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Seaforth saw its Main Street accented by a new heritage mural in early December. A
part of the town's plans for decades, Carolanne Doig, chair of the Seaforth BIA, said
she was pleased the project was finally able to become a reality.
"We're very excited about it," she said. "It looks great and the hope is, it will
encourage people to come into our downtown and see everything Seaforth has to
offer."
Depicting Main Street around 1885, the image is meant to evoke a feeling of being
able to see the street as it was then and as it stands now.
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Cancer cluster investigation
underway in Huron County
Resident concerned about cancer
occurrences in Port Albert
Paul Cluff
Goderich Signal Star
An epidemiologist is investigat-
ing a Port Albert resident's concem
about the number of people with
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-Colbome-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 can-
cer are two of the types of cancer
affecting 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.
Clark noted that, according to the
Canadian Cancer Society, half of
Canadians face a cancer battle at
one point in their life. Factoring in
that statistic, "over time you would
see more and more of your neigh-
bours and acquaintances getting
cancer," she said.
The information gathering stage
of the investigation will take two
months and results will be released
in March. Clark will discuss her
findings with Cancer Care Ontario
to determine a next step from there,
if needed.
This is the first cancer cluster
investigation by the Huron health
unit. Other health units, including
Perth County, have undergone sim-
ilar investigations she said.
Generally results indicate there
isn't a cluster, she said, but "it is
important to look, we don't want to
miss anything."
Contact Clark at 482-3416 or
e-mail: eclark@huroncounty.ca
before Feb. 28.
A cancer cluster investigation is underway in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh township.
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