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Troy Patterson Lucknow Sentinel
Lucknow Minor Hockey
made a showing at the 23rd
annual Ross Young Memorial
Tyke Hockey Tournament
in Tiverton on Jan. 4, 2013.
A total of 126 players from
eight teams made the trip
from Kincardine, Lucknow,
Ripley to battle the hometown
Tiverton teams. Lucknow's
Graydon McNee (#16) was
focused on the puck during a
shootout against Kincardine's
Rachel Rumbold.
Huron Health Unit to investigate cancer cluster claim
Paul Cluff
QMI Agency
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An epidemiologist is investigating
a Port Albert resident's concern
about the number of people with
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cancer living near him.
Dr. Erica Clark of the Huron
County health unit is gathering data
as part of a cancer cluster
investigation.
"He was able to count off more
than six people within his recollec-
tion, all living within the same area"
Clark said. "He was concerned
about the number."
To have a cancer cluster an area
must have a higher than expected
number of people with the same
type of cancer. The male caller
didn't offer "a particular reason"
why he feels there is a prevalence of
the disease in the area, she said.
Clark is asking all residents of
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanoh
Township who have cancer to call
her at the health unit.
Clark would like to know where
they live and for how long, what
type of cancer they have and their
age, amongst other things.
The study area will include the
entire township, not just Port Albert,
which is too small of a geographical
area for study purposes, Clark said,
although the results will highlight if
there are specific troublesome areas
within the township.
Breast cancer and bladder cancer
are two of the types of cancer affect-
ing residents in the area, which are
among the top 10 types of cancer
that affect Canadians as a whole.
According to the Ontario Cancer
Registry, cancer rates are "as
expected" in Huron County, Clark
said, adding that it is possible to
have random clusters of related
cancer cases.
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