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She takes few steps towards the camera. As wobbly, as unsure, as unsteady as a baby’s precarious first steps. As awkward as a drunk stumbling out of the bar. Her arms hang limp. Her face, a blank stare. This is what has become of 14-year-old Kamea Crowe. Her mother, Yvonne Finlayson, recorded the few seconds…
CBC News – Posted: Jun 7, 2013 It’s tick season and the Essex Region Conservation Authority has already received a number of complaints about the insects this year. There are a number of tick species in the region, but it’s the black-legged deer tick that is the most common carrier of Lyme disease. ERCA biologist Dan…
By Mark McNeil The Hamilton area is facing an infestation of brown dog ticks and health authorities are worried an influx of Lyme disease-causing ticks will follow. “Lyme disease is on the radar,” says Susan Harding-Cruz, manager of the vector-borne disease program for Hamilton’s public health department. “We are on the lookout for black-legged ticks…
Re: Dog ticks not the same as deer ticks, letters, May 23rd I am writing in response to a reply to the column by Dorothy Turcotte; this was a very timely letter to publish actually, because May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. We were very pleased to have the CN Tower, Niagara Falls and the…
Randy Hillier, MPP for Lanark-Frontenac-Lennox and Addington, read his petition calling on the Ontario government to provide better diagnostics, awareness and treatment of Lyme Disease in Ontario. Watch video here
Planning an outdoor vacation? Beware of the “ticking time bomb” – blood-sucking parasites spreading Lyme disease with potentially devastating consequences. The infectious disease is easier to get than you think and no one is immune, yet too little is being done, says Rossana Magnotta, CEO of Magnotta Winery. “You’ve got to protect yourself and your…
A tick can get under your skin without it even being realized for months and sometimes years. May is a month dedicated to raising awareness about Lyme Disease and Fort Erie resident Melissa Hodges-Young, who is involved with the recently-founded Niagara Area Chapter of the Lyme Disease Association of Ontario, wants the public to know…
In Canada, if a dog contacts Lyme disease, it has a far better chance of receiving timely diagnosis and treatment, whereas humans have to scramble to the U.S, says Marlene Spies, a Brampton Lyme disease patient. Canadians travel to the south of the border as “protocol tests” in Canada are not sensitive enough. Even though…
A small bug is causing big problems for hundreds of Canadians. The deer tick can carry bacteria that cause Lyme disease. If it’s caught early, Lyme disease is very treatable. But that’s the problem; it sometimes goes undiagnosed and Canadians who are very sick with this disease say they are being told it is all…
Lyme disease was the very hot topic on today’s popular Dale Goldhawk radio show “Goldhawk Fights Back” on Am 740 Zoomer radio in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (apologies from Jim Wilson who said a Lyme society was first formed in 1889 when in fact it is quite obvious he should of said 1989). Listen to the podcast…
Two decades ago, Wendy Aitken was told by her doctor that she suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia, which causes pain and tenderness in one’s joints and body parts. Since husband Larry was in the military, the couple and their two children grew accustomed to moving from posting to posting, town to town, every…
International journalists have selected a Better Farming magazine story by Mary Baxter, about Lyme Disease, as last year’s best story by BETTER FARMING STAFF Better Farming field editor Mary Baxter is this year’s recipient of a top international agricultural journalism award. Earlier this week, Baxter’s article, “Lyme disease: the painful and hard-to-diagnose condition,” which ran…
CBC TV Ottawa … Lyme disease ticks likely breeding in Ottawa Ticks carrying Lyme disease are likely breeding in Ottawa, leading to an increase in reported cases, according to a doctor at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). Lyme disease is a bacterial infection often transmitted by an infected tick and causing muscle pain,…
NORTHUMBERLAND — A rise in Lyme disease cases in Ontario has the local health unit urging people to be cautious. The Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit (HKPR) said the population of blacklegged ticks is spreading into new areas of the province and with them, comes the possibility of transmitting Lyme disease. The ticks…
