NACI recommends universal immunization program against RSV for infants

Today’s horoscope

MOON ALERT: After 7:30 a.m. today there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Pisces.

ARIES (March 21-April 19)

This might be a restless day for you. Nevertheless, you have options to socialize and have fun — perhaps in the entertainment world, at sporting events or in playful activities with kids. You’re full of different ideas, which might create detours and surprises for you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

Girl pleads guilty to assaulting fellow student

A high school student who admitted to attacking another girl in the hallway says she is taking responsibility for her wrongdoing.

Letters, July 31

Of heart attacks and wait timesShortly after midnight on July 17, I experienced heart attack symptoms, which I recognized from an earlier heart attack 27 years ago.

Paramedics arrived quickly, at about 1:30 a.m. They were very professional and caring. I arrived at St. Boniface Hospital at about 2:30 a.m. and after a blood test and vitals I was in the waiting room at 3 a.m. We were told the wait-time was 16 hours.

The room was not quite full of mostly elderly people. While waiting, I was impressed that a nurse was doing the room, talking to people, taking blood pressure and offering snacks and water. At about 6 a.m. I had another blood test. By 8 a.m. I was in an examination room — within five hours, not 16.

By 10 a.m., after tests, it was determined that I had had a minor heart attack. After X-rays and the visit of the cardiologist confirming my heart attack, I was admitted and scheduled for an angiogram. I was on the ward at 11:30 a.m. At 12:15 p.m. I was taken to the CAT lab, had an angiogram, a stent was installed and I was back on the ward at 1:30 p.m. This was all done on the same day — five hours waiting, five hours for treatment.

We’re giving, they’re taking — where’s the win?

In the give-and-take of negotiations so far, Canada seems to be doing all the giving, while the United States does all the taking.

In the last few days, the Canadian government said it was backing away from a five per cent levy to be paid by American streaming services such as Amazon and Netflix after, earlier, dropping the three per cent digital services tax. Then, there was what now appears to be succumbing to American President Donald Trump over the Gordie Howe International Bridge, where Canada agreed to let the U.S. share the net revenues from the bridge, even though Canada paid for the entire construction.

Now, Prime Minister Mark Carney is signalling he won’t use energy exports to the United States as a bargaining chip in the current talks on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico free trade agreement, saying he didn’t “see the value” of using Canada’s energy exports to the U.S. as a trade bargaining chip.

“Canadians are reliable,” Carney said Wednesday in Red Deer, Alta. “One of the biggest commodities, arguably the best, is trust. People trust us, and so, when you’re a supplier of a key commodity, key service, you’ve got to think really hard about not supplying.”

IG Wealth Management to sell longtime Portage Avenue HQ

The downtown IG Wealth Management building will soon be up for sale.

The Winnipeg-based financial services company is moving its headquarters after nearly 40 years at 447 Portage Ave., across from the former Hudson’s Bay flagship store.

By current timelines, staff will move into a newer downtown tower — 360 Main St. — in 2028.

Roughly 1,100 employees will make the transition, according to Nancy McCuaig, executive vice-president of IGM Financial, IG Wealth Management’s parent company.