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Cameron report not delivered, release postponed

Last Updated: Sunday, March 1, 2009 | 11:43 AM NT

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The Cameron inquiry into breast cancer testing mistakes will not be released as scheduled Monday, the Newfoundland and Labrador government said Sunday.

In a statement, the Department of Health and Community Services said the commission of inquiry headed by Justice Margaret Cameron did not tender the report to government as expected on Saturday.

The government said last week it was expecting to release the report to the public on Monday.

The department said it will announce details on the "rescheduled release" later.

The statement did not indicate why the commission's final report was not delivered on Saturday.

Cameron, who sits on the appeals bench of Newfoundland Supreme Court, heard evidence between March and October last year on how almost 400 breast cancer patients got the wrong results of hormone receptor tests.

The tests are crucial in a patient's treatment, as they determine whether the antihormonal therapy Tamoxifen will be of any benefit. With many patients, Tamoxifen, though toxic, has been shown to have significant clinical benefits.

Cameron heard evidence showing that staff at the St. John's pathology lab were poorly trained to handle the complicated tests, that supervision and quality control were lax, and that officials did little or nothing when alerted to problems with the quality of the tests.

As well, Cameron focused on how officials at Eastern Health, the largest health authority in the province, and the Newfoundland and Labrador government responded to the crisis when it emerged in 2005.

Just Friday Night i was discussing the Cameron report with a family member who's involved in it. She was feeling some relief knowing that at least this part would be over for her on March 2-09. The tears,anger, and years of stress and wondering how it all could happen to her might just start making sense tomorrow. Now it looks like she will have to wait a little longer.

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Winter Ride-Newfoundland Trailway

Recently made a 112 km return trip on the T'Railway and enjoyed the little excursion. This little run gave my next door neighbor an opportunity to try his new ATV on a run for the very first time. I was surprised that we didn't meet more people along the way. We did meet three couples traveling by snowmobile in the South Branch area and ran across them again later in the day. A few photos of our day.

Crew cuts ice for dolphins but bid may have backfired: expert

Friday, February 20, 2009 | 7:27 AM NT

Distressed by the suffering of a group of trapped dolphins, men in a small Newfoundland outport took matters into their own hands on Thursday and cut a path through ice in a bay.

The crew claims three dolphins — five of the mammals had been seen earlier this week in a small patch of open water near Seal Cove, White Bay, on the island's northeast coast — made it out safely to another area. The four men and a teenage boy counted four dolphins in the water when they started their effort, which involving towing one of the creatures with rope.

However, a whale rescue expert said the well-meaning effort may have actually endangered the dolphins, whose plight attracted international media attention this week.

"The people who went out in the boat thought they were doing good for the animals," said Wayne Ledwell, who arrived in Seal Cove on Thursday, but too late to prevent the crew from cutting through the ice.

I have great respect for Wayne Ledwell's work but to wait for him to go through channels to get a reluctant Government Department to react would of probably meant the death of those Dolphins. People like 16 year old Brandon Banks should be awarded for their courage in this situation.Here's the true Hero!

From the CBC News website today:
Hopefully CBC will keep us updated on his progress.

Innu man crosses Labrador on foot for diabetes

An Innu man from Sheshatshiu, N.L., began a 300-kilometre solo hike across barren wilderness Wednesday morning to raise awareness about diabetes in aboriginal communities.

Michel Andrew, 27, set off on foot from his home in the Innu community, towing a sled packed with traditional gear, intending to walk across hundreds of kilometres of Labrador wilderness along a snowmobile trail. His gear includes a tent, snowshoes, bucksaw and a caribou blanket to sleep on, but Andrew is taking no canned or processed food.

"So we're hunting rabbits or porcupine or partridges or something on the way, on the trail there," he said.

Andrew said he blames the widespread diabetes among aboriginal communities on processed foods, and that's why he will eat traditionally along his hike.

First Nations communities have rates of diabetes as much as twice the national average, according to studies.

Seeing friends and family members struggle with diabetes is what spurred Andrew to undertake the hike and attempt to raise money for research into the disease in aboriginal people and to bring awareness to communities at risk.

He told CBC News he believes Innu, especially young people, need to get back to traditional ways, such as walking everywhere and eating a more traditional diet.

"People used to go down the country, a lot of people. I don't know why they stopped. They stopped and they got this diabetes," he said.

The planned route will take Andrew from Sheshatshiu, near Happy Valley-Goose Bay, to Natuashish on Labrador's north coast, tracing a traditional route Andrew's grandparents used to travel.

"This trip is important for me because of my grandmother and my grandfather used to walk," Andrew said, describing the long distances his grandparents travelled on foot between communities at Natuashish, James Bay and Sheshatshiu.

"This trip, I'm going by myself, my grandfather used to walk by himself. He was busy hunting by himself.… I feel great, I've done this stuff all my life, I'm used to this stuff."

Andrew is not worried about the long journey or the freezing winter conditions he will encounter along the way, but he is worried about diabetes spreading through young aboriginal people, as young as 10 or 11, and he said he hopes his walk will bring attention to his cause.

Andrew expects the trip to take three to four weeks.

Question: What does Todd Russell & Debbie Forward have in common?

Answer: They both are willing to settle for less.

Another great morning here in Cape Ray and we actually got out for a walk along the beach. Of course by mid afternoon things started to get back to normal for around here. The winds soon gusted up around 40 - 50 KPH and that made it a bit nippy on our noses. I enjoyed my last few days and now my little companion on our strolls is gone back home. A few photos from todays little hike.

A Winters Day,Cape Ray,NL.

The winds have finally subsided enough to go out for a walk along the seashore here and take a small hike in the Wreckhouse area. So today i will share some photos of our little hike this afternoon.

Saw Yvonne Jones, MHA for Cartwright - L’Anse au Clair on the local news tonight. Damn girl,your looking good! What you been doing? Let this old guy from Cape ray be the first to know.

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Will,it looks like the boys are feuding again.

One today for our Prime Minister.

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The Telegram: January 22-2009

Raise salaries for home care workers, NAPE demands


The province has to start showing more respect for home-care workers and take action to increase salaries, says Carol Furlong, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Public and Private Employees (NAPE).
Otherwise, she said, the home care industry could collapse because of a shortage of workers.
“The minister announced late last year that a government report on home care would be released in the fall and months later it still isn’t ready. This is unacceptable,” Furlong said.
The report was to have dealt with, among other things, salaries and benefits for home care workers, Furlong explained.
In the absence of the report, Furlong added, the government should maintain the differential in the minimum wage back to Jan. 1, when the minimum wage was increased.
“That increase was promised but has yet to be aid out to home-care workers,” she said.

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A Letter to My Unborn Children on Inauguration Day

Winds peaked at 131 KPH in the Wreckhouse this morning and this Trucker experienced whiteout conditions. His damage will be minimum and he will be considered one of the lucky ones to experience the wind phenomenon. One thing for certain, events such as this will be played over and over again. Still no Digital signage in the area warning motorists of the wind.

CBC Reporter Doug Greer arrived at the scene the same time as i did and did a few video clips for the Here and Now News hour show. Hopefully with this coverage someone will soon wake up and think about the signage before someone dies out there.