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Late Humboldt Broncos Player’s Parents Advocate for Organ Donation on Green Shirt Day

Logan, a Humboldt Broncos player from Lethbridge, Alta., was moved by Suggitt’s decision. Just weeks before his own death on April 7, 2018, following the tragic team bus crash, Logan signed an organ-donor card when he turned 21 — and told his family about it. He ultimately donated his heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and corneas.

Organ Donor Numbers Reached an All-time High in 2019, Transplant Quebec reports

“Transplant Quebec says it will continue looking for new ways to encourage Quebecers to donate organs so that everyone in need of a transplant can receive one.”

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19): FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FROM TRANSPLANT CANDIDATES AND RECIPIENTS

**Updated on June 29, 2020**

Information regarding COVID-19 is changing rapidly. This document will be updated as able with new information. Please contact your transplant center with specific concerns. A PDF version of this information can be found here. A PDF version of this information can be found here.

Important information about COVID-19 and people with Chronic Kidney Disease.

The Public Health Agency of Canada has assessed the public health risk associated with COVID-19 as low for Canada. As new information becomes available, the public health risk is continually assessed.

Kidney recipient David Ayres and Humboldt dad Toby Boulet talk the ‘Boulet Effect’

Zamboni driver turned NHL star David Ayres became the stuff of hockey mythology when he triumphantly served as an emergency goalie for the Carolina Hurricanes last month. But after a kidney transplant in 2004, no one thought the Cinderella story would be more unlikely than the former junior goalie.