Tag: Canada

  • Wounded Warriors Canada Donates $300,000 to Couples-Based PTSD Program

    Wounded Warriors Canada Donates $300,000 to Couples-Based PTSD Program

    OTTAWA, May 5, 2016 /CNW/ – Wounded Warriors Canada is proud to announce a $300,000 donation to COPE (Couples Overcoming PTSD Everyday), an innovative program for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder designed to support ill and injured currently serving and retired Canadian Armed Forces members, First Responders and their families. COPE was founded by LCol (retired) Chris Linford and his wife Kathryn. Chris…

  • Prostate Cancer DNA Test Uses Small Blood Sample, Predicts Response to Drug

    Prostate Cancer DNA Test Uses Small Blood Sample, Predicts Response to Drug

    May 4, 2016 – Breakthrough holds promise for precision and personalized therapies for different cancers. New tools developed at the Vancouver Prostate Centre (VPC) are substantially advancing the possibility of offering precise, personalized therapies to effectively treat treatment-resistant prostate cancer, also known as metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). Detailed in a recently published paper in…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Pool Noodles

    Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Pool Noodles

    By Reena Nerbas Stains in Toilet Dear Reena, Can the “finish” on a toilet bowl deteriorate or erode from the point where reddish stains that appear to “flow” from the top of the bowl to the top of the water? The stains are removed with cleaner but reappear quickly. Thank you, Steve Dear Steve, You…

  • Alex Trebek named Honorary President of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

    Alex Trebek named Honorary President of The Royal Canadian Geographical Society

    After going almost 3½ decades without naming an Honorary President, you might say The Royal Canadian Geographical Society was waiting for “the right one” to come along. Yet, as the RCGS announces that Alex Trebek has been appointed to its top honorary position (joining the likes of explorer and geologist Joseph Tyrrell and former Governor…

  • Mental Health and Homelessness in Canada

    Mental Health and Homelessness in Canada

    By Ambar Aleman, Homeless Hub As part of the Canadian Mental Health Association 65th Mental Health Week running from May 2nd-8th, this blog covers some of the latest findings about the connection between mental health and homelessness. The theme for this year’s Mental Health Week is “GET LOUD”, encouraging people to speak up against mental illness…

  • Gloomy Report Misrepresents Canada’s Environmental Performance

    Gloomy Report Misrepresents Canada’s Environmental Performance

    Contrary to the Conference Board’s report, Canada’s environmental performance is one of the country’s great success stories By Kenneth P. Green, Senior director, Natural Resource Studies, The Fraser Institute CALGARY, Alta. / Troy Media/ – It would hardly be an Earth Day (which took place last month) without the publication of a new report damning Canadians as…

  • Canada Facing an Epidemic of Overdiagnosis and Overtreatment

    Patients need to be empowered to ask about the risks caused by some tests and treatments, and whether they are really necessary By Wendy Levinson, Expert Advisor, EvidenceNetwork.ca TORONTO, Ont. / Troy Media/ – If you knew that virtually the entire medical community was talking about an issue causing risk and harm to patients across…

  • Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and His Royal Highness, Prince Harry of Wales, attend a sledge hockey game in Toronto

    Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and His Royal Highness, Prince Harry of Wales, attend a sledge hockey game in Toronto

    PMO Photo by Adam Scotti.

  • Independent Advisory Council Announces Candidates for the 2018 Bank Note Featuring an Iconic Canadian Woman

    Independent Advisory Council Announces Candidates for the 2018 Bank Note Featuring an Iconic Canadian Woman

    The Bank of Canada today announced that the 2018 bank note independent Advisory Council has narrowed to 12 names the list of iconic Canadian women who could be featured on the first bank note of the next series. The 12 prominent Canadian women, who were selected from the submissions received from the public, are as follows (in…

  • Why Universal Screening for Autism is a Good Idea

    Why Universal Screening for Autism is a Good Idea

    We don’t want to see Canadian children reach school age before being identified as having autism By Laurie Mawlam, Executive Director of Autism Canada BOTHWELL, Ont. / Troy Media/ – Over the years, Autism Canada has talked to thousands of parents and there has been a similar refrain. Early diagnosis didn’t happen for their children because too…

  • Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Hay Fever

    Healthy Tips from Pharmasave: Hay Fever

    You may have heard the term “hay fever,” but seasonal allergies, also known as seasonal allergic rhinitis, are triggered by several different types of pollen, but not by hay. When trees and grasses begin growing in the spring and early summer, they release light, powdery pollen that floats in the wind. If you’re allergic to…

  • Strong Moms Inspire Latest P&G “Thank You, Mom” Campaign

    Strong Moms Inspire Latest P&G “Thank You, Mom” Campaign

    ‘Proud Sponsor of Moms’ debuts ‘Strong’ ahead of Rio 2016 Olympic Games TORONTO /CNW/ – With 100 days until the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG), maker of Tide®, Pampers® and Head & Shoulders® debuted the newest installment of its award-winning “Thank You, Mom” campaign by releasing the new…

  • Alberta Forest Products Association Applauds 30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge

    Alberta Forest Products Association Applauds 30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge

    AFPA Applauds 30 by 30 Climate Change Challenge Alberta’s forest industry a key part of climate change strategy Edmonton – The Alberta Forest Products Association applauds Monday’s announcement by the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) that Canada’s forest companies have committed to eliminating 30 megatonnes of carbon emissions by 2030. The Canadian Forest Industry is…

  • Rupert’s Baby: One Woman’s Search for Her Past

    Rupert’s Baby: One Woman’s Search for Her Past

    By Tracey Walshaw Janet Keall was left at the back door of the hospital in Prince Rupert, BC as an infant. She has no idea of her family history and after trying to find out more information on her own she is reaching out to the public. Janet created a website called Rupert’s Baby with…

  • Solutions & Substitutions by Reena: Keeping the Fridge Clean

    By Reena Nerbas Musty Books Dear Reena, I picked up a few old books at a garage sale; the books carry a musty odor that I am unable to destroy. What can I do to take away the stink? Leighton Dear Leighton, Place the books inside of a sealable plastic bag. Pour one eighth cup…