Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Blood Donor Clinic Today

There are still at least 40 open appointments for the second day of the Canadian Blood Services Blood Donor Clinic today.

Yesterday, 162 donors walked through the doors of St. Thomas Aquinas High School.

Spokesperson Harvey Heather says they don't think the flu season has impacted their blood drive.

To make an appointment for today's clinic call 1-888-2-DONATE.

141 units of blood were collected yesterday.

Jones Road Landfill

Municipal waste will start being trucked out to the Jones Road Landfillsite on Wednesday.

Councillor Dave McCann says they had hoped to start using the siteon November 1st, but they had to wait for delivery of a landfillcompactor.

As for the site itself, he says it should be good for several decades.

City council decided to use the Jones Road Landfill site because thecost of shipping garbage to the Brady Road Site in Winnipeg wasgoing to double this year.

Kenora Budget Meeting

The City of Kenora hasn't received a lot of input into its 2010 budget processso far from local taxpayers.

Just one group came out to a public meeting last night to give its thoughts on how the city budget should be spent.

Program Manager for Triple Play, Tanya Watts says they would likea 15 thousand dollar grant next year to meet a skyrocketing demand.

Watts says their program is facing a "perfect storm" in theirfundraising efforts, including a loss of local jobs, combined with the downturnin the global economy.

Drive Test Site Thunder Bay

The Director of Young Drivers in Kenora and Dryden has mixed feelings about a partial Drive Test Centre being opened in Thunder Bay.

Written G1 Drivers tests are being offered by Drive Test Managers in centres across Ontario.

Young Drivers Spokesperson Maria Bagdonas says most new drivers are still in high school and would have a hard time getting to the Thunder Bay site.

The Thunder Bay office will offer only partial services which includes, written tests for all classes of licences, road test for commercially classified licences and out-of-province or out-of-country licence exchanges.

Dr. Paul Gully First Nation Health

Public Health doesn't work without the co-operation of the community.

That message was delivered by Dr. Paul Gully of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Gully was one of the speakers at a recent public health day in Whitefish Bay first nation.

The Federal Government spokesperson says they want to improve health care for first nations.

Gully was alongside Assembly of First Nations Chief Shawn Atleo to celebrate Public Health Day recently.