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In a world ruled by technology and instant gratification, do kids still want to hike, canoe and be part of a scout troop?
Tonight that includes putting on a uniform and attending his first scout meeting of the year. Tanner is part of the First Fairfield scout troop, which meets weekly in the Lion’s Hall. He’s not sure what they’ll be doing tonight; this is his first night as a scout since he graduated from the lower-level cub program last spring. “In Scouts, what I think we’ll be doing is we’ll get more responsibility,” he says. “We probably do backpacking, canoe camping, mountain biking,
bike camping.” Tanner explains Cubs don’t do as much of that kind of thing—as eight- to 10-year-olds, he says, they don’t have the same skills or abilities under their belts. Graduating to Scout is a big step—and marks a point where kids are given more freedom than ever before. They’re trusted in more adventurous { See SCOUTS, page A9 }
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leven-year-old Tanner King has dark, serious eyes and almost vibrates with curiosity. He explains a few of the projects he’s undertaking in his free time, gesturing with his hands. He has plans to build an off-road scooter from an old bike and his skateboard. He plays around with stop motion animation, setting up lego scenes and moving them in tiny increments. He wants to build a flying squirrel suit, and a catapult, and has a detailed plan for a tennis ball launcher in his mind’s eye. “I’m into facts and how stuff works,” he says, matter-of-factly. “I can’t name it all—I have tons of stuff I’m planning on doing.”
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hilliwack General Hospital (CGH) is a great place to go if you need a hip replacement, but might not be so good if you’d like to avoid a C-section. A new online tool called Your Health System created by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) allows users to compare a number of statistical indicators related to access, quality of care, patient safety and emerging health trends among hospitals but health regions and provinces across the country. Of patients 65 and older who attended CGH with a hip fracture, according to the CIHI data from 2012-2013, 92.3 per cent were surgically treated within 48 hours. That’s better than the Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Centre’s (ARHCC) rate of 86.4 per cent, the national rate of 82.5 per cent, B.C.’s at 81.9 per cent, or the Fraser Health Authority’s (FHA) at 78.4 per cent. Women looking to avoid a Caesarean section, however, might do well to avoid CGH as the rate of C-sections
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