Blood Donations

• Urgent call for blood donations in Peterborough as supply critically low

  Over the next four weeks, Canadian Blood Service's clinic in Peterborough needs 344 people to give blood. A special mobile clinic is scheduled Oct. 2 at Trent University.

  Health

  Sep 25, 2023
  
• ‘An incredible service’: West Island blood centre holds open house to encourage donations

  Hema-Québec says summer donations are vital. Last month they were calling for 500 additional weekly donations. Especially from those with O positive and negative blood types.

  Canada

  Aug 10, 2023
  
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• Meet an Ontario man going ‘all in all the time’ when it comes to giving blood

  It was less than five years ago that Dan Polischuk made his first blood donation but the Kitchener man is set to mark a milestone Tuesday when he gives blood for a 50th time.

  Canada

  Aug 4, 2023
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• Saskatoon morning news rewind: Monday, July 10

  Here's a look back on who was on 'Global News Morning Saskatoon' for Monday, July 10.

  Jul 10, 2023
• ‘Let’s do this together’: Okanagan company encouraging others to donate plasma

  Plasma makes up 55 per cent of blood and is used to make life-saving medication to treat a variety of diseases.

  Health

  Mar 22, 2023
• Health Canada approves Héma-Québec’s gender-neutral questionnaire for blood donations

  The change to Héma-Québec's questionnaire means nixing the current three-month exclusion period for men who have sex with other men.

  Canada

  Sep 7, 2022
• Donors needed: Canadian blood donations at decade low due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Health

  Jun 13, 2022
• Lifetime ban for sex workers donating blood should be scrapped: Canadian Blood Services

  The blood-donation service this month recommended to Health Canada that it abolish the lifetime ban on donation by people who have taken money or drugs in exchange for sex.

  Health

  May 27, 2022
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• Canadian Blood Services issues urgent call for donations

  National inventory for blood is down 25 per cent since the start of April, and hundreds of appointments for blood donation remain open across Atlantic Canada.

  Canada

  May 17, 2022
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• Blood donation ban on men who have sex with men can end: Health Canada

  The move from Health Canada officially greenlights a policy change by Canadian Blood Services that officials said is expected by Sept. 30, 2022.

  Health

  Apr 28, 2022