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CALGARY 鈥?Criminal trial lawyers in Alberta are worried the public could be at risk if a treatment program for sex offenders is shut down.The Criminal Trial Lawyers Association in Edmonton and the Criminal Defence Lawyers Association in Calgary say they ;ve been told the Alberta government will end the Phoenix program by next March.The program is offered in a secure, 19-bed facility operated out of Alberta Hospital Edmonton and pr
stanley mugg ovides intensive therapy to convicted sex offenders serving provincial jail sentences. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Ian Savage with the Calgary lawyers association said the treatment involves 35 hours of therapy a week, while a potential replacement program operated by Alberta Health Services would offer six hours.It essentially world-renowned and quite successful, particular
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stanley cup d were tracked over a three-year period.If you can have a program that reduces the risk of a certain subset of criminal sexual behaviour and reduces the risk of that repeating, then obviously the public is saved that additional harm, said Savage. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Xicc Judge finds Alek Minassian criminally responsible for Yonge Street van attack
BLYTHEVILLE, Ark. 鈥?Blytheville is transforming a decommissioned Air Force base into a Cold War Museum.The Arkansas Business reports that the city publicized plans in late April to build the Blytheville Air Force Base National Cold War Museum on the site of the former Strategic Air Command base that shut down in 1992.Blytheville Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Liz Smith says supporters of the museum project are feeling the type of nostalgia and zeal that have inspired other Cold War museums in the U.S. and overseas. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
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