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TORONTO 鈥?New statistics find almost half of the colorectal cancers in Canada are discovered after they ;ve already spread, even though most provinces and territories have screening programs that can catch it in early stages.The report by the Canadian Cancer Society says about 29 per cent of colorectal
stanley cup cancers are diagnosed at stage 3, and 20 per cent are diagnosed at stage 4.That has the society urging those between the ages of 50 and 74 who are not high risk to get tested every two years. They point to an at-hom
stanley thermos mug e stool test can even detect pre-cancerous signs. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW One of the report authors, Dr. Leah Smith, says early detection is key to boosting survival rates but relatively few seem to be taking advantage of organized screening programs.The five-year survival rate when diagnosed at stage 4 is less than 15 per cent. The rate increases to 90 per cent when it is found at stage 1. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Wednesday study was gathered in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada.We have the tools available to detect these cancers earlier. Unfortunately, what we ;re also seeing is that participation in colorectal cancer screening is lower than we need it to be to really make a mo
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OTTAWA 鈥?A global pandemic and the crash in oil prices helped push lobbying in Ottawa to record heights over the last two months.Statistics provided by the federal lobbying commissioner show 5,854 meetings and phone calls between public officials and outside consultants, corporate executives and organizations in February and March, up 40 per cent from those two months a year earlier.Federal lobbying rules require all such meetings to be reported publicly. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW February and March ar
stanley cup e typically among the heaviest lobbying periods because the federal budget is usually prepared and presented then. But the last two months showed even more activity than usual, with each month having more reports of lobbying contacts than any previous February or March over the last 11 years.I don ;t think the uptick in lobbying activity is that surprising, said Robin MacLachlan, a vice-president at Summa Strategies, an Ottawa-based government consulting firm. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Stakeholders
stanley cup website are critical to the government approach to COVID-19 .He said the increase in meetings is both from outside organizations reaching out to government, but al
stanley cup so government seeking input on what emergency pandemic aid was needed and then to identify gaps and unintended consequences of the multibillion-dollar programs that were rolling out at lightning speed.
