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May 07, 2015Localife Edmonton gets “board”
On May 2, 2015 Localife Edmonton had a small gathering at The Table Top Café. Amidst great snacks and hundreds of amazing board game options, we chose to play the most nostalgic games — Sorry! and Candyland.
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May 05, 2015Localife Calgary lets loose at the Moose
New connections were made, comedians stayed unharmed, and nachos were consumed. Another successful Localife event!
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Localife Toronto: Superkick’d Cancer — YACC edition
With spring around the corner and fresh beginnings all around us, Localife Toronto explored a new event for our survivors with a live wrestling night, highlighting wrestler/survivor and new Localifer Ashley Priest (A.K.A. “Ashley Sixx”).
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May 01, 2015May’s topic is huge
This is going to be a big month around here. We’re talking fertility and all that comes along with it: parenting with and after cancer, fertility options, and infertility.
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April 30, 2015
Donate your Shoppers Optimum points to us!
Did you know Shoppers Drug Mart allows you to donate your Shoppers Optimum points to charities like Young Adult Cancer Canada?
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6 tips for dealing with survivor's guilt
“It is rare in our grown up lives that we get to experience new and unusual feelings, and at that moment at the age of 24, I was experiencing what I knew to be survivor’s guilt for the first time.”
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April 28, 2015
Becky's blog: Three tips for weathering the winter
The winter blues tried to beat Becky down this winter, but she wasn’t having it. Even though the weather’s starting to warm up, her suggestions might still help some of us shake ’em off.
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April 26, 2015#YACCRemembers
“I accept challenge almost automatically; denial is just a river in Egypt for me. I knew my diagnosis could kill me, but processing Darryl’s death sparked another level of processing my own.”
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April 22, 2015
Cancer changed Jamie's career path
All Jamie ever wanted was to be a police officer. Since joining the RCMP, she’s been diagnosed with cancer three times. Watch this video to learn what her job looks like today, and where she hopes to go.
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April 21, 2015Photo diary: Retreat Yourself Ontario
Retreat Yourself Ontario 2015 wrapped up on Monday, April 20. There’s still a lot to say and we’ll do a formal recap later, but we wanted to capture some of our favourite moments from Karine’s social media accounts to give you a little of the inside scoop.
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Come to Retreat Yourself BC
Register for Retreat Yourself BC! We’re heading back to Abbotsford, BC from August 13-17 to tackle survivorship issues and talk about what’s bothering us about cancer, hang out, let […]
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Crystal Harper profile
Survivor profile Crystal has a history or thyroid-related issues in her family, so she wasn’t shocked to hear she had cancer. What she is surprised by is how little people […]
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