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By: Jackie Hong Staff Reporter, Published on Tue May 19 2015 Some sure signs that summer is coming in Toronto: warmer temperatures, longer days, more sun, and ticks being tested for Lyme disease. Toronto Public Health confirmed Tuesday that blacklegged ticks found on Algonquin Island, a part of the Toronto Islands, late Friday are being…
Listen to British Columbia provincial MLA Lana Popham, City Council member Chris Coleman, and cyclists Daniel Corso and Tanner Cookson. Watch video Listen to Lyme disease victim and advocate Gwen Barlee, and provincial MLA Carole James Watch video Listen to Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation director and ex BC provincial MLA David Cubberley, Watch video
BY SUE-ANN LEVY, TORONTO SUN SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 09:00 PM EDT TORONTO – Paige Spencer can’t remember a day in the past six months when she didn’t feel pain everywhere in her body. Most days she lives off Percocet and Gravol to calm down her stomach enough to eat. She never knows what each day will bring….
Cheryl Holmes, CTV Winnipeg Published Friday, May 15, 2015 4:05PM CST It’s tick season in Manitoba and while many residents have likely heard the warnings before, this year is not a year to take those warnings lightly. The number of Manitoban’s contracting Lyme disease is on the rise and the province aims to raise awareness…
CBC News Posted: May 14, 2015 4:41 PM CT Brooke LePage used to be a competitive swimmer in Winnipeg, but after contracting Lyme disease last year, the 12-year-old girl can barely muster the energy to get out of bed. “I’m feeling extremely tired and I usually stay in bed all day,” said LePage. “I’ll only…
Watch video of the Ride For Lyme Click Here Watch CHEK news interview with Daniel and Tanner. Click Here May 10th, 2015 Victoria send off party May 11th, 2015 early morning send off Video from Ride for Lyme event in Victoria: Pt 1 – Lana Popham, Daniel and Tanner, Chris Coleman Rideforlyme Victoria BC Pt1…
Watch as MPP Mike Mantha questions Minister, and Minister’s response. View here
May 14th, 2015 WINNIPEG – Winnipeg City Hall will be lit in green Thursday to help raise awareness of Lyme disease among Manitobans. The symbolic gesture will come in the middle of Lyme Disease Awareness Month and a day after Manitoba Health issued a news release urging people in the province to protect themselves from…
[CanLyme note: In the CBC article it says that according to Manitoba Health, “It’s estimated that 70 to 80 per cent of people develop an expanding rash within three to 30 days of being bitten by an infected tick”. That is Manitoba Health continuing to mislead the public and medical community. Current research indicates that only…
Smithville woman went three years before diagnosis Grimsby Lincoln News by Amanda Moore, May 13th, 2015 SMITHVILLE — Shortly after giving birth to her third child, Roze Ravensbergen’s body collapsed. Instead of walking through her front door with her brand new son Tyson, Ravensbergen arrived home in a wheelchair. She was unable to walk, experienced…
May 8th, 2015 Dr. Ben Boucher is speaking at a Maritime Tick Conference in Moncton about the difficulty in diagnosing Lyme disease and his experience treating it. CBC radio caught up with him for this interview. Listen now
May 6th, 2015 Jessica Bell from the Ontario Lyme Alliance and Jeanne Pacey who suffers from Lyme disease, spoke to CityNews’ Francis D’Souza. Watch City News
Cindy E. Harnett / Times Colonist May 10, 2015 Retired anesthesiologist Dr. Martin Rodgers was treated with two days’ worth of antibiotics and told not to worry after he showed his family doctor a classic bull’s-eye rash caused by a tick he extracted from his navel. That was three years ago this July. Now Rodgers, 74,…
Watch touching video of a Grandpa who started running for Lyme on January 2nd, 2015 and has logged over 1000 km since then. He keeps on running to help his grandson and others stricken with Lyme and unable to get help in their province. Watch video
Ticks on the rise, human cases on the the rise. Watch TV segment
