Showing your support for organ and tissue donation is as easy as changing a lightbulb.
Nurse
Betty-Anne Waugh says they're asking New Brunswickers to take part in
the Green Porch Light campaign by installing a green light outside of
their homes during National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness week
from April 20-27.
She
tells us the campaign is about awareness, showing support and
recognizing their heroes. She says people who donate their organs are
saving seven lives and tissue from those who donate can go to more than a
100 people.
Over 4500 people are currently waiting for a life-saving organ in Canada including 300 in New Brunswick.
The kids
of Canada's wealthiest citizens may be getting a rude awakening in a
decade or two according to a study by BMO that examines trends among the
most affluent in this country.
Just a quarter believe their kids
will be better off financially then they are and whopping 41% believe
their kids will be worse off.
Interestingly, our cousins South
of the border have a brighter view of what the future holds for their
kids with 43% saying they think their children will be better off than
them.
Delivering methadone to all New Brunswickers that need it isn't an insurmountable task.
That's
according to Police Commission member Dr. Timothy Christie of Dalhousie
University who estimates there are only about 5000 people in the
province who require it. A study published last year by Christie about
the methadone clinic in uptown Saint John showing a 95-percent retention
rate and a 60-percent reduction in crime.
He says there's no reason we can't do this on a province-wide basis.
He says
we should develop a system that can deliver methadone to the number of
people that require it, instead of saying what kind of services do we
want to deliver and how much are we going to spend on those.
Private
wells should not be used while flooded and once flood waters have receded, the well
should be disinfected and tested, no matter what water treatment device is
installed.
The
Province's Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Eilesh Cleary warns until
your water supply has been tested and shown to be safe, water
for drinking and personal use should be brought to a rolling boil for at
least a minute and then stored in clean, covered containers.
Private
water supplies may be contaminated by such things as
furnace oil, gasoline or agricultural chemicals. If you believe your
well has been affected by such chemicals, the water should not be used
at all, even if it has been boiled, until it has been determined to be
safe.
If the soil around your house and septic system is
flooded, you should conserve water and avoid flushing the toilet if
possible. Avoid using dish washers and washing machines as the septic system
will not work under these conditions and sewage could end up in the home or
backyard.
Water
levels will remain high over the next 48 hours or so and be above flood
stage in several areas according to the latest report from River Watch.
That
large ice jam, which at one point was 40 kilometers in size, broke into
two blocks in the upper St. John River and began moving down river with
water levels increasing in the Perth-Andover-Tobique region. The people
there and in Doaktown remain under voluntary evacuation.
Water
levels in Quispamsis, Fredericton, Maugerville, Jemseg, Grand Lake and
Sheffield-Lakeville Corner are expected to stay above flood stage over
next two days.
The
water levels also remain high at Oak Point and the city has closed Beach
Road, Ragged Point Road, Dominion Park Road and Lawrence Long Road
because of flooding.
The
threat of flooding still looming over many parts of the province, with
River Watch warning water levels are forecasted to reach flood stage in
the Saint John-Quispamsis and Oak Point areas today.
Other
areas of the province including Fredericton and Grand Lake stay will see
water levels stay above flood stage. The organization calling the
flooding situation in the province continuously changing and asking
people to be on alert for ice movement and rising water levels.
Other
areas of concern include the upper St. John River at St.
Anne-de-Madawaska, the St. John River at Perth-Andover and the Tobique
First Nation, Woodstock and the Nashwaak rivers where ice jams are
predicted and water levels may rise. Click here for more information on these areas.
The
Department of Public Safety's EMO warning people to keep away from the
edge of waterways and not to use boats or kayaks in open water because
the currents are fast, could be carrying debris and is cold.
EMO and local authorities coordinating emergency social services in a number of communities. For
more information on shelters, call the Red Cross at
1-800-222-9597.
