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By Christina Spencer, Sun Media OTTAWA — Here’s a social invitation you should decline. Canadian medical officials are warning against attending “swine flu” parties at which people expose themselves or their children to the H1N1 virus in hopes that mild sickness now will make them immune if the illness turns more deadly in the fall. Dr. David Butler-Jones, head of the Public Health Agency of Canada, called such potential get-togethers “a very dangerous practice.” Rumours have circulated on social networking sites of parents considering holding the modern-day equivalent of “chicken pox parties” — which were thought to be a means of protecting children from more severe illness is the pre-vaccine era. Speaking from Mexico, where global health experts are meeting to trade information about H1N1, Butler-Jones said it’s true the... [read full story]
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There is no good reason not to pass the Local Community Radio Act before year end. The bill would clear the way for low-power FM stations to fill the dead air between commercial stations on the radio dial.
