By Gerald V. Paul When pals of European and Caribbean ancestry got together, it was a time to fall in love all over again and continue doing good in our community. But in the laughter, food, friendship and bonding, there was another commonality: the passing of family members of both the Owen and Brewster families […]
By Jasminee Sahoye Thanks to the Shoot for the Cure Basketball Showcase at Ryerson’s Kerr Hall Gymnasium, the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation has scored an additional $1,400-plus for its Paint Your School Pink program. Through Paint Your School Pink, started four years ago, the foundation’s Ontario Region has seen donations more than doubled from schools […]
By Jasminee Sahoye A regular reader of this column suggested we feature the importance of getting a regular pap test because while a letter came from the Ontario Cervical Screening Program to say her recent test result was normal, she believes women should know that education is the key to prevention. In my research, I […]
Photo by GerardPhoto By Gerald V. Paul Rob Ford has “malignant liposarcoma, a malignant tumor that arises in fat cells in deep, soft tissue,” Dr. Zane Cohen revealed late yesterday at a media conference. Cohen, a colorectal surgeon and senior member of Ford’s medical team at Mount Sinai Hospital, said he is “optimistic” that the […]
By Jasminee Sahoye It was her first but it’s not the last for Jamaica-born Marcia Brown, a breast cancer survivor, who participated in this year’s Shoppers Drug Mart Weekend to End Women’s Cancers walk in Toronto. She has already signed up for next year’s event and organizers say it will be a transition of North […]
Turmeric and its remedies By Jasminee Sahoye Most of us have had curry and associate it with its bright yellow colour, which is derived from a spice. That yellow spice is turmeric. It is grown in India and other tropical regions of Asia, as well as in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. It is used […]
