Mayor proclaims May as MS Awareness Month
By Lisa Goudy
Multiple sclerosis is “Canada’s disease,” according to Virginia Harper, communications manager with the Multiple Sclerosis
(MS) Society of Canada Saskatchewan branch.
“Canada actually has the highest incidence rate of MS in the world,” she said. “We’re really wanting people to know that it
is prevalent and even if it’s not visible that someone has MS, which often is the case, often people know someone that has
MS in their community or in their family or extended group.”
Mayor Deb Higgins signed a proclamation declaring May as MS Awareness Month for the MS Society of Canada. In Saskatchewan,
MS affects between 3,500 and 5,000 people.
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