Today's local newspaper stories as they pertain to the University of Alberta. Updated every weekday.
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More than half the hospital helicopter pads in Alberta fail to meet federal standards. The U of A Hospital's is not among them. The announced cuts to the Medical Research Council will be reversed, predicts Hugh Winsor. Deciding to lower the budget at a time when the world is moving toward a knowledge-based society, when health care is soaring to the top of the political agenda and when biomedical industries are starting to take off, was a dumb decision. UofA pediatric professor and foundation member, Peter Olley, says statistics are staggering and increase in teen smoking worse.