Cancer

7 health risks you take with every drink of alcohol

7 health risks you take with every drink of alcohol

We’ve done a fairly good job of talking about the risks of smoking. Alcohol, carries health risks as well and yet there are no standard warnings on labels.

Lauren Ferranti-Ballem

This dying boy's wish was to help other kids like him

This dying boy's wish was to help other kids like him

The Children’s Wish Foundation has released a video for their new clothing line inspired by Jayden Strauss, and my family got to be a part of it.

Erin Phelan

1 in 8 homes has dangerous levels of radon

1 in 8 homes has dangerous levels of radon

Radon is an invisible, odourless gas that can make its way into any building and cause serious health problems. Here's how to know if your home is safe.

Aaron Goodarzi

The boy who moved Christmas

The boy who moved Christmas

Doctors didn't think the seven-year-old Evan would survive past Christmas. So the town of St. George, Ont. moved Christmas up for him.

Meagan Campbell, Maclean's

How children grieve

How children grieve

Kids might be crying one minute and then off playing the next. But that doesn’t mean they are over it. Children grieve in a much different way than adults.

Kathryn Hayward

How to support a grieving family

How to support a grieving family

After a death, there’s nothing you can say to make someone feel better. But don’t let fears about doing the wrong thing stop you from reaching out.

Kathryn Hayward

Dad makes sure his daughter feels his birthday love even after he's gone

Dad makes sure his daughter feels his birthday love even after he's gone

Every year on her birthday, Bailey Sellers gets a bouquet of flowers from her dad who died when she was 16. This year, she received her final gift.

Kevin John Siazon

Moms shouldn’t have to juggle chemo and kids—so I became a Nanny Angel

Moms shouldn’t have to juggle chemo and kids—so I became a Nanny Angel

“Daisy is going through all her developmental milestones, sitting and standing and walking. Paradoxically, it’s as her mom gets sicker.”

As told to Tenille Bonoguore, Chatelaine

This new way to fight cancer is changing everything

This new way to fight cancer is changing everything

SickKids has used genetic sequencing of cancers to entirely rethink how we treat cancers based on their mutations, not their location in the body.

Jill Buchner

The impossible happened: My 16-month-old baby has cancer

The impossible happened: My 16-month-old baby has cancer

How can my sweet little baby boy have cancer? This is how we made it through his treatment.

Kathy Motton

WestJet breaks the Internet with emotional Father’s Day video

WestJet breaks the Internet with emotional Father’s Day video

Make sure you’re wearing waterproof mascara for the best family reunion ever.

Valerie Howes

Battling brain cancer, I became our family’s third child

Battling brain cancer, I became our family’s third child

My daughter was born at a time when life was out of my hands and my wife’s were overloaded.

Tyler Wade

I have metastatic breast cancer and a four-year-old

I have metastatic breast cancer and a four-year-old

Michelle Riccio's son was just two when she was diagnosed with stage four breast cancer. But she refuses to waste her time being sad.

Today's Parent

How to tell your kids you have breast cancer

How to tell your kids you have breast cancer

One of the first things you'll think about after your diagnosis is "how am I going to tell my kids?" Here are tips on how to explain breast cancer to kids.

Today's Parent

I have breast cancer—and my daughter's Bat Mitzvah to plan

I have breast cancer—and my daughter's Bat Mitzvah to plan

"How can this be happening? And how can this be happening now?" Jill Winer discovered a lump during a self exam. A month later she found out it was cancer.

Today's Parent

I thought my baby had a fever. It was cancer

I thought my baby had a fever. It was cancer

Nicola Howe

Mom battling cancer bids farewell to breastfeeding with a touching photo shoot

Mom battling cancer bids farewell to breastfeeding with a touching photo shoot

Her diagnosis may stop her from breastfeeding her son but it won't crush her spirit.

Davina Sinnatamby

Michael Bublé's wife opens up about their son's cancer

Michael Bublé's wife opens up about their son's cancer

Michael Bublé’s wife Luisana Lopilato opened up about her three-year-old son’s battle with cancer during a press conference in Buenos Aires.

Alyssa Ashton

I didn't want to play this cancer lottery anymore

I didn't want to play this cancer lottery anymore

A single mom discovers she’s at a high risk for getting breast and ovarian cancer. She wants to see her kid grow up. Should she undergo the most drastic course of treatment?

Miriam Porter

Six-year-old Spider-Mable saves the city of Edmonton

Six-year-old Spider-Mable saves the city of Edmonton

There's someone very special protecting Edmonton for the day—Spider-Mable!

Alyssa Ashton

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