Trivia Night is SOLD OUT

 Trivia Night is SOLD OUT! We are excited and looking forward to all the fun tomorrow night.

Cancer Crossing is grateful to Trivia Night sponsors:

Canada One Travel https://canadaone.travel/

Winnipeg Blue Bombers https://www.bluebombers.com/

Folklorama https://folklorama.ca/

Sabrina Brenot

Remax Executives Realty (Lorimer and Henderson locations) https://remax.ca/

Pulse Gallery https://pulsegallery.ca/

Winnipeg Construction Association https://winnipegconstruction.ca/

Dr Tse Li Luk

Calabria Market and Wine https://calabriamarket.ca/

Lana Maidment, President Komana Financial https://www.komanafinancial.com/

ONBusiness CPA https://onbusiness.ca/

Nu West Decorating

Yvonne Neu

Adetayo Makinde

Travel help

 As Canadians we don't often perceive that we could have a monetary barrier to healthcare. Unfortunately, that is what happened to a woman from a small town. She is 200 km one way to her nearest cancer treatment centre. As a retiree her income is so stretched that without financial assistance she was at risk of not being able to continue treatment as she couldn't afford the cost of gasoline. Cancer Crossing is here for exactly this situation. We are pleased to have provided some financial relief. Please help others in need by donating at https://cancercrossing.com/

Win a Jets jersey

How about those Winnipeg Jets?! They're on a roll and took down the mighty Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, breaking the Pens 8 game winning streak. Now you can celebrate our home team and win a fabulous signed and framed Winnipeg Jets jersey. Buy your raffle ticket now, draw date is November 17. Only 500 tickets are available. bit.ly/4oqAp1E

Thanks to Winnipeg Jets and Joe Daley's Sports and Framing https://www.facebook.com/JoeDaleysSports for the signed jersey and professional framing.

Man with head and neck cancer

 Cancer Crossing is pleased to be able to assist an elderly gentleman with cancer of the head and neck. While he doesn't live all that far from Winnipeg, he drives into the city for daily radiation therapy. He is also receiving chemotherapy at this time. Estimated total driving distance over the course of his treatment is almost 2700 km. Both he and his wife are retired and living on CPP and OAS, which doesn't leave much money for travel costs. We send him best wishes for a return to full health. Please help us help others by donating at https://cancercrossing.com/

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Come for the fun, stay for the snacks, and support Manitobans with cancer at the same time.

Family of child with brain cancer asks for help

 Cancer is a tough card to be dealt, and even more so when it happens to a child. Cancer Crossing was contacted in a request for financial assistance for the family of a child with a brain tumour. They live 4 hours away from treatment in Winnipeg. Their child has lost so much energy and can't even play outside due to drug interaction from sunshine. Imagine a child that can't go outside! The ongoing treatments, medication, trips, financial pressure due to need to take time from work are all adding up to stress for this family. Cancer Crossing was able to provide a financial gift to aid in travel expenses, helping to lessen some of the burden for this family. Please help us help Manitobans with cancer by donating at https://cancercrossing.com/

Lung cancer patient receives help

 Cancer Crossing is pleased to have been able to assist a man from Brandon with travel expenses as he undergoes treatment for lung cancer. He and his wife have modest pensions and repeated trips to Winnipeg put a dent in their budget. He has been able to continue treatments in Brandon but parking costs are also a burden. You too can help your fellow Manitobans as they experience cancer and all the challenges it brings. Donate at https://cancercrossing.com/

Win a signed and framed Winnipeg Jets jersey!

 Cancer Crossing is grateful to @Winnipeg Jets and to @Joe Daley’s Sports & Framing for their generous donations of a framed jersey and professional framing. We are thankful for their support of Manitobans like you and me!

You too can help support Manitobans with cancer by purchasing raffle tickets which give you the chance to win this prize valued at $1500. Buy your tickets now by clicking on the link below. Tickets are going fast, don't miss out on your chance to win!

bit.ly/4oqAp1E

Help for hard working man

 Imagine working past normal retirement age and not being eligible for EI sick benefits because you are a contract worker. This is what one gentleman in western Manitoba is dealing with as he fights cancer of the ureter and kidney. His income is just high enough to make him ineligible for government aid, yet it is not enough to pay his expenses. He must drive to all his appointments and is in need of financial assistance to pay travel expenses. This is where Cancer Crossing has stepped in to give him a boost of support. You can help make a difference in someone's life by donating at https://cancercrossing.com/

Jet's jersey raffle tickets

 Get your raffle tickets NOW! Here's your chance Jet's fans! Look at this signed and framed Winnipeg Jets jersey that could be yours.

This jersey is professionally framed by https://www.facebook.com/JoeDaleysSports and the jersey was donated by your Winnipeg Jets. There are only 500 tickets available, hurry and get your tickets now. Draw date is November 17, 2025.

