-star new technology in film is al-
is Canadian actor Shawn Rob- ways used in extreme ways at
erts from Resident Evil, Edge first. The film has been licensed
of Darkness and X-Men. “People forget that when to appear in several mar-
Jewel plays a teacher leav- sound came out or colour kets overseas and will ap-
ing a northern Alberta town came out it was viewed as just pear on the Super Channel
who finds herself stuck in a a gimmick,” he said. in the fall.
snowstorm and has to hitch Scholotiuk said the first

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WEEKEND, January 23-25, 2015
New OR provides more options
Health. AHI’s infant for Isaac’s aortic valve steno- Details
sis involved in-utero treat-
patients are now able
ment in Toronto to help his
to delay invasive heart left heart valve stay open (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:5)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:3)(cid:95)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:78)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)
surgery until they until birth. (cid:255)(cid:296)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
When he was just 16 days (cid:314)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:302)(cid:315)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:238)(cid:302)(cid:3)
have a chance to grow old, an interventional cardi- (cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:221)(cid:268)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:3)
stronger ologist (using minimally in- (cid:209)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:3)
vasive, catheter-based tech- (cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:225)(cid:317)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:3)
niques) and a cardiac surgeon (cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:279)(cid:238)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:254)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:225)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:274)(cid:3)
LUCY worked at the same time in (cid:315)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:3)(cid:209)(cid:3)(cid:221)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:251)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:209)(cid:292)(cid:302)(cid:3)
HAINES an operating theatre with (cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:238)(cid:229)(cid:221)(cid:302)(cid:553)
the advanced imaging equip-
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ment that is needed for cath- (cid:580)(cid:3) (cid:83)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:86)(cid:274)(cid:255)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:38)(cid:279)(cid:296)(cid:289)(cid:255)(cid:302)(cid:209)(cid:268)(cid:3)
Thanks to a new hybrid oper- eter procedures. (cid:34)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:274)(cid:225)(cid:209)(cid:302)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:314)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)
ating room at the Mazankow- “We were able to perform (cid:616)(cid:633)(cid:553)(cid:633)(cid:3)(cid:273)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:255)(cid:279)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:279)(cid:3)
ski Alberta Heart Institute, the less-invasive procedure (cid:238)(cid:305)(cid:268)(cid:268)(cid:317)(cid:3)(cid:229)(cid:291)(cid:305)(cid:255)(cid:289)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:254)(cid:317)(cid:220)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:225)(cid:3)
patients like four-month-old initially, which eliminates (cid:61)(cid:74)(cid:553)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:220)(cid:279)(cid:305)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:632)(cid:627)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:279)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:305)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:296)(cid:3)
Isaac Tymchuk have been the need to put a two-week- (cid:254)(cid:209)(cid:314)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:220)(cid:229)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:3)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:238)(cid:279)(cid:292)(cid:273)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)
given a gift of time — a old boy on a heart-lung ma- (cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:292)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:296)(cid:255)(cid:274)(cid:221)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:302)(cid:254)(cid:229)(cid:3)(cid:61)(cid:74)(cid:3)
chance to avoid a highly inva- chine,” said Dr. Andrea Wan, (cid:279)(cid:289)(cid:229)(cid:274)(cid:229)(cid:225)(cid:3)(cid:268)(cid:209)(cid:296)(cid:302)(cid:3)(cid:5)(cid:289)(cid:292)(cid:255)(cid:268)(cid:553)
sive heart procedure — until pediatric cardiologist at the
he can grow stronger. Stollery Children’s Hospital.
“We’re so lucky to have “By delaying a complex a catheter.
this option today — it buys surgery until he’s older, it’ll Mom Shandra said that
us time to see how Isaac’s improve the chances of a other than watching Isaac’s
heart will grow, before go- positive outcome for Isaac.” weight and monitoring his
ing on with other repairs,” “We’re fortunate to have blood oxygen, Isaac is able
said Isaac’s dad Matt who, this technique,” added car- to be at home in Calgary
with wife Shandra, found diac surgeon Dr. Mohammed until he’s strong enough for
out about Isaac’s congenital Al Aklabi, who inserted bands further surgeries. “If he was
heart defect at 21 weeks ges- to regulate the flow of blood born last year, we wouldn’t
Shandra and Matt Tymchuk, with four-month old Isaac, say procedures available in the new hybrid operating room at the tation. to Isaac’s lungs, while Dr. have the chance we do now,”
Mazankowski have allowed them to delay needed heart surgery until the baby grows stronger. LUCY HAINES/FOR METRO The milestone procedure Wan inserted a stent through she said.
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