Friends hoping to collect donations for Coquitlam, B.C., couple paying out-of-pocket for cancer treatment
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Friends of a Coquitlam, B.C., couple paying out-of-pocket for Stage 4 cancer treatment are rallying to help them through an online fundraiser.
Friends of a Coquitlam, B.C., couple paying out-of-pocket for Stage 4 cancer treatment are rallying to help them through an online fundraiser.
The move comes after months of pushing for help and answers from the province, but so far nothing has changed.
Kari Taylor Atkins and her husband Matthew are paying about $1,200 a month for a new combination of three drugs, which Taylor Atkins is taking as a third line of treatment for metastatic breast cancer.
Only one of the drugs, called Herceptin, is not being fully covered, although it’s already approved in B.C. and is funded as part of other treatments.
“I’m doing very well under this treatment,” she said. “And I hope to be on it for a long, long time.”
In June, BC Cancer said the new treatment was undergoing cost negations with the drug companies, and added it is possible for some patients to end up paying until funding decisions are made.
However, it’s unclear how long that wait may be.
Six suspects are facing a combined 30 charges after police say they busted a “violent” criminal network that was targeting luxury vehicles across the Greater Toronto Area and shipping them to Africa.
A fatal collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport late Sunday is drawing attention to the strict protocols that pilots, groundcrew and air traffic controllers follow to land planes safely.
Epcor says a chlorinelike smell or taste to Edmonton’s water is the natural result of treating spring runoff and that the water is still safe to drink.
Almost 13 years after the City of Calgary suffered its historic flood, six properties along the city’s Elbow River are now being sold.
Police in Surrey, B.C., are investigating an overnight shooting at a business in the city’s Cloverdale area.
Nearly 15,000 full-time equivalent positions will be cut in federal departments over the next three years, as part of the federal government’s plan to find $60 billion in savings by 2029.
Police in Timmins have released photos of an 18-year-old suspect wanted for shooting a man to death last November.
A crossing guard is being treated for serious injuries after he was struck by a vehicle during the morning commute in Barrhaven.
British Columbia’s river forecaster has rescinded the high streamflow advisories that covered southern parts of the province after heavy rains last week.
It’s an extra long March Break for some students in Nova Scotia following a spring snowfall.
Ontario to seize ownership of Toronto Island Airport lands and declare it is a special economic zone
Premier Doug Ford says the provincial government will be seizing ownership of city-owned lands at Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport and declaring it a special economic zone, invoking new powers that will allow it to override environmental and other regulations.
Saskatchewan’s highest court has dismissed an appeal in the case of a years-long land dispute between the Village of Buena Vista and local landowners.
A participant in the 18th Annual Montreal Lake Walleye Derby is alleged to have violated derby rules over the weekend.