cancer
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Laurier’s 2024 shoot for the cure campaign marks 17 consecutive years of fundraising
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When it comes to threatening and intimidating illnesses like cancer, unity is essential. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, it was estimated in 2023 that 124,000 males and 114, 900 female individuals would get a cancer diagnosis. Of these, prostate cancer was the most prevalent cancer for males. For females, breast cancer was the most…
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World-first Laurier discovery offers new therapeutic strategy to target viruses and cancer genes
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Wilfrid Laurier University virologist and immunologist Stephanie DeWitte-Orr has made a significant discovery with the potential to revolutionize the method by which scientists search for and eliminate genes that cause cancer and viruses. This new therapeutic technology is promising for the treatment or prevention of a wide variety of diseases and conditions including cancer, back…
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Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek dead at eighty
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Alex Trebek, the beloved host of Jeopardy! for the past thirty-seven years, recently passed away on Nov. 8. Trebek had been battling stage-4 pancreatic cancer since March 2019 and began chemotherapy treatment soon after. But Trebek had no intentions to retire. Instead, he continued to host Jeopardy! He believed in the power of the show…
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Calling the monster what it is: cancer
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I recently saw a film about the trials a young child experiences once a family member is affected by “the illness.” The protagonist of this story had to watch in disbelief as “the big one” took hold of his mother and she grew weaker and paler after every “treatment” failed and every “medicine” had no…
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The best game of the decade: That Dragon, Cancer
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That Dragon, Cancer is a window into the soul, probing our collective thoughts and feelings in a way that feels at once real but with sweeping flourishes so as to constantly invigorate.
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FLASH digital photography exhibition will feature artists that share local connections
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Photo by Jessica Dik Waterloo Region can look forward to a night of culture and celebrating creative diversity on January 29. The second annual FLASH digital photography exhibition will take place that evening in the historic Tannery buildings located in the heart of downtown Kitchener. The event is scheduled to start at around 7 p.m.,…
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