In the Calgary Herald: confusion about cable channels among TV users. Cable company Shaw keeps shuffling, adding and removing channels and viewers start to complain they can’t find their favorite programs anymore. Interesting numbers: according to Yankee’s research group more than 50 percent of TV viewers find out what’s on by simply flipping channels. With close to a hundred channels in a full-cable package, and frequent commercial breaks, it’s easy to miss programs you’d really like to watch.
In the National Post: fatal medical errors attributed to confusion about names. Losec sounds and looks a lot like Trosec, so the two different medicaments can easily be confused. This kind of human error can cause fatalities. Health Canada has now come up with guidelines for analyzing the safety of drug names.
