Tag Archives: Canadian Blood Services

At almost any time, adults in Saskatoon can walk into the pay-for-plasma clinic and receive anywhere from $20 to $80 in gift cards for a donation - but the Sask. NDP wants to shut that down. NDP leade...

Before blood donated in Saskatchewan can help people, it will now have to make a detour to Alberta first. Canadian Blood Services (CBS) shut down their production department in Regina on May 25. The f...

People have been doing whatever they can to help following the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, and blood donation numbers show it. Canadian Blood Services said it's seen an uptick in the number of people ...

A Regina family's searching for a bone marrow match to keep their eight-year-old alive. Two years ago, Ashley Chorneyko's son, Vonn, was diagnosed with Fanconi anemia, a rare genetic disease which cau...

While you wouldn't put this gift under the tree, giving blood could help give someone their holidays back. Canadian Blood Services is facing a shortage of donors across the country, including in Saska...

Men who have sex with other men can't donate blood - but their allies can. That's the point of a blood drive held in Regina Friday. Queen City Pride is hosting its second annual ally clinic, despite a...

Blood reserve levels are at a critical point across the country, and Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is asking people to come out and donate. Currently, CBS reserves are sitting around 12,000 units of b...

"It was scary as heck." That's how Erica Honoway described the moments after her four-year-old son Lincoln was diagnosed with aplastic anemia when he was three. The condition is a deficiency of all ty...

A new private plasma clinic in Saskatoon is causing problems for Canadian Blood Services. Canadian Plasma Resources opened in February, offering donors $25 gift certificates in exchange for plasma, th...

A worker pinned between two pieces of machinery at the Agrium potash mine near Vanscoy, Sask. on Monday is still fighting for his life in hospital. Speaking on behalf of the man's family, United Steel...