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Vancouver Whitecaps to sport new look and sponsor for upcoming MLS season
Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder Ryan Gauld models the club's new jersey in this undated handout photo. The Major League Soccer club unveiled its 2023 Bloodlines Jersey on Thursday, February 16, supporting Canadian Blood Services and featuring its new premier sponsor Telus. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Vancouver Whitecaps FC, Jonathan Hair *MANDATORY CREDIT*
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Canadian Blood Services needs blood, plasma donors after storm disruption
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says it's having success attracting new donors, but a slew of unfilled or cancelled appointments over the past few months has the blood supply lower than it would like.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian Blood Services concerned about current inventory
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says it is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections. In a statement, the blood-collection agency said Friday it is in "ongoing discussion with governments and the commercial plasma industry" on how to more than double domestic plasma collection to 50 per cent of supply. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Ontario and B.C. decline to endorse Canadian Blood Services’ view that private firm can circumvent collection ban
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says it is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections. In a statement, the blood-collection agency said Friday it is in "ongoing discussion with governments and the commercial plasma industry" on how to more than double domestic plasma collection to 50 per cent of supply. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian Blood Services signs deal with private, for-profit company to collect blood plasma from domestic donors
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., March 27, 2020.
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Quebec blood agency says it doesn’t need private partnership for plasma collection
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says it is in talks with companies that pay donors for plasma as it faces a decrease in collections. In a statement, the blood-collection agency said Friday it is in "ongoing discussion with governments and the commercial plasma industry" on how to more than double domestic plasma collection to 50 per cent of supply. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Morning Update: U.S. bill sets stage for trade fight with Canada over digital sales taxes
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks to reporters before heading to Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, June 23, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Canadian Blood Services eyes getting plasma from paid donors amid supply challenges
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian Blood Services urges people to donate as it faces collection challenges
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian Blood Services facing criticism from some donors after ending mask mandate this week
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian Blood Services struggling to replenish low national supply caused by COVID-19 pandemic
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says it is struggling to replenish a critically low national supply caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian Blood Services seeks to scrap lifetime ban on sex workers donating blood
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services this month recommended to Health Canada that it abolish the lifetime ban on blood donation by people who have taken money or drugs in exchange for sex. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Morning Update: Health Canada ends ban on blood donations from gay men
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services says Health Canada has approved its request to end the ban on men who have sex with men from donating blood. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Health Canada ends ban on blood donations from gay men
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services has today recommended that Canada end the ban on gay men donating blood, in a submission to Health Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Blood service recommends Health Canada end gay blood donation ban
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. Canadian Blood Services has today recommended that Canada end the ban on gay men donating blood, in a submission to Health Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Is it time for Canada to overhaul its immunization system?
Kumanan Wilson, a medical professor and member of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa, is among those calling for a formal pan-Canadian approach for Canada’s immunization system.
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Canadian Blood Services to recommend end to ban on gay men donating blood
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Canadian Blood Services edges toward removing sexual orientation-based donation restrictions
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Eased COVID-19 restrictions put strain on Canada’s blood supply
A blood donor clinic pictured at a shopping mall in Calgary, Alta., Friday, March 27, 2020. A man who is challenging Canada's policy that prohibits sexually active gay men from donating blood is questioning why the Trudeau government is trying to block his case, despite a 2015 Liberal pledge to end the ban.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Conservative MP Eric Duncan pushes health minister to finally end the gay blood ban
A bag of blood is shown at a clinic Thursday, November 29, 2012 in Montreal.
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Blood drive organized in honour of Nova Scotia mass shooting victims
A couple pays their respects at a makeshift memorial in Portapique, N.S., on April 22, 2020.
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Increased demand as more surgeries resume concerns Canadian Blood Services
A bag of blood is shown at a clinic in Montreal, Thursday, November 29, 2012. Tougher iron guidelines for blood donors will almost certainly reduce collections in the short term, said a spokesman for Canadian Blood Services as the national agency appealed for more donations. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Canadian Blood Services sees ‘dramatic’ surge in donations after making public appeal
Rae Woodhouse donated blood. Canadian Blood Services sees ‘dramatic’ surge in donations after making public appeal.
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‘On the precipice’: COVID-19 has Canadian Blood Services worried about shortage
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