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Risk, Rethink Your Drinking
Grey Bruce
Health Unit
When it comes to alcohol,
the more a person drinks,
the higher the risk of cancer.
The link between alcohol
and cancer is well recog-
nized. HYPERLINK "https://
www.cancercare.on.ca/ocs/
csury/info/alcoholreport" \t
"_blank" Cancer Care
Ontario reports alcohol
caused up to 3,000 cases of
cancer in Ontario in 2010. In
Grey Bruce, 19 percent of
residents over the age of 12
are regular heavy drinkers.
While there is no "safe"
amount of alcohol in rela-
tion to a person's risk for
cancer, the less alcohol you
drink, the more you reduce
your risk.
"We want adults to rethink
their drinking and gradually
decrease the amount of alco-
hol that they drink to reduce
their cancer risk and support
healthy lifestyles," says Sarah
Milne, Health Promoter with
the Grey Bruce Health Unit.
"This is especially important
for those who have a strong
family history of cancer."
To reduce risk, the Cana-
dian Cancer Society recom-
mends limiting alcohol to
less than one drink a day for
women and less than two
drinks a day for men.
Women are more vulnerable
to the health effects of alco-
hol even when drinking
small amounts. Alcohol
increases the production of
estrogen leading to a higher
risk of developing breast
cancer.
Cancer Matters Fact Sheet
Alcohol and Cancer
When it comes to alcohol, the
more you drink, the higher
your risk of cancer. There is no
clear safe limit for alcohol use.
It also doesn't matter what
type of alcohol you drink -
beer, spirits or wine - alcohol is
alcohol. Research shows that
drinking any type of alcohol
increases your risk of cancer.
Drinking alcohol is a risk fac-
tor for developing cancer of
the mouth, neck, throat, liver,
breast, colon and rectum.
Drinking about 3.5 drinks a
day can: double or even triple
your risk of developing can-
cer of the mouth, pharynx, lar-
ynx and esophagus; increase
your risk of developing can-
cer of the colon and rectum,
and breast by 1.5 times.
The less alcohol you drink,
the more you'll lower
your risk of cancer.
If you combine alcohol with
tobacco use, cancer risks
of the mouth, neck and
throat increase even more.
Alcohol and
Breast Cancer
One or more standard drinks
every day can increase
your risk of breast can-
cer. In 2010, 200-600 new
cases of breast cancer in
Ontario were linked to alco-
hol use. Learn more about
how and why alcohol affects
women differently than men.
Lower Your Risk
of Cancer
If you don't drink, don't start.
Even small amounts of alco-
hol can increase your risk
for certain types of cancer.
If you choose to drink alco-
hol and want to reduce your
risk of cancer, the Canadian
Cancer Society (CCS) rec-
ommends that you: have
less than 1 standard drink
a day for women; have less
than 2 standard drinks a
day for men; don't smoke.
Some ways to cut down:
plan at least 2 non -drink-
ing days every week to
avoid developing a habit;
set limits and stick to them;
drink slowly, no more than
2 drinks in 3 hours; for
every drink of alcohol, have
one non-alcoholic drink.
Choose a Guideline
Canada's Low -Risk Alco-
hol Drinking Guidelines differ
from CCS's guidelines. They
were created to help Canadi-
ans reduce their risk of injury
and multiple chronic illnesses.
ii Follow CCS's guidelines if
you are specifically concerned
about your risk of cancer.
For more information, visit
rethinkyourdrinking.ca or call
your local public health unit.
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Submitted by Taralyn Martin
Business & Economic Officer,
Township of Huron -Kinloss
If you are looking to hire
summer students this year,
please note that the deadline
for Canada Summer Jobs is Jan-
uary 30, 2015. You will find
information about this program
at HYPERLINK "http://www.
servicecanada.gc.ca/eng/epb/
yi/yep/programs/scpp.shtml"
\t "blank' http://www.service-
canada.gc.ca/eng/epb/yi/yep/
programs/scpp.shtml.
Highlights from Canada
Summer Jobs Web Page
Canada Summer Jobs pro-
vides funding to help employ-
ers create summer job opportu-
nities for students. Itis designed
to focus on local priorities,
while helping both students
and their communities.
Canada Summer Jobs: pro-
vides work experiences for stu-
dents; supports organizations,
including those that provide
important community services;
and recognizes that local cir-
cumstances, community needs
and priorities varywidely.
