MEDIA ADVISORY - CANADA IS BRINGING DIABETES TO LIGHT …LITERALLY

TORONTO, Nov. 12 /CNW/ - In recognition of World Diabetes Day, monuments across Canada will be illuminated in blue as part of the 'World Diabetes Day Blue Monument Challenge.'  The initiative helps raise awareness about the severity and impact of diabetes on a global scale.

The following Canadian monuments and landmarks will be illuminated in blue on Sunday, November 14, 2010:

• Banting House National Historic Site of Canada (London, Ontario)
• Spirit Catcher (Barrie, Ontario)
• Province House (Charlottetown, PEI)
• City Hall (Charlottetown, PEI)
• City Hall of Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta)
• Muttart Conservatory (Edmonton, Alberta)
• Art Gallery of Alberta - AGA (Edmonton, Alberta)
• Citi Plaza (London, Ontario)
• London Life Building (London, Ontario)
• Folks Market Tower (Manitoba, Winnipeg)
• Manitoba's Legislative Building (Manitoba, Winnipeg)
• Place Ville Marie (Montreal, Québec)
• Bastion (Nanaimo, British Columbia)
• Niagara Falls (Niagara, Ontario)
• Memorial Center (Peterborough, Ontario)
• Complexe Jules-Dallaire (Québec city, Québec)
• Centre Hospitalier Université Laval (Québec)
• Casino Regina (Regina, Saskatchewan)
• Town sign (Riverview, New Brunswick)
• Blue Water Bridge (Sarnia, Ontario)
• CHU - site Fleurimont (Sherbrooke, Québec)
• CHU - site Bowen (Sherbrooke, Québec)
• Hôtel de Ville de Sherbrooke (Sherbrooke, Québec)
• Cabot Tower atop Signal Hill National Historic Site (St. Johns, Newfoundland & Labrador)
• City Hall (Summerside, PEI)
• CN Tower (Toronto, Ontario)
• Art Gallery of Ontario - AGO (Toronto, Ontario)
• Rogers Centre (Toronto, Ontario)
• Tower, Dufferin Mall (Toronto, Ontario)
• OCAD - Sharp Centre for Design (Toronto, Ontario)
• Pacific Coliseum (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Rogers Arena (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Burrard St. Bridge (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Second Narrows Bridge (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Lions Gate Bridge (Vancouver, British Columbia)
• Wasaga Dome (Wasaga Beach, Ontario)
• Simms Millennium Park Pavilion (Courtenay, British Columbia)

About World Diabetes Day

World Diabetes Day was created by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1991, in response to growing concerns about the escalating health threat that diabetes poses to the global community.  World Diabetes Day, as of December 2006, is an official United Nations World Health Day.  It is represented by a blue circle - the global symbol of diabetes.  November 14 was chosen as the day to unite for World Diabetes Day, as it marks the birthday of Canadian Sir Frederick G. Banting, who, along with Dr. Charles Best, are credited with the discovery of insulin in 1921.  Join the World Diabetes Day Canada Facebook page at facebook.com/WDDCanada and learn more at worlddiabetes.ca.

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For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact:

Randi Garcha
Manager, National Media Relations & External Communications
Canadian Diabetes Association
Tel: [phone]
Cell: [phone]
randi.garc[email protected]