News - Blood

Extreme weather conditions at the end of December and into the New Year have forced Canadian Blood Services to cancel 24 blood donor clinics.

For patients in need of blood products, the act of blood donation is a ‘miracle’ and blood donors are ‘miracle workers’.

This holiday season, Canadian Blood Services is giving local donors a chance to dedicate their ‘miracle’ to someone important to them while at the blood donor clinic.

Canadian Blood Services needs 2,700 more Manitobans to book an appointment and donate blood between July 17th and August 6th.

The general manager of Steinbach, Manitoba based Paradigm Agri-Solutions says a new technology for collecting blood samples from swine makes controlling disease easier and more humane.