BC Cancer Foundation

• BC Cancer Foundation ends Tour de Cure after 16 years

  The Tour de Cure first launched in 2009 and remains "deeply committed to growing the vital funds raised for the over 80,000 people being treated by BC Cancer each year."

  Canada

  Oct 29
  
• B.C.’s first-of-its-kind cancer research program to be based out of Kelowna

  Ken and Gloria Sargent have donated $1.5 million towards cancer research on the surgical front.

  Canada

  Sep 5
  
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• Okanagan couple makes generous donation to BC Cancer Foundation

  The Fitzpatrick have shared their lives together for 42 years, unfortunately, one of their shared experiences over their decades-long marriage is both having a cancer diagnosis.

  Lifestyle

  May 22
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• New inpatient tower, cancer centre plan approved for Burnaby Hospital redevelopment

  'The approval of the business plan marks an important milestone in bringing cancer care closer to home,' said Sara Roth, the BC Cancer Foundation’s president and CEO.

  Health

  Sep 13, 2023
• B.C.’s Tour de Cure 2023 ride raises $7.1M for cancer research so far

  By the end of the Tour de Cure fundraising ride, cyclists will have travelled more than 200 kilometres over the two days of the event.

  Health

  Aug 26, 2023
• B.C. cycling fundraiser to battle cancer, Tour de Cure, hits the road this August

  The B.C. Cancer Foundation is trying to raise $6.1 million for a new systemic therapy unit in Kelowna.

  Canada

  Jul 18, 2023
• Cancer clinic in Central Okanagan celebrates milestone

  One of six in the province, the clinic is now celebrating its 25th anniversary.

  Health

  Apr 12, 2023
• Kelowna RCMP rescind earlier BC Cancer scam alert

  'It is common for the BC Cancer Foundation to collect door-to-door donations and we apologize to our friends at the Foundation for any confusion this may have caused.'

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2022
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• BC Cancer Foundation receives $15.3-million record donation for lung cancer research

  The goal is to use the donation to start work right away on new detection methods, treatments, and ways to stop tumour resistance.

  Health

  Feb 4, 2021
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• B.C. to launch first lung cancer screening program in Canada

  British Columbia will soon be home to the first lung cancer early detection screening program in the country.

  Health

  Sep 14, 2020