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City erecting banners to celebrate War of 1812
New street banners highlighting local events and figures from the War of 1812 are being installed in Corrnwall.
The banners are replacing existing city banners on Water Street and in the Downtown and Le Village areas.
Photo - Greg Kielec
MPP learns role of CCH nurses Jim McDonell, MPP for Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry, got a first-hand look at the role of nurses during a tour of Cornwall Community Hospital’s McConnell Avenue site Friday afternoon. Pictured with McDonell, from left, is Heather Arthur, vice-pres- ident of patient services and chief nursing officer, with a plaque honouring posthu- mously Wilma Todd as Nurse of the Year. The well-liked nurse recently passed away from cancer.
ease prevention, health promotion and client-centred care,” said Arthur. “Take Your MPP to Work gives our politi- cal leaders a fantastic opportunity to expe- rience and see, firsthand, the high-quality care that our nurses provide on a daily ba- sis,” she said “It also helps to enhance their knowledge when it comes to the day-to-day workings of our health-care system.”
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
Local MPP Jim McDonell got a taste of medicine from a nurse’s perspective on Friday afternoon. McDonell, who represents voters in Stor- mont-Dundas-South Glengarry in Queen’s Park, was at Cornwall Community Hospital to see first-hand the work that nurses do at the facility. Nurses’union representative ColleenMac- Donald said MPPs from across the province were invited to participate in the Take Your MPP to Work event so the provincial repre- sentatives can better understand what the day in the life of a nurse is like. It is the 13th year that the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario has spon- sored the provincewide event. MacDonald represents the association as past president of the local Seaway Chapter. Heather Arthur, vice-president of patient services and chief nursing officer, said the tours also highlight the changing roles of nurses over the years. “There have been a lot of changes over the past years,’ she said. “Nurses have a critical role to play in dis-
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