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CBC News: High-risk areas for Lyme disease expand to include Moncton
By Joseph Tunney, September 22nd, 2017 Westmorland and Albert counties added to list that already includes Charlotte, Saint John and Kings counties Moncton has joined the list of high-risk areas for Lyme disease, the provincial government announced Friday in Saint John. Two new counties, Albert and Westmorland counties, were added to the list because of research this summer on the Continues →
Watch Mount Allison University Lyme Research Network announcement partnering with the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
May 5th, 2017 One of the pillars within the mission statement of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation is promoting research. We are pleased to announce our partnership with Mount Allison University in assisting their Lyme Disease Research Network with funding. Developing a broad capacity within Canadian universities to cope with what the government of Canada has admitted is a coming Continues →
Mount Allison University and Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation announce partnership in research.
Mount A researchers uniting expertise against Lyme disease May 5th, 2017 CumberlandNewsNow.com Fourteen researchers have come together to form the Lyme Research Network to provide a co-ordinated way to respond to the research needs of the Lyme community, to develop research that looks at the issue from new perspectives, and to share findings. The researchers represent a variety of disciplines Continues →
Ottawa: Canadian politicians, scientists, physicians, and advocates unite in request of Minister Philpott to insist upon an ethical process
[CanLyme Note: No disease in history has ever been so massaged and manipulated behind closed doors as Lyme disease (borreliosis) Is profit the motive? Keeping people sick and on pills for every symptom seems to be the approved Canadian policy while they refuse to transparently look at better tests that are available, and they refuse to allow potentially curative treatments.] View Continues →
New Lyme disease petition urges action plan rewrite
Richmond Hill Liberal – Kim Zarzour, March 1st, 2017 A new petition asking the Canadian government for a better action plan to combat Lyme disease has been sponsored by Green party Leader Elizabeth May. May was responsible for the introduction and approval of Bill 442, requiring the government to create an action plan with input from Lyme patients and experts; Continues →
Lyme disease gets attention of MP Karen Ludwig
New Brunswick Southwest MP surprised by the number of people suffering with Lyme disease By Vanessa Blanch, CBC News May 26th, 2016 New Brunswick Southwest MP Karen Ludwig is fulfilling a campaign promise to bring national attention to Lyme disease as she prepares to co-chair a national all-party round table next week. Ludwig says she couldn’t ignore the problem after going Continues →
Watch CTV news interview of Dr. Todd Hatchette. A very good example of how opinion, not science, is driving Lyme borreliosis policy in Canada… in spite of evidence presented by experts in Ottawa, May 15th to 17th, 2016.
[Lyme disease is actually Lyme borreliosis. an infection caused by many different strains/genotypes of Borrelia bacteria] How can one rationalize making progress from the patient’s expert perspective when officially, by tax payer funded microbiologists, opinion is put forward as fact with no supporting science. Dr. Todd Hatchette attended the recent three day conference in Ottawa during which a wide diversity Continues →
N.S. doctor clashes with peers on Lyme disease treatment
HE CHRONICLE HERALD Published March 22, 2016 – 5:10pm ST. STEPHEN, N.B. – A retired Nova Scotia medical doctor hopes that if his former colleagues will not prescribe longterm antibiotics for Lyme disease, West Coast naturopaths might. Patients afflicted with Lyme disease in the Maritimes say that they have to travel to Maine and elsewhere in the United States because Continues →
Fredericton Lyme disease support group wants better testing
Alison Chiasson, CBC News July 10th, 2015 Fredericton area residents struggle with symptoms, treatment and diagnosis Joy Pitre says New Brunswick clinicians failed to diagnose Lyme disease when she was struggling to determine what the cause of her rapidly deteriorating health was after a tick bite in 2003. She says she has since spent more than 10 years and $10,000 Continues →
Watch video of speeches of politicians and Canada’s Ride For Lyme cyclists at the Ride For Lyme kick-off event
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
Watch news, Youtube, and view photos of Canada’s Ride For Lyme – The Adelaine Projetct
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 Pt 2 – Gwen Barlee, Continues →
Experts worry tick population has increased after harsh winter in the Maritimes
By Brion Robinson, Global News May 2, 2015 RIVERVIEW, N.B. – A veterinarian at the Riverview Animal Hospital says he’s concerned about a possible increase in the tick populations this spring. Dr. Francis Arsenault says any increase should be a concern for pets and their owners. “Any level of tick infestation with Lyme is a problem and certainly if you Continues →
Scientific American: Lyme Disease Surges North
One of the clearest signs of health risks in a warming world has emerged in one of the world’s most advanced economies, as Canada belatedly struggles to cope with Lyme disease’s migration in North America Sep 24, 2014 | By Marianne Lavelle and The Daily Climate Vett Lloyd saved the tick that latched onto her while she was gardening outside her home in Continues →
New Brunswick, Canada – Researchers begin ‘Tick Patrol’ looking for Lyme disease
FREDERICTON – Researchers from Mount Allison University have begun dragging for ticks in different parks and forests throughout New Brunswick, looking to test the ticks for Lyme disease. Dr. Vett Lloyd, a professor of biology at the university, was diagnosed with the disease three years ago. “I was paralyzed in half my body, so it took six months before I Continues →
Vet calls for routine tests for dogs to track Lyme disease
Blood test non-invasive, provides quick results CBC News – Posted: Jan 23, 2014 A dog bravely endured Lyme disease testing earlier this month. (Courtesy Elisha Dickinson-Mills) A Hampton-based veterinarian wants to see routine blood tests for dogs to keep track of Lyme disease in New Brunswick. Dr. Elisha Dickinson-Mills tested 55 dogs at her clinic on Jan. 11, as part of Continues →