As the 20th edition of the annual Kurling for Kids fundraiser kicks off, one family looks back on the lifesaving surgery their daughter received thanks to its proceeds.

The race is on the find a cure for Jaxon Pursch, a seven-month-old baby who lives with his parents and nine siblings in St-Eustache.

This week on Focus Montreal meet Quebec superstar Kevin Parent who just released his second English album, hear from Montreal's MADA food bank about how it plans to celebrate its accomplishments and learn about oral immunotherapy, a promising new treatment to tackle food allergies in children.