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EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the government is working to get taxpayer value for the money it paid for medication that has yet to be approved and delivered. Smith announced the plan two years ago amid a national shortage of children's pain medication. The province spent $70 million upfront to import five million bottles from Turkey-based Atabay Pharmaceuticals. But Alberta Health Services said Friday that Health Canada only approved 1.5 million bottles or $21 million worth of product. That left a credit of $49 million. Smith said this week the holdup is with Health Canada, which would have to approve a new suite of imports for the province to get its money's worth. “We’re waiting for Health Canada to work with AHS to identify the products, get the formulations, approve it, so that we're able to execute on it. Those things take time," Smith said in a year-end interview. The premier said the province had to pay the $70 million upfront. "They delivered a portion, and then the supply chains were restored, and we didn't need to fulfil it with the two products we'd initially ordered. So we have a credit on file with Atabay,” said Smith. The government and AHS declined to say what specific products they're seeking or when they might arrive. “We want it to be delivered soon," said Smith. Health Canada was unable to provide an immediate response. AHS said the $70-million prepayment went to Edmonton-based medical supplier MHCare. AHS did not address questions about how common it is to pay the entire contracting fee upfront with no apparent backstops to ensure fulfilment. The costs of shipping, waste disposal and other administration tied to the deal were initially estimated to be an extra $10 million, but are yet to be finalized. NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi said Smith's United Conservative government signed a deal that didn't follow normal procurement practices, and it backfired. "The federal government had already signed a deal to get real Tylenol onto the shelves that arrived before the Turkish Tylenol," he told The Canadian Press. "Albertans should be really angry, because we basically have given $80 million of taxpayers money that could have built schools." Smith's government has stood by the decision to import the medication because, in late 2022, parents were desperate to find relief for their children at the height of the respiratory virus season. The purchase has long been mired in difficulties. It was immediately beset by delays, as the province sought regulatory approvals and sorted out packaging and warning labels. Pharmacists had to keep some of the medicine behind the counter to make sure customers who bought it were aware of the comparatively lower dosage. Hospital neonatal units eventually stopped using it due to safety concerns. The purchase also sparked questions about whether the province's relaxed ethics rules meant elected officials could be bought for the right price. Multiple UCP cabinet ministers have said they accepted free tickets to Edmonton Oilers hockey games during the Stanley Cup playoffs. They said they followed conflict-of-interest rules and denied any claims of disreputable behaviour. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange has said AHS has identified what imported adult medications it could use, is in negotiations with Atabay and is working to get approval from Health Canada. “Once those processes have been gone through, I will be happy to share exactly what those medications are,” she said Thursday. "My goal has always been to get products that we can use, get maximum value out of what's remaining on the books there, and that's what's happening." This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 6, 2024. Lisa Johnson, The Canadian PressTitle: New Hero Kong Kong'er Joins King of Glory S38 Season! A Diverse Range of Content Unveiled in the New Season
Trump taps Pam Bondi for attorney generalUnited Airlines travelers with lost luggage have a new tool to track their bags. If the lost bag has an Apple AirTag in it, that information can now be passed directly to United, the airline announced Thursday. The new feature, called Share Item Location, allows travelers with an AirTag or other Find My network accessory to share the location with the airline’s customer service team to help locate their luggage in the event it’s misplaced. United says more than 99% of its customers pick up their luggage without a hitch. Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images/File via CNN Newsource The feature is now available with iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2 or macOS 15.2. “Apple’s new Share Item Location feature will help customers travel with even more confidence, knowing they have another way to access their bag’s precise location with AirTag or their Find My accessory of choice,” said David Kinzelman, United’s chief customer officer. Travelers on United whose bags do not arrive at their destination can file a delayed baggage report with United and share the link to the item’s location either through the United app or via text message. After the report has been submitted, customer service agents will be able to locate the item on an interactive map alongside a timestamp of a recent update. The shared location will be disabled after a customer has the bag, and customers can also stop sharing the location of the item at any time on their own. The location link will also automatically expire after seven days. Using AirTags or other tracking devices on luggage is increasingly popular among frequent travelers, with a significant boom following the 2022 Southwest Airlines holiday meltdown , which displaced thousands of travelers over Christmas and into 2023, alongside much of their belongings. United says lost bags are rare, with more than 99% of its customers arriving with their bags. It says the new technology will help those with lost bags to recover them more quickly because the airline will have more information about them. Apple previously announced the new service will also be integrated at other air carriers, including Delta Air Lines. Others include Aer Lingus, Air Canada, Air New Zealand, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, Iberia, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Lufthansa, Qantas, Singapore Airlines, Swiss International Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Virgin Atlantic and Vueling.
