Impact Stories

Ron Keddie was newly retired when he got some results from a routine physical that he could never have expected: he had an aggressive form of prostate cancer. After undergoing...

When Bert Lunnon was diagnosed with colorectal cancer, he and his wife Jean were met with an additional challenge: having to travel two hours each way to get to their...

Only weeks before her son’s first birthday, 38-year-old Corinne Schelle was diagnosed with cervical cancer. Instead of planning her son’s birthday party, she found herself preparing for a radical hysterectomy....

Thanks to your gift to fund breast cancer research and support a Canadian Cancer Society-supported clinical trial found that 7 in 10 women diagnosed with a specific and common type...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult to treat cancers. However, the surgery is complex and can lead to complications that negatively impact a patient’s quality of life. These...

Shortly after his first birthday, Aeson Moen was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a type of high-risk childhood cancer. Still reeling from this news, his parents Aaron and Ana then learned that...

When Jackie Fletcher was diagnosed with liposarcoma, a rare type of cancer, her first thought was for her children. They’d lost their father to brain cancer 12 years earlier, so...

When Darleen Morrice found a lump in her throat, she tried to stay positive, but her instinct said it was cancer. Her diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma of the larynx...

At just 4 years old, Natalia Corrigall and her family had to face the most frightening words of all: “You have cancer.” Natalia’s mom Christa and dad Dax immediately put their lives...

Your gift to fund the Cancer Information Helpline is more than a simple call. Your gift is a lifeline for someone affected by cancer.  Allan* reached out to Cancer Information...