Beating the Odds
Alix Matthews-Mahe
Finding out your child is sick is hard to deal
with. And finding out they have cancer is even tougher. In Canada, one
in six hundred children are affected by cancer. A quarter of those
children have a central nervous system tumour. Children who survive this
type of tumour are subject to relapses, life altering disabilities and
late effects. One London girl has been beating the odds after battling
three brain tumours since she was nine years old. Stephanie Simmons and
her parents, Renee and Dean, share their story with Alix Matthews-Mahé.
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Cannabis Consultant
by Matt Walker
Derek
Pedro has been smoking marijuana for almost 25 years. What
began as recreational usage has now turned into a way of life
for the Hamilton resident.
He
isn’t a black market drug dealer. Or a Health Canada employee.
Pedro
is a private “cannabis consultant” and is authorized by Health
Canada as a designed producer and distributor of medicinal
marijuana.
He is
so passionate about medicinal marijuana, he literally eats,
sleeps and breaths it.
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A Girl in the Ring by Ian Jacobs
For girls, boxing is often overlooked because of its violent nature.
Women’s boxing was given a boost last year when it was granted a spot in
the 2012 summer Olympics. But you still won’t find many young girls in
boxing gyms in Canada. Well one Londoner is trying to change that by
fighting to be a leader, and attract more girls to the sport.
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The King of Soy by Ed von Aderkas
Soy is a multibillion dollar industry in South Western Ontario.
In 2006, farmers received 680 million dollars from sales of the
crop. And you don’t just see it in your tofu stir fry: soy can
be found in all sort of surprising products and places. And the
man who helped bring this industry to Ontario in the seventies
is still teaching at the University of Guelph. Ed von Aderkas
has more.
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Painting by Memory
by
Megan Radford
On the third floor of McCormick Home, a
nursing care facility in London Ontario, Thursdays are special. Every
week Susan Richardson, a registered art therapist, leads them in making
paintings, collages, and other works of art. Being creative, she says,
helps seniors deal with the many challenges they face as then enter
their final years.
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