NewsAre you in a high risk category for colorectal cancer? SHARE ON: Taylor Ablett, staff Monday, Mar. 9th, 2015 March is colorectal cancer month in Canada. The Canadian Cancer Society is raising awareness for the disease that is 90-percent curable when caught early. Joanne Bennett, a public health nurse from the Porcupine Health Unit, says the key to catching it early is getting screened. //chpb.moosefm.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Colorectal-Month-1.mp3Bennett says those aged 50-74, or with a family history, are at risk. //chpb.moosefm.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Colorectal-Month-2.mp3 Or, if you have a relative who has been diagnosed, get screened 10 years earlier than the age at which they were diagnosed, whichever comes first.Get a screening kit from your family doctor or Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000.