Red Deer Advocate, May 06, 2013

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CENTRAL ALBERTA’S DAILY NEWSPAPER

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MONDAY, MAY 6, 2013

Alberta may offer HPV shots for boys OFFICIALS WEIGH EFFECTIVENESS BY THE CANADIAN PRESS EDMONTON — Alberta is looking at including boys in a free school vaccination program that protects girls from a virus that causes cervical and other types of deadly cancers. The HPV vaccine was first offered

to Grade 5 girls in the province in 2008. Since then, the province estimates about 61 per cent of girls between the ages of nine and 13 have received the shots. This summer, Alberta’s chief medical officer of health and other officials are to meet with their counterparts across Canada in Ottawa to discuss the medical effectiveness of the vaccine when given to boys. “It is something Alberta is consid-

ering. But the decision will ultimately be based on evidence in terms of whether it works for boys or not,” said Alberta Health spokesman Bart Johnson. “And that is evidence that is going to be discussed between our chief medical officer of health and his counterparts across the country.” The vaccine protects against human papillomaviruses, which causes cervical cancer, head and neck cancers,

anal and penile cancers and genital warts. Last month, the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada urged provincial health ministers to include boys in their HPV vaccine programs. The society has said extending the vaccine to boys would protect them against some cancers and genital warts.

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Astronaut Chris Hadfield poses aboard the International Space Station. Innisfail students are expected to sing along with Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies singer Ed Robertson this morning. File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS

Students aiming voices at stars IF ASTRAL FORCES LINE UP, INNISFAIL STUDENTS WILL SING ALONG WITH ASTRONAUT CHRIS HADFIELD AND BARENAKED LADIES SINGER ED ROBERTSON BY LANA MICHELIN ADVOCATE STAFF If all the astral forces — including satellite transmitters — line up just right, Innisfail students will sing along with Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies singer Ed Robertson this morning. Some 150 students from the Ecole John Wilson Elementary School, along with 65 young musicians from Innisfail middle school and high school, will meet in the middle school gym at 10:30 a.m. — with their collective fingers crossed. If all goes well, a live Wi-Fi feed will allow the youngsters to see and hear, via the Internet, Com-

mander Hadfield strumming his guitar on the International space station. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Robertson and a Toronto school choir called The Gleeks will be singing a song co-written by the pop star and the astronaut, called I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing). And the Innisfail students will sing along, as part of this year’s Music Monday. Hundreds of Canadian school children, as well as those in the U.S. and other countries, will also be joining their voices in song, with the goal of “filling the skies with music.” “The students are so excited. 'This has really got them hooked on space,” said John Wilson elementary music teacher Jill Asmundson, who has been tying music and sci-

ence together for the past month. During every music class in April, her kindergarten to Grade 4 students have watched short YouTube videos of Hadfield trying to live a regular life in zero-gravity. “He’s shown them how to make peanut butter sandwiches in space ... how to sleep in space, how to clip your toenails in space ... it’s absolutely fascinating.” Her music student have also been learning the words to I.S.S. with the goal of singing it on this year’s Music Monday, an annual day of celebrating music sponsored by the Coalition for Music Education.

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Walk raises funds to support those injured at work BY MURRAY CRAWFORD ADVOCATE STAFF Five years ago Dean Hyson’s life changed because of a workplace incident. The roofer was four storeys, almost 30 feet, above the ground working when things went awry. “We were emptying the gravel off the top of the roof,” said Hyson.

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STEPS FOR LIFE “When I dumped a barrel off the roof it flipped over really fast and grabbed me by the sleeve. “It basically catapulted me off the roof.” He was in the air for a few seconds before he landed on the back of a dump truck and bounced off it before

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crashing to the ground. “When you fall that distance it feels about five minutes and you have time to think,” said Hyson. As he fell he recalled jumping off a cliff in Grade 8 and landing on a sandy slope. “So I’m looking at this dump truck

thinking maybe there’s enough slope of the gravel I can minimize my damage.” But as he tried to adjust he realized his face was lining up with the dump truck, so he panicked. “My head landed right in my lap and as I’m bouncing off I think, this is going to hurt,” said Hyson. “Landed face first in a rock bed.

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CONFIDENCE LACKING AMONG SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS

HOME BUILDERS RECOGNIZED

A majority of sexual assault victims have little to no confidence in the police, the courts or the criminal justice system, according to a new government survey. A5

Sorento Custom Homes was the big winner at this year’s Awards of Excellence in Housing, taking home large volume builder of the year and two other honours. C3


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