Organ Donation

• Organ recipients push Doug Ford government to change donation rules

  She, and other organ recipients, are now pushing Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government to change a law in order to help others in similar situations.

  Canada

  May 5
  
• Retiring Conservative MP Len Webber makes good on promise to late wife

  Len Webber announced last month his retirement from politics, after 10 years as an Alberta legislature member and 11 years as the MP for Calgary Confederation.

  Canada

  Apr 20
  
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• Saskatchewan announces major milestone in organ and tissue donation on Green Shirt Day

  Green Shirt Day continues to be a powerful movement promoting organ and tissue donation across the country; recent data shows that Saskatchewan is leading amongst other provinces.

  Canada

  Apr 8
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• Logan Boulet effect still strong 7 years after horrific bus crash

  It has been seven years since the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy, but the legacy of Logan Boulet – and Green Shirt Day – keeps the conversation going about organ donation.

  Canada

  Apr 7
• B.C. marks 11,000 organ transplants as recipients give back

  BC Transplant said Monday that the province has successfully completed 11,000 organ transplants.

  Health

  Dec 2, 2024
• Desperate to ‘live again,’ this young man hopes plea will find him a kidney

  After his life was upended by a debilitating illness, a young man from Montreal and his family are making a public plea in hopes of finding a compatible kidney donor.

  Health

  Sep 12, 2024
• Domestic violence victim in Ontario saving 5 people through organ donation

  Her family is requesting anyone who would like to donate to the family consider sending their donation to Victim Services of Middlesex-London instead. 

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2024
• Game-changing technique could boost organ transplants in Canada. Here’s how

  In a Canadian first, Lawson Health Research Institute successfully employed a groundbreaking technique to optimize and transplant organs from donors after circulatory death.

  Health

  Jun 27, 2024
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• New AHS campaign encourages conversations about organ, tissue donation

  Albertans are hoping that sharing their message about organ and tissue donation will encourage more people to have end-of-life conversations with their loved ones.

  Health

  Apr 26, 2024
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• ‘She gets to be 10’: Ontario child’s heart donated to girl the same age

  'Zeynah would’ve been 10 that May of 2023 so it just felt really divine that my daughter’s almost 10-year-old heart was going to a 10-year-old girl,' said Maryam De Groef.

  Health

  Apr 18, 2024