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Media Advisory - Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Vancouver Hero
Vancouver, British Colombia, April 16 –– Prostate Cancer Canada will honour the late Jack Poole, former VANOC Board Chair and local businessman, with the Local Hero Award. Jack was a generous benefactor to the Vancouver General Hospital and UBC Hospital Foundation with gifts totalling $3 Million for “Jack the Robot”, a da Vinci S HD surgical system, and a $1 Million gift towards the Robert H. N. Ho Research Centre. His lead donation attracted a further $3.5 million in donations including $1.5 million from Jimmy Pattison. Together these donations enabled VGH to become the fourth Canadian hospital to employ robotic technology in surgery.

Media Advisory- Prostate Cancer Canada celebrates local Calgary Hero
Calgary, AB, April 10 –– Local Hero Dr. Jay Lee will be honoured on April 11th at the annual Wake Up Call Breakfast, hosted by Prostate Cancer Canada, in partnership with the Prostate Cancer Centre. Dr. Lee is being recognized for his extraordinary contribution to the fight against prostate cancer.

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Healthy Living Tips

Healthy living is a goal, and doesn’t have to include hours in the gym or giving up your favourite foods. We’ve rounded up a couple of experts to provide some advice on eating well, getting active and taking care of your health. Read and share!
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR FATHER'S DAY WALK/RUN		LUNCH AND LEARN AT PROSTATE CANCER CANADA
By Sharon DeVellis It’s spring – time for flowers, rain, and the beginning of the walk and run event season (like Prostate Cancer Canada’s Safeway Father’s Day Walk/Run!). I love fun runs and walk-a-thons because not only are most of them for a charitable cause, they also provide a great goal to work towards. [Read More]		By Theresa Albert I love to give lunch and learns. It helps me stay in touch with what people are hearing, interpreting and thinking. Some organizations are full of healthy people who challenges the edges of my knowledge and send me home with a list of things I want to look further into. Most groups have a range of topics that they would like clarified, like the talk I gave at Prostate Cancer Canada. [Read More]
CARROT GINGER SLAW		HOW TO PREP FOR A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT
By Theresa Albert Most nights I am pressed for time, trying to feed the family before we run off to activities. This is why I love coleslaw in a bag. I can use it for so many things including stirfries, soups or plain old slaw, and it goes well as a side dish to almost anything. [Read More]		By Dr. Kim Foster Doctor’s appointments are brief, over in a flash. How do you maximize that time? How do you make sure you give your doctor the information she needs, and you get the answers you need? It’s a skill, just like any other. Here’s your insider’s crash course. [Read More]
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