Cancer

Vernon’s Barrita Durward (second froml left) hosts her 14th annual Valentines For Mexico gala Friday, March 24. The event at the Prestige Vernon Lodge and Conference Centre is a sellout, and will raise funds for Durward’s ongoing orphanage prevention project in Mexico, as well as for her immediate family member Candria Krykwo (right), who is battling Stage 4 ovarian cancer. (Conritubed photos)

Vernon fundraiser a night for four

Sold-out 14th annual Valentines for Mexico raising funds for a quartet of projects and individuals

 

BC Cancer Foundation - Tour De Cure

Pedal for Hope: Tour De Cure rallies cyclists to transform cancer care

2,000 riders, volunteers prepare for 200-km summer fundraising ride from Cloverdale to Hope

  • Mar 20, 2023

 

This image provided by Betty Seaman shows Navy A-6 Intruder pilot Jim Seaman. Navy Capt. Jim Seaman died of lung cancer at the age of 61. His widow Betty Seaman has been part of a large group of aviators and their surviving spouses who have lobbied Congress and the Pentagon for years to look into the number of cancers aviators and ground crew face. In a new study the Pentagon has found alarmingly higher rates of cancer among aviators than in the U.S. general population, and has further reviews planned. (Betty Seaman via AP)

Higher cancer rates found in military pilots, ground crews: U.S. study

Military members at far greater risk of developing disease than general American population

 

A cancer researcher conducts lab work for the BC Cancer Foundation. (Photo courtesy of BC Cancer Foundation)

B.C. researchers use AI to predict a cancer patient’s survival rate with 80% accuracy

The AI model will give improved recommendations for cancer treatment

A cancer researcher conducts lab work for the BC Cancer Foundation. (Photo courtesy of BC Cancer Foundation)
FILE - A man walks by Pfizer headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in New York. Pfizer will spend about $43 billion to buy Seagen and broaden its reach into cancer treatments, the pharmaceutical giant said Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Pfizer buys Seagen for $43B, boosts access to cancer drugs

Pfizer is spending about $43 billion to reach deeper into new cancer…

FILE - A man walks by Pfizer headquarters, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, in New York. Pfizer will spend about $43 billion to buy Seagen and broaden its reach into cancer treatments, the pharmaceutical giant said Monday, March 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
The province has rolled out a plan to strengthen cancer care in B.C., with a focus on cervical cancer prevention. (Canva Creative/Black Press Media)

Access to cervical cancer screenings still lagging behind in some B.C. communities

At-home HPV screenings to go province-wide in B.C. within the year: Dix

The province has rolled out a plan to strengthen cancer care in B.C., with a focus on cervical cancer prevention. (Canva Creative/Black Press Media)
Firefighters from all across the province march along Menzies Street to the south lawn of the legislature in Victoria to honour those who died in the line of duty Monday (March 6). (Austin Westphal/News Staff)

PHOTOS: B.C. firefighters honour fallen colleagues with cancer warning

The same gear that’s supposed to protect first responders is also killing them due to cancer, says firefighter

Firefighters from all across the province march along Menzies Street to the south lawn of the legislature in Victoria to honour those who died in the line of duty Monday (March 6). (Austin Westphal/News Staff)
Ken Martin

UPDATE: Bands crank out tunes in memory of Vernon musician claimed by cancer

Ken Martin died Sunday, days before fundraiser March 4, which will now benefit family

Ken Martin
B.C. announced a 10-year, $440 million cancer action plan that looks to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (Dawn Sellgren photo)

Vernon-Monashee MLA lauds province’s 10-year cancer action plan

The plan worth $440 million aims to improve prevention, detection and treatment of cancer

B.C. announced a 10-year, $440 million cancer action plan that looks to improve the prevention, detection and treatment of cancer Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (Dawn Sellgren photo)
Richard Hartwick places the steering wheel on one of his current model boat projects, a motorized mahogany model Chris-Craft. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)

Miracle Man: Keeping busy, staying happy aids Salmon Arm man’s fight with cancer

‘They gave me eight months to live when they found out I had these tumours.’

