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Canadian Blood Services regrets long wait time
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ensure that at future clinics donors are not subject to such delays and can complete their donation in about an hour. The next clinic at the Cornwall Civic Com- plex will be on Oct. 2. We would invite you to make an appoint- ment today by calling 1-888-2-DONATE. Your donations will help us ensure that we can continue to meet patient needs. We also wish to assure you that this is not the standard practice for Canadian Blood Services and that we are work- ing hard to ensure that at fu- ture clinics donors are not subject to such delays and can complete their donation in about an hour. Anyone who sits in the Parliament of Can- ada must be elected by the people they represent”. Nevertheless, he could appoint 14 or more Senators before the next election – 65 appointments total – potentially put- ting him just behind Chrétien who made 75 patronage appointments to the upper chamber. Mario Leclerc Past NDP candidate Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry Carolyn Boucher Community Development Coordinator A report produced by the Eastern Ontario Health Unit in the fall of 2009 revealed that for both men and women, suicide was the number one cause of mortality and inten- tional injury in most populations of eastern Ontario. “Suicide is preventable,”Hurtubise added. “Any one of us could play a part in helping to save a life. “We hope that people will take the time to learn about suicide, the warning signs and what to do,” added Two suicideTALK presentations were also delivered on Monday evening in Cornwall and the Vankleek Hill region to promote general awareness and prevention strate- gies.
Canadian Blood Services would like to ex- press its gratitude to the Cornwall. Community for their overwhelming sup- port at the last Blood Donor Clinic located at the Civic Complex on September 4th. It is because of your generosity that we were able to collect 187 units of blood. We understand that some donors who attended this clinic did experience rather lengthy delays and were not able to com- plete their blood donation in the expected one hour timeframe. This was largely due to the volume of do- nors who attended the clinic. This did affect donation times and cre- ated some back-ups at the front end of the clinic. We regret any inconvenience this may have caused and would like to thank all the donors who chose to stay and complete their donation despite the circumstances. We also wish to assure you that this is not the standard practice for Canadian Blood Services and that we are working hard to
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The Cornwall Professional Fire Fighters Association has made it’s initial $25,000 in- stallment, on it’s way to a total commitment of $125,000. From left, are Luc Richer, Bruce Donig, Addison Pelkey, Mike Baril, Jeff McIntyre, Brad Vallance. The 61-mem- ber association pledged to sponsor the main rink at the Benson Centre. The group will continue to make annual instalments of $25,000 for another four years until reaching their goal.
Another broken promise by Stephen Harper
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Const. Jeff Lalonde is pictured with the Cornwall Community Police Service’s Racing Against Drugs Police Cruiser. The Racing Against Drugs is a community-based drug and alcohol awareness program which is aimed to use the sport of racing to capture the attention of young people and to demonstrate the benefits of living a drug free life. The RAD event is held in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ontario Provincial Police, Eastern Ontario Health Unit, Canadian Border Service Agency, Emergency Medical Services, CN Police, Centre de Santé Communautaire de l’Estrie, Ministry of Natural Resources, Boys & Girls Clubs and Équipe Psycho Social and Partis d’un Bon Pas. The next event is scheduled to take place in April 2013.
Stephen Harper appointed five more un- elected and unaccountable friends to the Senate. Despite failing to pass any Senate re- forms, he has pushed Conservative ap- pointments to the upper chamber to over fifty. “Stephen Harper once said: ‘An appoint- ed Senate is a relic of the 19th Century. In 2004, Stephen Harper pledged: “I will not name appointed people to the Senate.
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The Suicide Prevention Coalition of Cham- plain East has launched– a new website to raise awareness and offer better suicide prevention education in communities across eastern Ontario. The website www.reachoutnow.ca was officially launched on Monday, coinciding with World Suicide Prevention Day. The site offers information about where and how to get help, how to reach out, re- sources and training opportunities. “We truly believe that this website will be a tool to help create suicide-safer com- munities through suicide prevention strate- gies,” said Robyn Hurtubise, manager of the Injury Prevention Program at the Eastern Ontario Health Unit.
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