Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 13, 1994, Winnipeg, Manitoba The nation Winnipeg free press a o january Canada at a glance rail merge option touted from the Canadian press Toronto full merger of up rail system and in North America in Eastern Canada is the preferred option for building a viable rail Industry in the the chairman of Canadian Pacific said there Are a lot of options but the preferred option would be a said William who is also chief cuts rebuked Premier Ralph kleins Public sector wage restraint program earned a rebuke yesterday from the provinces spending who said cutting salaries int the Way to save taxpayers auditor general Donald in his review of the provinces questioned the governments ability to Cut spending when it Doest even know if it is getting the Best bang for the new treatment Toronto new treatment which May help women avoid miscarriage is the subject of a report on cd tvs Market place on tuesday the still in the experimental was discovered by a Toronto doctor treating women with Johnson feisty Johnson said yesterday he has the right to take bold action As Quebec Premier but he was unable to announce any new direction for his Darold Johnson brushed off Calls for an immediate election by the opposition parti which has accused the Liberal government of clinging to Power in the fifth year of its bus hits truck a greyhound bus carrying 28 passengers hit a tractor trailer unit just East of Here injuring three people including the driving conditions were poor when the Accident occurred on Highway 16 about 16 Kilometres East of this Community on the Boundary of Saskatchewan and said greyhound spokesman Grant gassing blasted Conception Bay animal welfare group wants this Community to Stop gassing stray animals with exhaust fumes from the tailpipe of a the town Council had at least 193 dogs and 84 cats killed last year by pumping deadly Carbon monoxide from a Council truck into a Small Gas chamber at the officials from the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals demanded Council switch to modern such As lethal injections administered by she works cheap Medicine say what you want about civil Medicine hats cheapest Public employee takes the cake when it comes to fooling around on the she she sits on she plays with ribbons and occasionally a dark striped Tabby who has called the Airport Home for the past three Falls asleep on top of computer Ever since arrival As a Kitten stowaway on a Saskatchewan horse she has had one major to Clear the terminal of Field j blood supplies drained blood nurse Grace Khan takes blood from Richard Shilton at blood donor clinic in red Cross asking healthy canadians to Roll up help end emergency some facts about blood and donating it donating blood the average person has about five hires of blood eight per cent of body the process of collecting one unit of blood 450 takes about 45 you can dive blood every 70 criteria for donating Between Ages 17 and in Good weigh at least 100 pounds and be at least five feet have adequate haemoglobin be Well have eaten something before have proper unacceptable donors temporary deferral flu or cold surgery in last six on certain medications in last 72 pregnancy in past six breastfeeding last three Contact with hepatitis in past ear acupuncture or electrolysis with some recent permanent deferral heart kidney uncontrolled High blood diabetes requiring blood diseases and High risk for or symptoms of aids virus How does giving blood affect me very the body replaces plasma within 24 hours and red cells within four procedure after donation since november All units of blood have been tested for the virus believed to cause and other disease agents before being used for transfusions in surgery and other medical studies show the risk of a unit of blood being his infected is about one in How blood keeps you alive made up of cells and a liquid called transports the necessities of life to every cell in the red cells carry oxygen to White cells protect the body from platelets provide the basis for clotting to control bleeding and plasma contains proteins which fight infection and help four major blood groups o and each divided into re positive and re negative How Long can blood be stored refrigerated whole blood and concentrated red cells can be kept 35 Frozen red cells can be stored up to 10 other like fresh Frozen can be stored up to a source the Canadian red Cross up by Marlene Habib Canadian press encouraging canadians to give the gift of life has become a struggle for Many red Cross blood donor clinics across the an unusually cold High incidences of flus and More rigorous screening methods and publicity surrounding aids tainted blood donated Between 1980 and 85 have All figured into a drop in blood As a under supplies in blood Are reaching emergency so red Cross divisions in Many parts of the country have been appealing to healthy canadians to Roll up their sleeves at local clinics without things Are a Little bit slower than we would like it to Angela of the Canadian red Cross society National office in said in an interview the Basic daily requirement to meet blood transfusions or use blood products for Organ helping cancer victims and other patients is about units each unit is 450 said every 20 someone in Canada is in need of but some areas of the country notably Only enough in store to last a Day or there Are four major blood 0 and divided into re positive and re negative the most common shortages Are for 0 and added because these Are the types most people Diana Benjamin of the Central Ontario blood Centre says the Centre usually collects about 800 units a but stocks Are so Low that units a Day Are needed for the next several Days to build up a secure in a recent promotional Campaign to recruit donors attracted about i Dominique Racene of the red Cross Quebec division said these campaigns Are held twice yearly to prevent desperate among those heeding the appeals Are an unusually High number of firs time said red Cross nurses and have certainly always supported the idea of giving but Ive never done it because in very squeamish and the thought of blood being drawn from ones Arm made me nearly pass 33yearold Suzanne an unemployed stockbroker in said after her first i also believed there was so much More involved in giving blood than there really but that was theres really nothing to and because of the Ive been Able to put aside my squeamish Bergeron said that being she could find the time to give can now take up to hours As a result of stricter screening other canadians Arent willing to sacrifice the the donor screening process is taking longer and is More so it requires More time and commitment from our said the recession has also Hurt the red Cross also used to go into a lot of workplaces to hold donor clinics but Many dont exist any there Are also fewer workers working longer hours who dont want to take the time Prokopiak said the red Cross has been Hurt by the controversy surrounding the estimated including surgery patients and who received aids tainted blood before donor screening began in the the negative publicity Hast ramp sends replacement investigators to assist blood inquiry by Vic Parsons Thomson news service experienced ramp investigators have been seconded from the Federal police Force to assist a inquiry into How More than canadians became infected with the aids virus through blood Marlys a lawyer for the inquiry headed by Ontario judge Horace says the officers Start full time next they have already been sent briefing materials to familiarize themselves with the Complex issues involved in the inquiry and to learn How Canadas blood system in two former ramp officers working As private contractors quit the inquiry after a dispute with the Federal Treasury Board Over they were originally to receive but that was later reduced to Bob one of the investigators who said at the time he wanted to stay on the but it was not Worth getting out of bed in the morning to work for what Treasury Board is Ive been told this is an investigators said the Veteran of 35 years with the judge Krever and the commission staff Are dedicated and Roy but they were handed an extremely limited Roy said the inquiry will be a Challenge for the new his replacements would need to know something about accounting and the complexities involved in producing and distributing Liberal plan to answer Call for new style throne speech to stress integrity red hot i huge savings Over 400 vehicles in Stock including Low mileage pm program cars Charles Penner by Robert Russo Canadian press Ottawa an end to double dipping and a minimum age before maps can collect their pensions will be among the promises in the Liberal governments first throne speech that will emphasize integrity and parliamentary sources the liberals heard voters Call for a new approach to politics during last Falls election and the speech laying out government pol icy next tuesday will respond to that an official in prime minis Ter Chretien office said the lucrative pensions that Are currently paid to maps with six years service As soon As they leave office no matter what their age became a Symbol of government excess during the a process by which former mis can collect their pensions while also receiving a Sal Ary for later government was a particular throne speeches to new Parlia ments Are usually deliberately vague outlines of where the govern ment intends to take the that vagueness has allowed past administrations plenty of room to wriggle out of including promises on parliamentary re hints of what will be in the speech can tie found in the liberals elec Tion policy one official who has seen a draft of the speech referred to it As the red Book with a different the will be a much Slimmer Tome than the 112 Page red it is supposed to last Only about 10 that would make it the shortest throne speech since the 1989 Effort of Brian Mulroney government that included Only one Promise 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