REGINA All Nations Hope Network hosted a Hepatitis C testing clinic on Wednesday to help spread awareness of World Hepatitis Day. The goal of the day, which is recognized on July 28, is to raise awareness and stop the spread of the virus. The clinic offered a finger prick test, which takes about five minutes and will tell the patient if they have been exposed to Hepatitis C. If the test is positive, the person will be referred to get blood tests to see if the virus is present in their body. If they do, they will be referred to treatment.
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And Pam Ford, a psychiatric nurse based in Regina, is helping the process along, by raising awareness and advocating for increased testing.
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For World Hepatitis Day on July 28, she’ll help administer tests at All Nations Hope Network at 2735 5th Ave. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. All Nations is a health-focused network that supports Indigenous people living with HCV and AIDS, but anyone can drop by for a test, Indigenous or not.
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REGINA A local contractor is offering free boosts to any vehicles that need it in Regina, while also raising money for the All Nations Hope Network. Corie Rempel, owner of Rempel Contracting, is asking people to donate what they can after receiving a boost. He plans to give all of what he raises to the All Nations Hope Network s new warm up shelter, Awasiw - The Place of Hope. “Trying to boost all these vehicles around the city, and just get them going so that they can go about their business,” Rempel said. “It’s super cold, and there is a lot of need out there in the community.”
Posted: Feb 01, 2021 11:51 AM CT | Last Updated: February 1
Jason Mercredi poses in the Prairie Harm Reduction safe consumption area, which opened last fall. Due to COVID restrictions, the organization can only allow nine people inside at a time, despite the recent cold.(Chelsea Laskowski/CBC)
When Saskatoon weather hit lows of –34 C last week, Jason Mercredi says, people were begging staff at Prairie Harm Reduction to let them in to warm up. They ve been negotiating with other participants saying, hey, can you come outside for five minutes and let me warm up? said Mercredi, executive director of the organization. We ve definitely had people crying, begging, yelling. You know, it s not right that we can t let them in at that point, but we also don t want to break COVID protocols.