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Joanne's Story

Posted on Stories · January 23, 2018 1:03 PM

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Imagine my shock to learn that at 53 years of age, I had endometrial cancer. How could this happen to me? Seven months later I had survived surgery, chemo and 28 radiation treatments.

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Lorraine's story

Posted on Stories · March 21, 2016 12:13 PM

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In September 2008, I received the call no one wants to receive: my annual mammogram had disclosed a mass that was likely a tumour, and a subsequent biopsy revealed that it was an invasive ductal tumour.

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Chris's story

Posted on Stories · April 14, 2015 4:57 PM

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Someone else could've had the same serious infection, but given different medications because they didn't have drug coverage, or couldn't pay.

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January 04, 2021

Albertans have lost trust in the government's travelling circus

Albertans have lost trust in the government's travelling circus   Albertans have suffered and sacrificed greatly in the past several months, not least of all by cancelling holiday plans with friends and family as per government mandated public health restrictions. But we have done so with the understanding that these...

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