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English PageIssue 297 (2) Asian Tribune December 31, 2021PEANUT PRINCESSI AM AN NRI FROM DISTANT CANADA:ON MY WAY TO SEASHORE MANGALORE,I SPENT ONE WINTRY NIGHT IN BANGALORE,THE FAMED CYBER-CITY OF MODERN INDIAAT DUSK, NEAR A LEAFY VILLA UNDER A LIGHT,I ESPIEDA PRETTY PEANUT-PILED PUSHCART,FAWNED OVER BY A FINE-FEATURED FEMALE;TALL AND SLIM, SHE WAS SEEKING HER LAST SALE.PLEASED, I BOUGHT EIGHT PACKETS OF PEANUTS,SURELY SURPRISED SHE WAS AT THE LONELY CORNER,A BUYER HAD COME AT THAT LATE HOUR!I CALLED HER A PEERLESS PRINCESS OF PEANUTS!AT BREAKFAST IN HARRY’S HOTEL, I SCANNEDTHE DINNERS: SILK-ROBED, MANICURED,BEJEWELED FEMALES WERE APLENTY;BUT NONE LIKE THE PEANUT PRINCESS IN BEAUTY.A PENCIL-THIN WAIST, DIMPLES ON FLANKS,WILD EYES, CHEEKS THAT SLOPED GENTLY;SHE HAD ALL! YET IT WAS HER PENSIVE LOOKS,AND WILL TO SURVIVE THAT LENT HER NOBILITY!WHEN ACROSS THE SEAS I THINK OF HER:HER DIGNITY, STOICISM, DEMEANOR,HER SIMPICITY, HER ABJECT POCERTY;I FEEL LOW AT MY FAKE GENTILITY!(NOTE: NRI MEANS A NON-RESIDENT INDIAN)PREM KUMAR IS LONG TIME RESIDENT OFEDMONTON AND REGULAR CONTRIBUTOR TOASIAN TRIBUNEwww.asiantribune.ca.
Issue 297 (3) Asian Tribune December 31, 2021Alberta 8,250 cases in five days & positivity above 15% will ring in new year on bad note(Continued..Page 1)previously and it would be a smaller proportionwe’re capturing in PCR with this change to userapid tests.” Hinshaw said in Calgary andEdmonton, about one-in-three people who aregetting tested for COVID-19 are confirmed aspositive. She noted that rapid tests are not assensitive as PCR tests. “If you have symptoms,you should stay home and away from othersuntil you feel better, even if you have multiplenegative rapid tests.” When asked howAlbertans who test positive on a rapid test willbe supported with disability or workers’compensation claims or help with long COVIDsymptoms without the official documented PCRtest result, Hinshaw said that is currently beingdiscussed. “In the meantime, it’s prudent forAlbertans who test positive on a rapid test whohave symptoms and who are not in one of thosehigh-risk categories, those individuals it wouldbe prudent for them to notify their primary carepractitioner so that it’s on file for them that theyhave had this positive test with symptoms,”Hinshaw said. “That’s one way of documentingit in the short term as we work through some ofthese details.” Amid the exponential spread ofOmicron threatening health-care workers andthe system’s capacity, Quebec announcedTuesday health-care workers who have testedpositive for COVID-19 will be allowed to workunder certain conditions.Premier Jason Kenney said Tuesday this is notan issue Alberta Health Services is currentlyfacing, and not under active consideration.“I don’t think we can completely rule out that ifour hospitals were under the most extreme kindof pressure that we would have to modify theself-isolation requirements to maximize theworkforce,” Kenney said.He noted the provinceis looking at what other jurisdictions are doing,including a decision from the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention in the UnitedStates to modify isolation requirements from10 days to five days. However, NDP deputyleader Sarah Hoffman said the government hasnot offered a plan to deal with Omicron.“How many waves of COVID will it take beforethis premier and his cabinet colleagues realizethat their approach to this public health crisishas been an abject failure?” she said.“More must be done to test and trace for COVIDto limit the spread of the Omicron variant andto support schools, small businesses and somuch more.” Meanwhile in a news release, theAlberta Teachers’ Association called onEducation Minister Adriana LaGrange to comeup with a plan to keep K-12 students and staffsafe in the New Year.ATA president Jason Schilling said thegovernment enacted “mediocre” measures inthe fourth wave in the fall, and called for it toact quickly to deal with the rapid spread of theOmicron variant.www.asiantribune.ca.“We are also asking for proactive preparationto manage the consequences of outbreaksby increasing the availability of substituteteachers, cancelling the January provincialexaminations and, if necessary, preparing fora swift but smooth transition to remotelearning. It is not too late to listen and to act,”said Schilling. Kenney noted the province iscurrently discussing how best to proceed withschools and will make a decision later thisweek. “Clearly our strong preference is tomaintain as much as possible in-classroominstruction,” he said.“With the very rapid spread of Omicron, wecan expect that the outbreak protocols thatwe’ve had to date will likely become obsoletevery quickly, and that many teachers and staffmay be in isolation.”The province is expected to release a fullbreakdown of COVID-19 cases,hospitalizations, and deaths this week.
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