Canada Leukemia Articles

Canada Leukemia News : Salary caps would cripple Canada's charities
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:16:46 GMT
Restricting executive salaries to a maximum of $250,000 lures talent away and gives every advantage to the for-profit sector

Canada Leukemia News : Golden Bears get off to good start
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:36:23 GMT
If they are to realize coach Jerry Friesen's goal of hosting a Canada West football playoff game this season, the Alberta Golden Bears are going have to win the majority of their eight regular season games.[...]

Canada Leukemia News : Prayers for Creed bringing results
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:59:59 GMT
Three years ago, Creed Campbell and his family flew to a children’s hospital in Boston to have bloodwork done. This bloodwork was conducted in order to better understand reasons for the chronic illness that Creed had been experiencing since birth. Creed’s family found out later that he was born with monosomy 7/myelodysplasia, a condition in which the seventh chromosome is missing from an ...

Community Links
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:12:58 GMT
A listing of local community groups and events.

Websites tap into real patients’ expertise to help others coping with diagnosis
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:30:04 GMT
For months, Jennifer Smith wondered what was causing neck and back pain so severe that a spa visit, chiropractics and muscle relaxants were rendered useless.

High school football preview: Miles Conference
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:00:59 GMT
Last year, while the St. Francis Xavier Rams senior football team missed qualifying for the Metro Edmonton High School Athletic Association Miles Conference playoffs by the slimmest of margins, the junior Rams were riding a wave of talent to the city championship.[...]

Peer-to-peer sites help patients cope with diagnosis
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:05:45 GMT
Specialty websites are tapping into the expertise of real patients who can address the psychosocial impact of a diagnosis that doctors can't necessarily provide.

Smiles all around at annual extravaganza
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:17:34 GMT
It's all about giving the gift of memories. Each year, Help a Child Smile gives families the chance to live, laugh and love with one another.[...]

Health briefs for Sept. 8
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:49:19 GMT
'BIGGEST LOSER' CONTESTANT TO VISIT ALZHEIMER'S EVENT

Health briefs for Sept. 1
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:06:04 GMT
Children's dental clinic receives grant Give Kids a Smile, a nonprofit agency based in St. Peters that provides dental care to uninsured and underserved children, has received a $100,000 grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health.

Celgene Officially Notified Of ANDA Filing For REVLIMID(R)
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 14:41:35 GMT
Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) announced it has received a Paragraph IV Certification Letter advising that Natco Pharma Limited of Hyderabad, India, submitted an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The application requests authorization to manufacture and market generic versions of REVLIMID® (lenalidomide) 5, 10, 15 and 25 mg capsules in ...

Lifelong struggle ends for Oakville student with leukemia
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:45:54 GMT
More than a dozen donor drives were held across the country since David Smyth was diagnosed with an aggressive leukemia in July, but he succumbed to the disease Friday

Grieving family continues son’s fight to save others
Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:30:34 GMT
Shortly after their son lost his battle with leukemia Friday morning, Mike and Kim Smyth received news they wish they could have shared with him.

Bring out the beagles
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:21:23 GMT
Being strapped for funding hardly makes Beagle Paws unique among animal rescue groups, though that doesn't make their efforts any less significant. Sept. 11, Beagle Paws hosts the fourth Beagle Mania in Edmonton, 1 p.m.[...]

Community Links
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:53:32 GMT
Reach your community and publicize non-profit, community, or club activities here and on the Internet, at www.langleyadvance.com which includes the link Submit an Event.

Here Now - Local magicians want to use their craft to help community
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 19:53:34 GMT
Magicians often make things disappear and reappear. But members of Ring 248 of the International Brotherhood of Magicians would like to conjure up more opportunities to help their community.

PASSINGS: Tom Braly, Virginia B. Smith, Robert P. Biller
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:38:21 GMT
Tom Braly, owner of racehorse Evening Jewel, dies at 72; Virginia B. Smith, former head of Mills and Vassar colleges, dies at 87; Robert P. Biller, longtime USC administrator, dies at 73 Tom Braly

Victoria researcher teaching others to combat wireless radiation
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:00:48 GMT
Kerry Crofton travels with a land line phone, purposely stays in hotels that don’t offer wireless Internet in rooms and, when she gives her talk Tuesday night on the topic of wireless radiation, it will be in a downtown Vancouver venue selected because it purportedly has no such radiation.

