Monique’s story: a life cut short by a silent killer Tara Simonetta Mann April 5, 2021 4481 Monique Girard-Solomita led a happy, adventurous life. A journalist with Le Journal de Montreal for thirty years, the proud Lac Saint-Jean native travelled the world, reporting on stories in countries from Chin...
MUHC Foundation launches $200 million Dream Big Campaign Tara Simonetta Mann October 23, 2020 3254 The Dream Big Campaign to change the course of lives and medicine will support the priorities of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC). The MUHC is one of Canada’s leading hospitals because Montrealers ha...
Terry Fox Virtual Run – September 20, 2020 LiveEvents September 15, 2020 2386 The Terry Fox Virtual Run One Day. Your Way. Sunday, September 20th 40 Years after Terry Fox was Forced to Stop his Marathon of Hope, The Terry Fox Run Goes on Virtually “It’s got to keep going without me.” – T...
Terry Fox Run – Sunday, September 15, 2019 Old Port of Montreal LiveEvents September 10, 2019 4403 Terry Fox Run 2019 Run Day Details The event will be held in the Old Port of Montreal at the Marché des Éclusiers, (400 de la Commune St. West, Montreal, at the corner of de la Commune and McGill). A non-c...
Dr. Lucy Gilbert brings new hope to ovarian cancer patients Kate Shingler May 29, 2019 4630 Marie-France Angers savours the small things that perhaps only those who have been really sick, and staring down death can truly appreciate. She enjoys spending time in nature, and walking through the woods at ...
Running for a reason Kate Shingler April 28, 2019 4356 Montreal family racing to fundraise for leukemia research It would be an understatement to say that life has been challenging for Geneviève Dubé these last few years. The mother of twin teenage boys lost her h...
12th Annual Art By The Water Exhibit & Sale The Montrealer April 25, 2019 3242 12th Annual “Art By The Water Exhibit & Sale” at the Beaconsfield Yacht Club in aid of Adolescent Colon Cancer “Life is Better with Art” is Leslie Portsmouth’s motto. How true, there is so much beauty all...
Making a contribution to cancer research: the annual Défi Canderel run on Thursday, May 9 Peter Kerr April 23, 2019 4448 People participating in the Défi Canderel for the past 30 years have raised more than $16,000,000 for cancer research, shared equally between McGill University and Université de Montreal – all without strings a...
An enchanted evening in support of breast cancer research and treatment The Montrealer December 31, 2018 6544 Enchantée It was the best kind of evening out, a chance to dress up, mingle, eat, drink and support a cause close to the hearts of many Montrealers – breast cancer. Indeed, more than 200 guests donned ties ...
Personalized medicine at the MUHC offers hope to cancer patients Kate Shingler November 30, 2018 2939 It took a well-meaning friend, a fellow cancer survivor, and a leading cancer research scientist for René Després to get the help he so desperately sought. Chance brought the 66-year-old pancreatic cancer patie...
