Monday October 6, 2014 12-1
Posted Oct 6, 2014 03:35:32 PM.
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12:00- An Ebola March happened in town over the weekend
Ralph Dagoseh and Eddie Kowai, Waterloo Region Residents and Organizers of the KW Ebola March
A group of local Liberians marched on Saturday to bring attention to the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, hoping for more support from Canadians. “We appreciate the help from the Canadian government but we are appealing for more,” said Eddie Kowai. Kowai, along with Ralph Dagoseh, organized the local march from Victoria Park to city hall. About 200 people took part. The event was sponsored by the Liberia, Sierra Leone and Canadian Association of Ontario, and has 150 members in the region. The men also collected items that can be used by medical professionals in Liberia and surrounding countries, like rubber gloves, aprons, protective eyewear, face masks and hand sanitizer. They are also looking for sponsors who can help with sending the supplies to West Africa. “This is not just a West African issue. It’s a global issue,” said Dagoseh, referring to Dallas, Texas – where a hospital patient has been confirmed as the first person to be diagnosed in the U.S. with ebola. “This is very serious and we want the international community to come together. It’s an issue that needs to be acted on as soon as possible,” he said. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea are struggling under the largest Ebola outbreak the world has seen. It’s believed the outbreak began last December but went unnoticed until March. According to the World Health Organization, more than 7,100 people have been infected with the virus and over 3,300 have died.
12:30- Flavoured Tobacco
Dr. Leia Minaker, Scientist with the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact at University of Waterloo
Provincial and territorial health ministers want the federal government to do more about flavoured tobacco and the growing popularity of electronic cigarettes. The Ministers said it appears that tobacco companies are determined to skirt regulations designed to prevent the sale of flavoured tobacco products to young people. The federal government wants to close a loophole in the rules regarding some products, but provinces want even more restrictions. Alberta Health Minister Stephen Mandel said his province is still working on the regulations of a law that was passed last December that would ban flavoured tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. Mandel suggested the Alberta government will soon make the regulations public. Health groups want other governments to follow Alberta’s lead and pass similar legislation. The Heart and Stroke Foundation has said governments need to protect young people from the serious health hazards of tobacco. It estimates that 153,000 adolescents in Canada use flavoured tobacco products. The Canadian Cancer Society said for such a ban to be effective, it must include menthol cigarettes. The society said federal action to date falls short of what needs to be done to protect young people from the health dangers of tobacco products. “The new federal regulations on flavoured tobacco fail to give kids the protection they deserve,” Rob Cunningham, a society policy analyst, said in a release. Flavoured tobacco makes it too easy for youth to experiment with and become addicted to tobacco, which is a tremendous concern.”
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