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P.A.R.T.Y. Program News

2008 Jim Gray Safer Calgary Awards awarded to P.A.R.T.Y. Program Co-ordinator: 
"The Jim Gray Awards are a prestigious recognition of the contributions made by members of the community towards achieving the goals of Safer Calgary. They acknowledge individuals, groups, communities and corporations for the efforts they voluntarily undertake to make Calgary a safer place to live, work, raise families and enjoy recreational activities. "

Links to news items relating to risks, choices and consequences.  Some of the topics include:

Texting/Cell Phone use while driving

• Texting while driving a bad idea: report-----July 29, 2009
  
  
• Big automakers back texting while driving ban-----September 23, 2009
  
  
• 'Just hang up and drive,' says victim's daughter-----December 11, 2009
  
  
• Police warn of the dangers iof driving distractions ----- February 1, 2010
  
  
• Police focus on driving habits -----February 2, 2010

Ear-bud / Ipod use

• Train kills Canmore woman walking along tracks, listening to iPod-----March 2, 2009
  
  
• Ear-bud wearer killed by train-----May 22, 2009
  

Alocohol / Drug related

• Ecstasy is deadliest stimulant to youths-----January 30, 2010

Seatbelt use

• Majority of Alberta's traffic deaths on rural roads ----- July 30, 2009
  
  
• "Ugly" seatbelt campaign intended to save lives----October 8, 2009

Stunts

• B.C. Teen dies playing "chicken"-----January 3, 2010
  

Helmets and Safety Gear

• Helmets keep you safer on slopes, says U. of C. study -----February 2, 2010