Albertans reporting fewer ticks amid social distancing; Expert predicts numbers will rise

After enjoying a day at Rundle Park in Edmonton, Dan Friesen and Katie Zimmerman didn’t consider the possibility of ticks.... View Article

Dog owners issued warning as deer ticks move into Calgary backyards

July 16th, 2018 Deer ticks no longer respect city limits. That was the word Monday from Dr. Wendy McLelland, a... View Article

Lyme disease in Alberta article takes number three spot in top ten stories for 2017

See top ten list Lyme-disease carrying ticks on the rise in Alberta Edmonton a possible hotspot; 6 things to... View Article

CanLyme director Janet Sperling on 770 AM radio, Alberta

Listen to an interesting interview of Janet Sperling on CHQR news talk 770 radio Listen now

Lyme disease patient living in her car after being discharged from Banff hospital

July 6th, 2016, Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald CANMORE — A Canmore woman with Lyme disease has been sleeping in her car since... View Article

Popular on 630 CHED radio, the Ryan Jespersen show interviews CanLyme director Janet Sperling and Edmonton area support group founder Kim Spears

You can listen here at http://www.630ched.com/audio-vault/ Select May 25th, 9 am, then drag the scroll bar to 8:55 for the... View Article

Edmonton, Alberta: You’ll be seeing more ticks this spring

March 28th, 2016 CTV Alberta Primetime Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation director and PhD candidate Janet Sperling is interviewed by CTV’s... View Article

LYME DISEASE – OUR FIGHT TO PAY IT FORWARD

June 30th, 2015 My family’s fight against Lyme disease is relatively new, but we learned quickly of the controversy surrounding... View Article

Watch out in the woods: Tick season peaks in Alberta

LETHBRIDGE – Ticks are little bugs that can cause big problems. The small spider-like animals bite people and pets to... View Article

CTV Calgary: Lyme disease being downplayed by government

Tick, tick, tick …

Alberta, Canada : Rowe [MLA] wants provincewide strategy to fight Lyme disease

[CanLyme note: It says in the article that 70-80% of people who contract Lyme disease will develop a rash. That... View Article

Cochrane Eagle newspaper’s Lyme borreliosis articles received first place in most read articles

[CanLyme note: This is another indication that the Canadian public wants to know more about why Lyme borreliosis is not being... View Article

No concern about why the patient is sick, just that it is not allowed to be Lyme disease

[CanLyme note: “Another month went by and a call was received from the ID specialist in Calgary. We were informed... View Article

Taylor George went 13 years before being diagnosed with Lyme

By April Hudson, Spruce Grove Examiner/Stony Plain Reporter Friday, September 5, 2014 2:31:03 MDT PM Fibromyalgia. Chronic fatigue. Osteoporosis. Myo facial... View Article

Lyme disease in Alberta

Original Air Date: Friday, July 11, 2014 We’re hearing the story of one Alberta woman’s life-changing battle against Lyme disease before... View Article

Cases of poorly understood Lyme disease continue to grow in Alberta

BY DAVE DORMER ,CALGARY SUN August 16, 2014 While it has yet to establish a real foothold in Alberta, the... View Article

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