2. "Echoes of Eternity"TECH CULTURES: Politecnico di Torino opens a call for expression of interest for guest curators in the Biennale Tecnologia 2026 festival TURIN, Italy, Dec. 06, 2024 (Korea Bizwire) – Technology has assumed an increasingly decisive role in social development and in all areas of human life, from education to work, from the environment to health. In order to investigate the complex relationship between technology and society and to propose a broad and articulate reflection on the meaning that technology and research have in our time, the Politecnico di Torino has been successfully realizing and promoting since 2019 Biennale Tecnologia , a major event based on a hundred events dedicated precisely to these issues. Biennale Tecnologia is a wide-ranging festival that offers the public an articulate, inclusive and accessible reflection, starting with the most recent innovations, but also remembering the history of our technological roots, in the hope that the great achievements of the past and present will be an inspiration for the future. The event offers an open opportunity for discussion that focuses on the environmental, ethical, social, economic and geopolitical implications of major technological issues such as artificial intelligence, energy, transportation and telecommunications. The Biennale Tecnologia’s program includes lectures, debates, workshops and exhibitions with international guests, with a strongly interdisciplinary approach , enriched by the languages of narrative, cinema, theater, and music, without excluding the figurative and performing arts. Strengthening and expanding this experience, today the University intends to intensify the production of cultural content and strengthen the international dimension of Biennale Tecnologia, launching an expression of interest promoted in Italy and abroad for the selection of guest curatorial projects to be integrated in the next edition 2026 . The expression of interest invites experts (academic and non-academic) working in Italy or abroad to propose – individually or in teams – cultural projects for the next edition of Biennale Tecnologia. Based on the proposals received, some projects will be invited to participate in a second selection phase, from which will emerge the project proposals that will be part of the next edition of Biennale Tecnologia – Tech Cultures. Connoted by a recognizable interpretive line, the identified proposals will have to include the realization, by the Politecnico di Torino, of at least 15 events. The guest curators will work in close collaboration with the Politecnico and in particular with the Biennale governance, composed of Rector Stefano Corgnati, Vice Rector for Society and Community Stefano Sacchi and Curator Guido Saracco. “With the evolution of Biennale Tecnologia and the international scope we want to give to the event, the momentum of the Politecnico di Torino in becoming a point of reference in the public debate is strengthened, centering one of the objectives of its third mission, which contemplates the involvement and transfer of technology towards society. The festival and the events we will carry out-including in a new format of cultural productions named ‘Prometheus’ – will continue to stimulate the urgent reflections that are necessary to give concrete answers to the future of society, and it will do so in a choral and continuous way, involving first and foremost our polytechnic community, the citizens and the corporate world. The contribution of guest curators will be essential to broaden the scope of the event and open us further to the international scene,” comments Politecnico di Torino Rector Stefano Corgnati . For more information: Press Office LaPresse - ufficio.stampa@lapresse.it A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/ac28276f-7621-4775-b20c-64f3361f92fb Source: Politecnico di Torino via GLOBE NEWSWIREUnited, Apple rolling out new way to track lost luggage with AirTags