Our eight member committee was very conscious from the beginning that the quality of care and service that we provide is very closely tied to quality of work life and having a healthy environment for our staff.

One was healthy eating so we had one of our clinical dieticians do a grand round. We sat down with the head of dietetic services and she introduced a number of healthy new items on the menu. We've found them to be best sellers.

Grace is a palliative care and continuing complex care hospital blessed with a dedicated and close-knit staff. The staff see themselves as being intrinsic to the quality of care that each patient receives.

There have been other works found, fragments of works found, but this is just superb in its quality. From beginning to end there's not a weak moment.

As forecast at the beginning of the year, full service airlines have begun to look at new ways to encourage travel and provide good deals for their customers on both their long-haul and short-haul routes and these incentives are paying off for some of the carriers, possibly easing the strain of higher fuel costs on the industry.

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