In a newly-published report, the SPSO said the health board had failed to provide adequate advice, care and treatment before and during the baby's birth in October 2009.

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Although they report that nearly one-third of their peers are barely adequate or worse as board members, rare--until recently--was the board that evaluated its own performance, whether of individuals or as a whole.

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The authors of the report, commissioners Benjamin Tang and Michael Lunn, described themselves as "astonished and deeply dismayed" that the department had also failed to enforce regulations requiring boat operators to have an adequate number of life jackets on board for both adults and children.

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The board's chairman, Ken Jenkins, says the act has adequate protections and that no-one should fear that the mental health provision will be used for anything other than preventing the sale of handguns and assault-style weapons to those who have been reported.

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Kinder Morgan Canada ( KMP) has asked the Canadian National Energy Board to delay the review of Gateway until it is clear there is adequate commercial interest.

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