The Reminder is making its archives back to 2003 available on our website. Please note that, due to technical limitations, archive articles are presented without the usual formatting.
Montreal - The Clostridium difficile bacterium may be more widespread in Quebec hospitals, and more deadly, than previously thought, says a new study. Researchers looked at Montreal hospitals, and found 7,000 people have been infected with C. difficile since 2003. A study, prepared by Vivian Loo, the chief epidemiologist at McGill University, shows at least 600 of the 7,000 people infected died. C. difficile can cause severe diarrhea, colitis and even death. It attacks patients on antibiotics because those drugs upset the normal balance of micro-organisms in the colon. Vancouver - Final arguments have begun in the Air India trial, with defence lawyers claiming there is simply not enough credible evidence to convict the two accused. Two men, Ripudaman Singh Malik and Ajaib Singh Bagri, are charged with killing 331 people in two separate bombings on the same day in June 1985. One bomb killed 329 people on board Air India Flight 182, most of them Canadians. It was the worst mass murder in Canadian history. The second bomb killed two baggage handlers at Tokyo's Narita Airport. Montreal - Cirque du Soleil has paid $2,605 for the honour of possessing a once-edible piece of history: the last hotdog ever sold at a Montreal Expos game. The original wiener is floating in a chemical bath to ensure its preservation.
