Mélanie Albert: a beautiful profile in courage

 PHOTO: SEAN SISK PHOTOGRAPHY The world is sick right now. There we were, happily going about our business when the human race got an unexpected phone call from the World Health Organization informing us that a rogue organism has been detected in our system. Nature had randomly generated something that’s

Boobyball Ottawa raises $70,000 for Rethink Breast Cancer

 Images by Ali Matthews and Danica Shamoy Photography. If you happened to walk by Lago Bar & Grill at Dows Lake this past Saturday, you may have thought you were transported to a different world. There were fire dancers, dinosaurs and men and women dressed in their best tropical duds

BRA Day Ottawa Closes the Loop on Breast Cancer

 When a man or woman defeats breast cancer, the battle is still far from over. After multiple surgeries and therapies, the physical, mental and emotional toll left on survivors can have a real impact on their quality of life following remission. For many survivors breast reconstruction is an important part

Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld Returns to CBC Ottawa After Cancer Treatment

 Ottawa, ON - More than a year after taking time from work to receive treatment for breast cancer, CBC Ottawa's Lucy van Oldenbarneveld is officially back in the newsroom and ready to return to her anchor chair. CBC Ottawa is pleased to announce that Lucy will be returning to the

Sea of Pink Runs Through the Capital

 All photos by Ali Matthews. On Sunday, October 2nd a sea of pink descended upon our Nation’s Capital. Underneath all the layers of pink feathers, glitter, tulle there were over 5,000 Ottawa-Gatineau Changemakers participating in the 23rd Ottawa-Gatineau Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation (CBCF) CIBC Run for the Cure – raising

The Power of Giving Back: Beyond the Buzz of Boobyball

 Photo by by Valerie Keeler. A new generation of philanthropists are here and they’re not holding back. A bold and daring campaign has made its way to Ottawa and people are taking notice. Returning for a second year, Boobyball offers a fresh twist on the traditional and sometimes stodgy Ottawa

Boobyball Returns to Ottawa

 Get ready to mark your calendars Ottawa! Ottawa’s Boobyball Committee was at Inside Out Studio in Westboro to announce the date of Ottawa’s 2nd annual Rethink Breast Cancer fundraiser. Co-Owner Janine Goulet donated her time to instruct a class at the studio, allowing the Ottawa Boobyball team to raise $266

OICC Campaign Launches with a Leg Up on its $5 Million Goal

 When the Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre launched its first major fundraising campaign on Wednesday in the Canadian Tire Centre, they had a little surprise to go along with the public announcement. "I am pleased to announce that we have now reached $1 million towards our $5 million goal," said Bryan

Boobyball Giveaway: 2 Tickets to Canada’s most out-of-this-world fundraiser

 The final countdown is on for Ottawa’s first Boobyball fundraiser in support of Rethink Breast Cancer. This years event, Planet Booby, is one of the most coveted and high profile fundraising events and will take over Ottawa on Friday, November 13th beginning at 8PM. Fashion Editor, Alexandra Gunn has tickets

Cue the Cure!

 This time two years ago, Jennifer Mielke and Jennifer Mulligan probably felt like cancer was coming at them from every angle. In August 2013 Mielke found out that a lump in her breast was “indicative of cancer.” A month before that, Mulligan lost her mother to pancreatic cancer. Vixens' executive

Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Profile: Kathy Shields

 In honour of the recent Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame 2014 Induction Celebrations presented by Canadian Tire on October 22, OLM will be featuring inductees—recent and historic—in a weekly Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame Profile piece. Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame aims to share the stories and achievements of Honoured

Cosmetic catastrophe: Toxins in your makeup bag

 I’m sorry to say it, but some of your favourite cosmetic products may contain toxic chemicals that are harmful for your health. Each and every day we go through our makeup routine, our bodies absorb thousands of chemicals lurking in our go-to products. When you think about it, that’s a

Now There is Proof for the “Angelina Jolie Effect”

 Breast cancer screening for rare genetic mutations doubles. Up to this point, it had only been a hypothesis: that celebrity fire-power can definitively drive consumer health behaviour in a certain direction. The case here concerns whether women wish to embark on a genetic hunting expedition to see if they are

Creating a Community: Cohousing at Terra Firma

 On Canada Day, Valerie Gapp baked strawberry and rhubarb muffins. Valerie, her husband Thomas and their 14-month-old twins Audrey and Alexis joined their neighbours across the street for a potluck brunch. They celebrated two birthdays: Canada’s and Terra Firma's cohousing community. Terra Firma residents have lived together for 17 years,

Babes4Breasts and the OICC

 You have cancer. Breast cancer. Those are words that can instantaneously send bad chills up and down your spine and take your breath away in the worst way. A cancer diagnosis can leave a person feeling helpless and all alone, and, understandably, wanting care to start right away. The problem

Misinformation About Breast Cancer Screening Still a Problem

 I was about to call it a day when an email arrived with the following in the subject line: “The Best Health Advice You’ll Get Today.” That caught my attention. I was curious.  And I’m a sucker for free health advice.  I’ve got more than just a passing interest in

Haven of Hope: Ottawa Integrative Cancer Centre

 Maybe you have a cough that won’t go away, or maybe a lump appears in your breast. You head to your doctor to get checked out, just to be on the safe side, hoping to be told it is nothing to worry about. Instead, tests you hoped were just routine

Pink Bubbles with a Cause: Bottega Il Vino dei Poeti Rosé

 It’s October and that means that the colour pink is all the rage… it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and from football players’ shoes to towels, candles and Five Hour Energy drinks, everybody jumps on the “Breast Cancer Awareness” bandwagon by tinting their product pink. I’m a guy. I like wine and I