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Salmon Arm teen fighting cancer in his spine; fundraising campaign helping to support family
SALMON ARM – A GoFundMe page is collecting money for a Salmon Arm teen fighting…
Halloween gala to support Kamloops toddler battling cancer
KAMLOOPS - Cash donations continue to funnel in for the family of a Kamloops toddler who was diagnosed with cancer last month, and a special Halloween event is scheduled to help contribute even more this month. Sawyer Jules is a 19-month-old boy currently battling the disease in the B.C. Children’s Hospital. The brain tumour was...
Community steps up and saves Terry Fox Run in Vernon
VERNON - After risking cancellation due to a lack of volunteers, the Terry Fox Run has been more than just saved — it’s shaping up to be one of the most successful runs in years. This year marks the 35th anniversary of Terry’s run, and the 30th year Vernon has participated in the event. In...
Kamloops tyke shows ‘amazing strength’ in fight for his life
KAMLOOPS - Babies and toddlers cry for all types of reasons, but a Kamloops family is facing a worst case scenario after discovering their child was not crying because of a case of thrush, but rather something much more scary. At the beginning of September, Shantelle Araneda took 18-month-old Sawyer Jules to the doctor. Her...
Friends determined to finish house for Vernon dad sidelined by cancer
VERNON - Efforts are underway to ensure that when a Vernon man returns from cancer treatment in Vancouver he’ll be coming home to a finished house. Homer Alexis started feeling ill about a month ago, but chalked the symptoms up to the flu. When he didn’t get better, his wife Denise drove him to Vernon...
No one to organize this year’s Terry Fox Run in Vernon
VERNON - Vernon does not yet have an organizer for this year’s Terry Fox Run, and that’s putting the event in jeopardy on its 35th anniversary. The Terry Fox Foundation is spreading the word there is currently no run organizer in Vernon after the previous volunteer stepped down for work and personal reasons. The event...
Westsyde girl, 5, fighting cancer for second time
KAMLOOPS - A Westsyde couple is in need of a bone marrow donation for their daughter, as well as financial assistance, as their five-year-old continues her battle with cancer at the B.C. Children’s Hospital. Samantha Donovan and her family thought the battle with Burkitt’s leukemia was over after the family returned from the hospital three...
Westsyde girl recovering from cancer giving other kids with cancer a reason to smile
'IT MADE MY HEART FEEL REALLY HAPPY' KAMLOOPS - After being diagnosed with leukemia Samantha Donovan made it a priority to smile, laugh and feel love every day she spent at the Ronald McDonald house. She and her family - which the now five-year-old nicknamed Team Super Everybody - lived there for eight months while...
LIFE WITH CANCER: From grim diagnosis to enjoying a shortened life and helping others
KAMLOOPS - She found out she had rare form of cancer and was told she likely had only weeks to live more than a year ago. Now the mother of two is trying to help others get personalized cancer care. Kendra Brown, 37, has terminal appendiceal cancer. It's not her first go round with the...
Little girl who met duchess Kate in 2011 dies after battle with cancer
CALGARY – A young Alberta cancer patient whose timid embrace of the Duchess of Cambridge captured hearts around the world has died.
Surprise wedding gives dying groom best day of his life
VERNON - Not knowing how many more days he’d wake up next to her, how many more drives they would go on together, or how many more times he’d get to say I love you, Ryan Langley rose from his wheelchair—defying everything his doctors had said—and watched the love of his life, Alisa, walk down...
Young, well-loved girl loses battle with cancer
Chloe Kroeger, 4, recently lost her ongoing battle with a rare form of cancer, called rhabdomyosarcoma. She was very young but inspired and touched a lot of people around her community and beyond. A notice of her death was posted on a Facebook support group page called "Miracle for Chloe" where hundreds, possibly thousands, of...
This is what methotrexate looks like
"I WANT TO RUN AND IT WON'T GO AWAY." KELOWNA – It all started with a pain in nine-year-old Liam’s leg. His parents, Shilo Lauinger and Amber Bigelow, took him to their family doctor in Kelowna expecting a diagnosis of a pulled muscle. A PET scan was scheduled and instead of a pulled muscle, they...
How one word can turn your life upside down
“ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN, BE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT YOU HAVE” VERNON - Just a few weeks ago, 17-year-old Dennon Leibel was attending his last few classes before graduating high school. Now, he’s in a hospital bed, going through his first round of chemo. The word cancer turned his life, and his family’s, upside down. It was...