By Rosalind Russell – Employees at Cameco’s Blind River Refinery raised $32,000 to help the North Shore Health Network Foundation purchase a new ventilator system for the Blind River Emergency Department.
Cameco general manager Terry Davis says last November Cameco held its annual Employee Giving Campaign across the company and matched every employee donation, doubling the impact for their chosen charity with the ventilator system this year’s choice project.
Davis says the equipment provides life-saving breathing support to patients in respiratory distress or failure.
NSHN Foundation Chair Amanda LaBrash says the board is grateful for the support adding the new ventilator will make a real difference for patients and families.
Across all of Cameco’s Canadian sites in 2025, the Employee Giving Campaign raised $1,001,447 and benefitted 150 charities across the country.
In Ontario alone, chosen charities will receive $122,642.
Cameco’s employees have now raised $15.2 million in Canada since 2004.
Cameco’s charity partner is the Saskatoon Community Foundation, which directs all the donations, pledged by credit card or payroll deductions, to the charities.
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