East York resident Sarah Calderwood thought her then three-and-a-half-year-old daughter Helena Kirk had an earache. It turned out to be something much more serious. Helena was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a disease that would put her through 841 gruelling days of chemotherapy. “It was shocking and terrifying to know that our little three year old was going to be […]
Hair Dynamix will be hosting a fundraising event on October 24 to raise money for the family of 14-year old Jordan Gavadza. Jordan, a Lacrosse player, is currently fighting T Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma and has already gone through 29 days of intense therapy. While the disease does have a survival rate of 80 to 85 per […]
Cancer is a big word for a child, and a hard one for parents to teach. But across the Beach, some parents are spelling out what cancer means for young families and sounding out the best ways to cope. “Childhood cancer is still rare,” says Kim Wilson, whose five-year-old son Noah was diagnosed with cancer […]
Beach resident Julie Fitzsimmons lost her younger brother Owen to cancer in 2010, and decided to get a tattoo of a dove on her shoulder in his memory. It also sparked in her the idea to create a FaceBook page – Why We Ink – as a place where others who have been touched by […]
In our Nov. 20 issue, Twyla Gendron shared a bit of her story. The Cliffside resident has suffered a number of setbacks over the past few years; shortly after being diagnosed with breast cancer, and before she had completed her treatment, her husband, Larry McCabe, succumbed to late-diagnosed cancer. At that time, a group of […]
Skin cancer is a growing epidemic As we are into the summer season, many people are wondering how they can protect themselves from the sun naturally. This is in light of the fact that the incidence of skin cancer is increasing every year, as well as the growing concern of the safety of sunscreens used […]