Wrapping up Winnipeg
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:22:42 GMT
A reporter empties his notebook from a football doubleheader

Study finds acupuncture can control side effects of cancer treatment
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:12:12 GMT
Recent studies have shown that acupuncture can help control a number of symptoms and side effects such as pain, fatigue, dry mouth, nausea, and vomiting associated with a variety of cancers and their treatments.

Health briefs for Aug. 25
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 06:31:45 GMT
MEADOWLANDS TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Assisted Living at the Meadowlands, 135 Meadowlands Estates Lane in O'Fallon, will mark its first year of providing care to seniors with a Resident Appreciation Celebration on Aug. 29.

Brown writes book to share story of his cancer cure
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 18:33:00 GMT
Donald Brown, 77, of Farmington has made a life of helpingpeople in the most natural way he can. 

Sports briefs - September 2
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:43:49 GMT
Red Deer Rebels defenceman Matt Dumba is one of 31 Hockey Alberta players short-listed as potential performers with the Alberta portion of Team Pacific.

Local student wins scholarship
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:07:07 GMT
An Edmonton student advocating for sustainable transportation was one of just four Canadians to take home a $2,500 ECO Canada scholarship last month.[...]

The big C on small stages
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:16:47 GMT
Art or therapy? Two local plays at this years Fringe Fest centre on the effects of cancer on individuals and the people around them. by Kate Watson It's often said that cancer touches all of us, so it's not surprising that two plays at this year's Atlantic Fringe Festival, Ed's Story: The Dragon Chronicles and Vanishing Twins, centre on the disease. Both works make use of the inspiring, healing ...

Wi-Fi issue rears head at Catholic board
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:57:03 GMT
Concerns about the effects of wireless Internet (Wi-Fi) on children's health are about to reach the Catholic school board table. Colleen Genno is among a group of Orillia parents asking the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board to abandon Wi-Fi and, instead, plug in.[...]

Africa joins in the celebration
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:07:24 GMT
Edmonton pulled off a twofold victory at Commonwealth Stadium Saturday. While the Edmonton Eskimos edged out the Saskatchewan Roughriders 17-14 in CFL football action, we also came out on top in the Purolator Tackle Hunger campaign.[...]

Habitat for Humanity begins largest project in Edmonton
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:07:54 GMT
Habitat for Humanity broke ground on its largest project in Edmonton last week. Construction is now underway on the 47-home Anderson Gardens in the northeast Bergman community. "It's absolutely fantastic.[...]

City launches bus route from Mill Woods to NAIT
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:08:04 GMT
A new express bus route from Mill Woods Town Centre to NAIT is designed to take a load off the busiest route in the city.[...]

Your view: Time to say bye?
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:06:24 GMT
So how was your summer, Nikolai? Better than your fall (from grace), we suspect. Edmonton Oilers goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin will be in the slammer rather than on the ice when the club's training camp begins, thanks to a drunk driving conviction in Arizona.[...]

Jackie Parker Recreation Area opens
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:08:31 GMT
Jackie Parker Park is becoming a hot destination for local families. The $3.2-million Jackie Parker Recreation Area, featuring climbing walls, a spray deck and a playground, officially opened at the park on Sunday.[...]

Dogs coming to west Edmonton
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:07:34 GMT
In 2009, the first Dogapalooza attracted 900 people, and naturally, every visiting family had a dog with them. When the free, family-friendly canine event returns on Sept. 11, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Westlawn Sports Fields, organizers are expecting to double last year's attendance.[...]

Kites over Callingwood returns
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:07:44 GMT
Bud Taylor has a message for Edmontonians: go fly a kite. Taylor will be in town with The Kite Guys to head up the 18th annual Kites Over Callingwood festival Saturday in Callingwood Park.[...]

High school football preview: Carr Conference
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:06:47 GMT
For the 2010 football season, the Metro Edmonton High School Athletic Association's Carr Conference is expanding from four to six teams. Archbishop Jordan and Bellerose are moving up from the Miles Conference to join Bev Facey, Salisbury, St.[...]

Fruited coleslaw with raisins, blueberry muffins
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:21:26 GMT
FRUITED COLESLAW WITH RAISINS 2 cups white cabbage, thinly sliced (500 ml)) 1 cup red cabbage, thinly sliced (250 ml) 2 green onions, finely diced 1 medium carrot, grated 1/2 cup green pepper, diced 1/2 cup apple, unpeeled and diced (125 ml) 1/2 cup raisins, well washed and squeezed dry (125 ml) [...]

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