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Metal items have been found in various food items at three different Sobeys grocery stores in Calgary, the second chain hit by tampering this year.
On Tuesday, a woman found a metal item in an avocado she purchased at the Sobeys at 150 Millrise Blvd S.W., said police.
Over the weekend, metal items were found in two kaiser buns bought from the Sobeys at 20 McKenzie Towne Ave. S.E. and 356 Cranston Rd. S.E. In one of those cases, the customer bit into the bun but was not hurt.
Calgary police said Wednesday that they're investigating all three Sobeys cases.
Last week, a woman was charged with mischief over $5,000 in connection with metal pins found in packaged food items at the Calgary Co-op in Oakridge Centre on March 11.
The store was the target of several other incidents of food tampering. Pins were found in bakery items, cheese, juices and bulk foods three times in January and February.
Police said they're still investigating those incidents.
Until they close the cases, investigators urged the public to inspect all food purchased from grocery stores to ensure the items are safe.
B.C. schools are being shut down at an unprecedented rate, the province's teachers are warning following a move by the Langley School Board to shut down County Line Elementary on Tuesday evening.
According to the B.C. Teachers Federation, the doors have been locked on more than 170 public schools in the province since 2001. County Line Elementary will be the sixth school to close in the Langley District in the last six years.
Declining enrollment, particularly in rural areas, has been cited by the provincial government as the key reason for closures.
Former BCTF president Irene Lanzinger said enrolment across the province has dropped by roughly 50,000 students since 2001, from a total student population of about 500,000.
However, Lanzinger said, the number of students is now rebounding.
"Statistics show enrolment is starting to go up now and will increase over the next 10 years … and then where will we put the kids?" Lanzinger said. "We've had these dips in enrolment before, and we have never in the history of the province closed 170 schools."
It wasn't all bad news in Langley on Tuesday evening. The board also voted to keep Glenwood Elementary open.
But Langley School District trustee Stacey Coady said it was not easy telling parents from County Line Elementary they're going to have to send their kids to a new school about five kilometres away in September.
"I've gone through school closures with my own daughter and it's a difficult place that you find yourself in, and you want to make the best decision you can," Coady said.
The Langley District is grappling with a $14-million budget shortfall, in part because of the declining enrolment, but also because of accounting errors made by staff.
Parent advisory committee president Charlene Hyra said there is no guarantee that Glenwood Elementary will remain open down the road, so they have to do what they can to increase enrolment.
"We've got a lot of work to do, but we've got some dedicated parents," Hyra said.
By: ctvbc.ca
Date: Monday Mar. 15, 2010 7:49 PM PT
Friends and family of a young pregnant woman killed as a bystander to a car crash in Abbotsford Saturday are still trying to understand how the horrific accident occurred.
Luba Grigor told CTV News that she's still in shock about the death of her friend and co-worker, a 27-year-old woman who has only been identified by her first name, Laurel. She was six months pregnant when she was killed.
"I can't even describe the feeling. I cried all day yesterday," Grigor said. "She was really excited to have a baby."
Laurel was waiting to cross the street with her husband and father at the intersection of South Fraser Way and Ware Street when the family was hit by a Honda Prelude that had collided with a Ford pickup truck. The truck had allegedly run a red light before striking the Prelude.
The family was rushed to hospital, but neither Laurel nor her baby could be saved.
Laurel's father was pinned to a power pole by the crash, causing serious injuries to his back and lower body. He underwent surgery on Saturday and is expected to survive.
The husband suffered only minor physical injuries.
A series of collisions followed the initial crash, ultimately involving five vehicles with a sixth being struck with debris.
Police say they may recommend charges under the criminal code or the Motor Vehicle Act in connection with Laurel's death.
Abbotsford police spokesman Const. Ian MacDonald said Monday that an investigation is underway into which car was at fault in the collision.
"We want to do a thorough and comprehensive investigation for citizens of this community and for this family," he said.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Julia Foy
By: The Canadian Press
Date: Monday Mar. 15, 2010 4:26 PM PT
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to consume some potato chips because the products may be contaminated with salmonella.It says the foods contain dry powder and paste hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP), ingredients which have been recalled in the U.S. and Canada by Basic Food Flavors Inc. due to salmonella contamination.
The CFIA is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to identify and remove all affected products imported into Canada from the U.S. in an ongoing food safety investigation.
The following foods, manufactured in Canada, are affected by this alert:
These products may have been distributed nationally.
The CFIA says there have been no reported illnesses in Canada associated with the consumption of these products.
Food contaminated with salmonella may not look or smell spoiled.
Consumption of food contaminated with these bacteria may cause salmonellosis, a food borne illness.
In young children, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems, salmonellosis may cause serious and sometimes deadly infections.
In otherwise healthy people, salmonellosis may cause short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhoea. Long-term complications may include severe arthritis.
The manufacturer is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace.
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