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Today, Lyft announced its ridesharing service is now available in the Ottawa region, marking the company’s entrance into its second Canadian city. To mark the announcement today, Ottawa Senator Matt Duchene took the first Lyft ride in Ottawa. To celebrate the launch, Lyft has partnered with the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). ...

_ (press release) _ The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) is pleased to celebrate its Volunteer of the Year: Mary Grainger, a volunteer baby cuddler, who has brought comfort and healing to CHEO’s youngest patients since 1976. For 40 years Mary has provided much needed comfort to tiny patients and their parents, and is someone that the nurses look forward to seeing each week. ...

The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Ottawa Children’s Treatment Centre (OCTC) – the two leading providers of specialized pediatric health services in the region – intend to join forces to create a new organization. “Today we are setting a new course for the future – building a new organization that will be stronger for the families of this community,” says Alex Munter, CHEO’s President and CEO. ...

_ (press release) _ ** _ CHEO and Transgenomic reach agreement on Long QT patents that sets pathway for next generation of patient care _ ** This is a great day for DNA. It is also a great day for Canadian patients and their families. ...

_ (press release) _ The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) is seeing unusually high volumes of visits to its Emergency Department, and encourages families whose children have less urgent symptoms to visit their child’s doctor or a community clinic. ...