Welcome to the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
The Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation (CanLyme) was created to promote a more complete and comprehensive understanding of Lyme disease and related illnesses through research, education and advocacy to help reduce misdiagnosis and improve treatments for Lyme disease.
Get help for Lyme
Recognizing symptoms and learning how to talk to your doctor are the first steps towards treatment.
Learn more about Lyme
Understanding Lyme disease is the best way to prevent, diagnose and treat it.
Get the facts
Get the facts on ticks and tick-borne diseases. There are many myths!
Recent dispatches
France: Chronic Lyme is real and treat with long term antibiotics.
Inside Europe: Lyme disease on the rise in France Lyme disease, which you get when bitten by an infected…
CBC News: Lyme disease research, funding falling behind in Canada
June 18th, 2017 – by Jennifer Seiff for CBC News When I got sick in May 2016 with what…
CTV Winnipeg: 12-year-old boy suffers infection from wood tick
June 13th, 2017 … “I felt something on my back, so I pulled it off and it was a…
LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP PAVES WAY FOR CANADA’S FIRST RESEARCH FACILITY TO IMPROVE LYME DISEASE TESTING AND TREATMENT
New G. Magnotta Lyme Disease Research Lab to be Established at the University of Guelph; $1.4 Million Grant Awarded…
With great sadness we report that the Canadian Lyme community has lost a valuable friend and asset.
Debra Fraleigh, an articulate and caring individual who worked endlessly behind the scenes researching evidence, evaluating government and medical…
Listen to today’s testimony of Dr. Ralph Hawkins, Dr. Liz Zubek, Canadian Blood Services and the Public Health Agency of Canada in the standing health committee.
June 8th, 2017 You can listen to the interesting testimony here… Dr. Njoo from the Public Health Agency of…
Where there are ticks, there’s often Lyme disease
Lyme disease is caused by an infection that is most often transmitted by ticks, but it can also be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy.
Ticks can attach to your body without being seen or felt, and diagnosis can be difficult due to symptom presentation, testing protocols and other challenges.
Learn to protect yourself
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More news
Shaw TV’s ‘Go Okanagan’ looks at Lyme Disease, and patients stories as they prepare for the Lyme Sucks Challenge
Lyme disease is becoming more and more prevalent throughout Canada, North America and around the globe. It can be…
Health officials ramp up tick monitoring for Powassan Virus
CityNews reporter Andrea Piunno with what health officials are doing to protect you and what you should watch out…
Global TV: Penticton firefighters take bite out of Lyme disease
PENTICTON – The Lyme Sucks Challenge #lymesuckschallenge may be the next social media craze, at least that’s what Penticton…
IDSA mantra, ‘There is no such thing as chronic Lyme’, linked to most Lyme injuries and deaths: Mayday Project
April 16th, 2015 [IDSA= Infectious Disease Society of America] “Cutler says most injuries and deaths due to Lyme disease…
InFocus Magazine – Ticking Time Bomb
One tiny insect makes a giant impact on some people’s lives and health, and creates a medical controversy By…
“So country” radio of Penticton, BC, interviews CanLyme president
After the Penticton RCMP completed their Lyme Sucks Challenge, ‘So Country’ radio interviewed Jim Wilson, president of CanLyme, discussing…
Today, April 9th, 2015, Dr. Oz discusses Lyme Disease and Avril Lavigne’s revelation
Watch preview of today’s Dr. Oz TV show as he chats with People Magazine’s senior editor about the magazine’s…
Penticton RCMP take the Lyme Sucks Challenge – Challenging all Canadian RCMP to follow their lead.
Published on Apr 8, 2015 PUCKER UP: RCMP members suck limes for a good cause Read article Watch video
Borrelia burgdorferi Sensu Lato Spirochetes in Wild Birds in Northwestern California: Associations with Ecological Factors, Bird Behavior and Tick Infestation
Published: February 25, 2015 Abstract Although Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato (s.l.) are found in a great diversity of vertebrates,…