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New statistics show the University of Ottawa’s Heart Institute innovative diabetes detection program, aimed at lowering the amount of people living with undiagnosed diabetes, has been a success. The Centretown Community Health Centre has partnered with the Institute to educate patients once they’ve been diagnosed.
A Centretown-based national environmental group has launched a new campaign that asks people in Ottawa to call for change to local environmental policies.
A renewed partnership between Ottawa Public Health and the Champlain Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Network promises to implement a “bigger and better” approach to preventing heart disease in the Ottawa area, say officials with the two agencies.
Local environmental groups and activists have welcomed a recent decision by the Ontario government to launch consultations on the Energy East Pipeline, which will allow opponents and proponents of the cross-Canada project to express their views on oil sands expansion.