Canada Summer Jobs pro-
vides funding to not-for-profit
organizations, public -sector
employers and small busi-
nesses with 50 or fewer employ-
ees to create summer job
opportunities for young people
aged 15 to 30 years who are full-
time students intending to
return to their studies in the
next schoolyea>:
The job must provide mean-
ingful work experience for the
student It must not contribute
to the provision of a personal
service to the employer (e.g. the
job must not involve gardening,
domestic services, child care
services, etc., for the employer).
The students must work in
Canada for the entire duration
of the approved funding period;
jobs that take place outside of
Canada are not eligible.
The duration of the job must
be between six and sixteen
weeks. Normally, these weeks
are consecutive.
Jobs must be full-time (i.e.
from a minimum of 30 to a
maximum of 40 hours per
week). Anyweeks during which
the employer provides fewer
than the minimum 30 hours of
work may be deemed
ineligible.
Under exceptional circum-
stances, students with disabili-
ties or with other barriers to full-
time employment are eligible to
work part-time. If applicable,
this must be discussed with
Service Canada once your
application has been approved
and the student selected.
National Non -Smoking Week Offers
Chances to Quit and Win
As part of National Non -
Smoking Week, January
18-24, the Grey Bruce Health
Unit encourages tobacco
users to quit and possibly win
anew car, cash or other prizes.
The Canadian Cancer Soci-
ety's Driven to Quit Challenge
offers participants, who stay
smoke-free for the month of
March, a chance to win a new
car or one of seven $1,000
cash prizes.
The wouldurather... con-
test, designed specifically for
young adults, offers two grand
prizes of $2,500 to randomly
selected contestants who suc-
cessfully quit smoking. Con-
testants who reduce their
smoking by half, refrain from
smoking when drinking alco-
hol, or stay smoke-free, can
win other prizes such as cash,
tuition waivers and gift cards.
"Both campaigns are won-
derful opportunities to quit
and both offer support
through the quitting process,"
says Beth Karrow, Public
Health Nurse. "wouldu-
rather...provides contestants
with motivational emails and
support from a buddy. Driven
to Quit Challenge offers an
online quit centre and links to
the Canadian Cancer Society's
Smokers' Helpline:'
Tobacco is the leading
cause of preventable death
and disease in Ontario, killing
13,000 people annually or 36
people a day. On average, it
can take 30 times to quit suc-
cessfully. Quit smoking ser-
vices and supports help to
increase a smoker's chance of
becoming tobacco -free.
Details of the Driven to Quit
Challenge are available at
HYPERLINK "http://www.
driventoquit.ca/" \t "_blank"
www.DrivenToQuit.ca. Regis-
tration is open until February
28. Participants must be resi-
dents of Ontario aged 19 and
older who have used tobacco
at least once weekly for at least
10 months in the past year
and who have used tobacco at
least 100 times in their life.
Details of the wouldu-
rather... contest can be found
at HYPERLINK "https://
wouldurather.ca/" \t "_blank"
www.wouldurather.ca. Regis-
tration is open until January
25. This contest is open to
Ontario young adults between
the ages of 18-29 and r
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 • Lucknow Sentinel 5
Get Siblings Reading Together This
Family Literacy Day - And Every Day
Research shows that reading
to your children is hugely
impactful in their develop-
ment, especially in the early
years. Parents are often a
child's first teacher, but if you
get an older sibling involved in
reading to younger ones, the
result can be profound - for
everyone involved. And, as
parent, you get to enjoy watch-
ing your kids bond over books.
There are many great bene-
fits to sibling reading time!
For the older sibling: pro-
vides a chance to be a posi-
tive role model; builds self-
confidence; can be an
opportunity for added
responsibility; extra practice
reading; builds vocabulary.
For the younger sibling:
more time connecting with
books; bonds with the older
sibling and sees them in a
leadership role; reading helps
develop young brains; see that
reading is always important
(no matter what your age).
It really is a win -win-win for
everyone. Not sure how to get
started? As a parent, you can
help kick start siblings reading
together by: establishing a rou-
tine or time for them to read
together; helping with book
selection; encouraging talk
about the story, the pictures
and the characters; suggesting
the older sibling trying reading
using different voices for differ-
ent characters; modeling good
read aloud practices by read-
ing aloud yourself.
Literacy doesn't stop at read-
ing. Family Literacy Day is on
January 27th and ABC Life Lit-
eracy Canada offers many great
ideas on ways to engage in liter-
acy activities as a family. Visit
HYPERLINK "http://www.fam-
ilyliteracyday.ca/" \t "_blank"
www.FamilyLiteracyDay.ca for
ideas and resources.
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