PREMIER WYNNE CHOOSES DONATION OVER ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE FOR ALS
It doesn’t appear as though Premier Kathleen Wynne is about to have a bucket of ice cold water dumped over her. There are growing numbers of famous celebrities and politicians who’ve accepted the...
View Article‘STILL ALICE’ CO-WRITER, RICHARD GLATZER, DIES
Richard Glatzer, who co-wrote and directed the Alzheimer’s drama ”Still Alice”, while battling ALS, has died at 63. Diagnosed in 2011 with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Glatzer and his...
View ArticleLOU GEHRIG’S DISEASE DIAGNOSIS FOR OTTAWA AREA MP MAURIL BELANGER
An Ottawa-area Liberal MP says he has Lou Gehrig’s disease and is dropping out of the race to become the new speaker of the House of Commons. Mauril Belanger made the diagnosis public in a statement he...
View ArticleTORONTO MAN PETITIONS FOR DOCTOR ASSISTED DEATH
An 80 year old terminally ill Toronto man is going to court to ask a judge for a physician-assisted death. If allowed, it would be just the second known instance outside Quebec, where an application...
View ArticleHEATED WORDS OVER SUGGESTED CHANGE TO ANTHEM
A private member’s bill in Parliament would see a change to gender-neutral wording in Canada’s national anthem. If passed, the wording in the second line would change from “in all thy sons command” to...
View ArticleLIBERAL MP MAURIL BELANGER SUCCUMBS TO ALS AT 61
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Parliament Hill has lost a man he calls a great friend, a tireless MP and a brave fighter. (Photo Credit: CBC) Veteran Liberal Member of Parliament Mauril Belanger,...
View ArticleALS VICTIMS WANT ACCESS TO EXPERIMENTAL TREATMENT
The Canadian activist group “Right to Try” wants terminally ill ALS patients to have access to experimental treatments in a last-ditch effort to stave off the deadly disease. Ironically, the group will...
View ArticleRENOWNED PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING DIES AT 76 AFTER LIVING 55 YEARS WITH ALS
He was described as the greatest scientist since Albert Einstein. Stephen Hawking has died peacefully at his Cambridge, England home at the age of 76. Hawking was the best-known theoretical physicist...
View ArticleMAESTRO KERRY STRATTON AND FAMILY TO TAKE PART IN WALK TO END ALS
Maestro Kerry Stratton continues to amaze, as he faces the challenges of his debilitating and incurable ALS. Kerry was diagnosed in August of last year, but he refuses to let Lou Gehrig’s disease...
View ArticleMAESTRO KERRY STRATTON LOSES BATTLE WITH ALS
It is with heavy hearts that we report the passing of our friend and colleague, Maestro Kerry Stratton. Kerry stepped down from hosting the Oasis on the New Classical FM last November, the result of...
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