29Mar/16

Escalating fundraising demands part of ‘the system’ at Queen’s Park: Cohn – Toronto Star


Toronto Star

Escalating fundraising demands part of ‘the system’ at Queen’s Park: Cohn
Toronto Star
At their sumptuous Heritage Dinner, “Victory Tables” are priced at $18,000 for corporate high-flyers, and the biggest donors are feted at a private cocktail reception by a grateful premier. But that’s only … Related:Ten tough targets for influential

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29Mar/16

“Transplantation works – Please, please people, carry a donor card” – Newstalk 106-108 fm


Newstalk 106-108 fm

Transplantation works – Please, please people, carry a donor card”
Newstalk 106-108 fm
Next week marks Organ Donor Awareness Week, which runs from the 2nd to 9th of April. Maurice Kavanagh has had a heart and kidney transplant, as well as surviving cancer. He said when he first found out he needed a transplant he thought it was a death …

29Mar/16

Indecency charge for councilman; boy, 13, runs over grandma; cooked goose – Arizona Daily Star


Arizona Daily Star

Indecency charge for councilman; boy, 13, runs over grandma; cooked goose
Arizona Daily Star
Such is Bill Spence’s drive to inspire others to become organ and tissue donors, so more lives can be saved. The 61-year-old Carpentersville man’s goal is to prompt 2,190 people to register as donors, one for each mile he’ll be walking. “I’ve been

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29Mar/16

Two-time heart recipient raising awareness for organ donation – kgw.com


kgw.com

Two-time heart recipient raising awareness for organ donation
kgw.com
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Portland woman who knows the agony of waiting for a heart transplant is working to sign up donors. “If I can change one person’s mind about organ and tissue donation I have honored both of my donors,” said Tracy Hoyle. Hoyle has …

29Mar/16

ZTCC to felicitate organ donor families next month – Daily News & Analysis


Daily News & Analysis

ZTCC to felicitate organ donor families next month
Daily News & Analysis
The decision of around 40 families from across the state who gave consent for their brain-dead loved one’s organ donation in 2015 saved more than 100 lives. And to recognise their contribution, the Zonal Transplantation Coordination Committee (ZTCC) …

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29Mar/16

Kerala HC: Spouse’s Consent not Must for Organ Donation – The New Indian Express


The Hindu

Kerala HC: Spouse’s Consent not Must for Organ Donation
The New Indian Express
KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Monday observed that the ‘Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Rules’ did not insist on the consent of the spouse when a person wanted to donate his/her organ. The court also made it clear that there was no …
Spousal consent not must for organ donation: courtThe Hindu
Consent of organ donor’s spouse not required for transplantation, orders Kerala HCTimes of India

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28Mar/16

Loudoun sheriff cleared of wrongdoing with emails, financial reporting in reelection campaign – Washington Post


Washington Post

Loudoun sheriff cleared of wrongdoing with emails, financial reporting in reelection campaign
Washington Post
According to Chapman, in 2014 he learned from emails in an unrelated case that Noble, then still one of Chapman’s commanders, might launch a run for the sheriff’s job in 2015. Noble had been emailing with a former Loudoun sheriff’s major, Ricky Frye

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