Richard Hartwick places the steering wheel on one of his current model boat projects, a motorized mahogany model Chris-Craft. (Lachlan Labere-Salmon Arm Observer)
Starla Szarek celebrated her fourth birthday at B.C. Children’s Hospital on Feb. 12 as she prepares for chemotherapy treatments to begin this week. (Contributed)

Birthday girl needs a miracle: Kelowna child prepares for chemo

Starla celebrated her fourth birthday at B.C. Children’s Hopsital

  • Feb 12, 2023
Starla Szarek celebrated her fourth birthday at B.C. Children’s Hospital on Feb. 12 as she prepares for chemotherapy treatments to begin this week. (Contributed)
Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Selina Robinson (right) says she has cancer again. Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Lisa Beare (left) predicted that her cabinet colleague would beat cancer a second time. (Twitter)

B.C.’s post-secondary education minister diagnosed with cancer for the second time

Selina Robinson, who received her first diagnosis in 2006, said she plans to stay on

Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Selina Robinson (right) says she has cancer again. Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Lisa Beare (left) predicted that her cabinet colleague would beat cancer a second time. (Twitter)
Armstrong’s Carla Schutte, left, with husband, Jerry, continues to battle a rare form of adrenal cancer. Her condition is listed as ‘stable,’ thanks to some advances in cancer treatment. (Contributed)

Armstrong woman grateful for cancer treatment advances

Carla Schutte has been battling a rare form of adrenal cancer for nearly a decade

Armstrong’s Carla Schutte, left, with husband, Jerry, continues to battle a rare form of adrenal cancer. Her condition is listed as ‘stable,’ thanks to some advances in cancer treatment. (Contributed)
Pictured are Gage Penney, dad Tyler, mom Marlena and sister Savannah. (Photo contributed)

‘Worst news imaginable’: Salmon Arm RCMP officer’s 9-year-old diagnosed with cancer

Fellow officers start fundraiser for family now living near BC Children’s Hospital

Pictured are Gage Penney, dad Tyler, mom Marlena and sister Savannah. (Photo contributed)
Jessica Peters is a reporter with the Abbotsford News, and an invasive cervical cancer survivor.

OPINION: Cervical cancer awareness didn’t seem important to me, until it was

January is cervical awareness month and a time to understand how devastating the disease really is

Jessica Peters is a reporter with the Abbotsford News, and an invasive cervical cancer survivor.
BC Cancer Kelowna has technology that’s the first of its kind in Canada, an adaptive radiation machine that makes the planning process faster. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

First in Canada cancer radiation machine in Kelowna

The machine uses artificial intelligence and makes the planning process exponentially faster

BC Cancer Kelowna has technology that’s the first of its kind in Canada, an adaptive radiation machine that makes the planning process faster. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
Alicia Denobregan, left, who suffers from breast cancer, and Beatriz Ibanez who finished her treatment against breast cancer a year ago, walk on the catwalk during a fashion show called “Pink Parade’ during Fight Breast Cancer World Day in Caracas Venezuela, Wednesday, Oct.19, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

More breast cancer patients can choose smaller surgery

Studies showing lumpectomies can often work in cases that used to call for full mastectomies

Alicia Denobregan, left, who suffers from breast cancer, and Beatriz Ibanez who finished her treatment against breast cancer a year ago, walk on the catwalk during a fashion show called “Pink Parade’ during Fight Breast Cancer World Day in Caracas Venezuela, Wednesday, Oct.19, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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’No safe number’ of trips to the tanning bed, says Kelowna doctor as winter approaches

UVA rays in tanning beds can be 15 times higher than sun exposure

  • Dec 9, 2022
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14 members of Whonnock Roofing and Gutters shovelled walks on Nov. 30 for donations to the family of Savanna Gervais. (Clay Gagnon/Special to The News)

B.C. company shovels driveways to collect donations for 4-year-old cancer victim

Whonnock Roofing collected more than $6,000 for family of Savanna Gervais

14 members of Whonnock Roofing and Gutters shovelled walks on Nov. 30 for donations to the family of Savanna Gervais. (Clay Gagnon/Special to The News)
Firefighters from the Malakwa Fire Department and others from the Shuswap participate in a live-burn training exercise. (File Photo)

New builds made of combustible materials make for hotter blazes: Shuswap firefighters

‘It really is a dangerous environment now. Stuff can be replaced but firefighters cannot’

Firefighters from the Malakwa Fire Department and others from the Shuswap participate in a live-burn training exercise. (File Photo)
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