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dr helen jaczek york regions medical officer of health spoke at a seminar on breastfeeding yesterday the region wants more mothers to breastfeed theirbabies longer economist surisuntribune news saturday oct 2 2004 17 staff photosteve somerville region wants more breastfeeding by chris traber staff writer york region health ser vices is celebrating world breastfeeding week with the launch of a community edu cation campaign efforts need to be made to support york region mothers in their decision to breastfeed and to encourage women to continue breast feeding medical officer of health dr helena jaczek said exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life provides infants with the optimal nutrition for healthy growth and development the 200203 health serv ices infant feeding study indicated 94 per cent of york mothers initiated breastfeed ing 75 per cent breastfed to six weeks and 51 per cent breastfed for at least six months however only 31 per cent of surveyed mothers breastfed exclusively for the first six weeks by six months only 13 per cent breastfed exclusively without giving their infants formula the awareness campaign seeks to boost womens trust in themselves and the process by offering informa tion and support the breast feeding resources available to parents include fact sheets prenatal and postnatal clinics and nocost home visits by public health nurses health services offers free breast feeding clinics staffed by public health nurses and cer tified lactation consultants in markham a clinic is held mon days 2 to 3 pm 4261 hwy 7 east unionville newmarket hosts clinics tuesdays lto3 pm and thursdays 10 am to 1 pm tannery mall ground floor 465 davis dr for more information on breastfeed ing clinics or other healthrelated issues contact health connection at 18003615653 or visit wwwregionyoruonca gta should follow pei on renewable energy from page 1 advancements in renewable sources such as solar bio- mass wind turbine and hydrogen technologies its a plan that has been received with open arms in prince edward island where environment and energy minister jamie ballem has set ambitious energy goals for canadas smallest province produce clean power over the next six years the island hopes to produce 15 per cent of its electricity from renewable resources by 2015 mr ballem wants the entire province powered by more environmentally friendly sources its an ambitious plan to be sure with a lesson from which every other province can learn mr ballem said he will be a keynote speaker at mondays forum on renewable ener gy in toronto which also includes several european representatives while ontario in particu lar highgrowth areas such as york region faces more pressing demands for power it can follow peis lead mr ballem said if the solution is always that we need big hydro plants then well need the big transmission lines too he said meanwhile a final deci sion from hydro one on whether or not to route the transmission towers along the preferred 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