Cancer Care

• Prince Albert cancer patient fights for free hospital parking across Saskatchewan

  A cancer patient from Prince Albert, Dennis Ogrodnick, says he's using the time he has left to fight for free hospital parking across the province.

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  Aug 19, 2025
  
• KGH Foundation turns to community for support of cancer care campaign

  The public cancer care fundraiser is part of the “Closer to Home Than You Think” campaign launched March 2023. So far it has raised $20 million, with a goal of raising $40 million.

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  Apr 15, 2024
  
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• Migrant worker battling cancer finally gets medical card in Nova Scotia

  A migrant worker from Jamaica spent months without health care after being fired from her job on a farm, and while battling cancer.

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  Mar 18, 2024
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• Paddles up! 23rd Peterborough Dragon Boat Festival returns to Little Lake June 8

  Festival registration opens on Feb. 25. In 2023, the festival surpassed $4 million raised to improve cancer care services and supports at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre.

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  Feb 21, 2024
• Peterborough hospital names atrium after Anne Keenleyside in honour of $2M gift

  The Trent University professor died of cancer in October 2022 but bequeathed a $2-million legacy gift to the hospital foundation to support cancer care equipment and technology.

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  Feb 8, 2024
• B.C. to offer Canada’s first at-home, self-screening test for cervical cancer

  About 200 people are diagnosed with cervical cancer a year in the province, Premier David Eby said Tuesday morning at a press conference.

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  Jan 9, 2024
• Couple honours late sister with historic $10M donation to cancer care in Simcoe Muskoka

  Catherine and David Hudson have pledged a record-setting $10 million to Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre’s Keep Life Wild campaign.

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  Dec 15, 2023
• B.C. woman gets surgery in U.S., says wait times at home could have cost her life

  Peritoneal carcinomatosis is caused by a primary cancer that has spread throughout the abdomen. It is rare but also requires a specific treatment plan in most cases.

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  Nov 27, 2023
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• B.C. announces details of $20 million to expand travel supports for cancer treatment

  The B.C. government has announced details on a $20 million funding boost to expand travel supports for cancer patients living in rural and remote communities.

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  Sep 27, 2023
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• U of C study helps kids, families stay active during cancer treatment

  The goal of integrating movement into treatment also helps mitigate a typical decline in activity, allowing kids to get back to their exercise of choice more quickly.

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  Sep 12, 2023