Get your tickets here: https://bit.ly/4oqAp1E

 Who doesn't like to receive a thank you? We know that we at Cancer Crossing are gratified to hear when our help has made a difference in someone's life. You can help too by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Recently a man reached out to thank us for helping him at a very difficult time. Our financial gift helped him pay for gasoline so he could go to treatments. Many patients outside of Winnipeg have long travel distances to a health care centre that can provide what they need. We wish him all the best as he continues working his way back to health.

Elderly woman is assisted with the cost of gasoline

 We received a request for assistance for a woman in her late 70s. She has B-cell lymphoma, is single and is living with family while she waits for housing. Her income consists of CPP, OAS and GIS. Her family helps by driving her to Neepawa and to Brandon for treatments and scans and she pays for gas. Due to her limited pension income and the cost of travel to numerous appointments she asked us for help. We were happy to provide some financial help. You can help Cancer Crossing to help your fellow Manitobans by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Brandon area woman receives help with travel costs

 Client 457 is a woman living outside of Brandon. She has squamous cell carcinoma which requires surgery and chemo/radiation. She is mid-60s and now unable to work, so has applied for CPP. Her partner has been on medical leave and is now on CPP and OAS. Their income is decreased due to illness and they have a shortfall every month. Cancer Crossing has stepped in to help to help pay for travel and extra costs. You too can help cancer patients in Manitoba by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Western Manitoba woman receives assistance

 Client #454 is a 70 year old woman from a small community west of Lake Manitoba. She has rectal cancer and is going to stay in Brandon for 5 weeks of radiation treatments. She and her husband are retired on modest pension incomes. There is very limited support for them in the community. The cost of a hotel is well outside of their means. Cancer Crossing is happy to have been able to give some support for their hotel cost. You can help us help cancer patients in Manitoba, go to http://www.cancercrossing.org/ to donate now.

Jet's jersey raffle to support Cancer Crossing

 Cancer is a daunting fight. Make a difference in someone’s life today!

Look at this beautifully framed and signed Winnipeg Jets jersey, yours to win when you buy your Cancer Crossing raffle tickets today. Thank you to Winnipeg Jets and to @Joe Daley's Sports and Framing for their kind donations of the signed jersey and professional framing. Help us support cancer patients throughout Manitoba with your ticket purchase.

Hurry, only 500 tickets available!

https://www.fundingchange.ca/cancer-crossing-inc/aHbIPxCjzTRM16jh

Interlake woman receives financial assistance

 We at Cancer Crossing are pleased to have been able to help a woman in her 70s from the Interlake area. She has breast cancer and also a lesion on her lung. Her husband is driving her to Winnipeg for radiation therapy, which is over 100 km each way. They rely on CPP and OAS as their income and the budget cannot stretch for these extra expenses. Her husband cannot pick up extra work as he is her caregiver. Her ability to walk long distances is compromised and life is difficult for them. Cancer Crossing has stepped up with some financial support so that the worry of extra costs is lifted from them. You can help cancer patients in Manitoba too, donate at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Thank you from a Winnipeg woman with cancer

We at Cancer Crossing were happy to receive heartfelt thanks for another person who received our help. She wrote how grateful she was for the support - financial, physical and mental - from several agencies, which helped make the very challenging journey through cancer so much easier. Specifically, the support received from Cancer Crossing helped her pay for parking fees and for groceries, lessening her burden at a very difficult time. Please help support other cancer patients by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Exercise and Cancer

Approximately 45% of Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. While many cancers are survivable with treatment, cancer still remains the leading cause of death in Canada.

Physical activity and exercise can help you avoid developing several cancers and help you survive cancer if you have already been diagnosed. Here is how exercise helps. Exercise reduces inflammation in your body, which helps avoid cell damage and slows cell growth. It gives your immune system a boost and regulates hormones like estrogen and insulin. Exercise also helps move food waste through your intestine more quickly, so that anything harmful in food waste spends less time in your body. Additionally, if you've already got cancer, exercise alleviates fear and depression, improves physical strength and improves your immune response. Exercise can inhibit cancer cell growth by regulating the tumor environment, and reducing inflammation, which in turn may enhance treatments like chemotherapy. While you may not feel like exercising, any an all exercise will help you so lace up those shoes and go for a walk around the block, or hit the gym for some weight lifting. No gym? Grab some cans of food or fill some empty pop bottles with water and use them as weights.

https://www.cdc.gov/.../health.../lowers-risk-of-cancer.html

https://www.cancer.gov/.../physical-activity-fact-sheet

http://www.bccancer.bc.ca/.../physical-activity/the-science

We at Cancer Crossing want us all to live long healthy lives and wish those with cancer all the best as they undergo treatments.

Eastern Manitoba man is assisted

Cancer Crossing has helped a man from eastern Manitoba with travel expenses for cancer treatment. He is in his mid-50s with a teenaged son. He has had surgery and now is traveling to Winnipeg for radiation treatment for his mouth cancer. His 30 treatments amount to over 7200 km travel. There is no volunteer drivers in his area meaning that he is driving himself to treatments. He is on short term disability payments and Cancer Crossing stepped up to fill the gap in his travel expenses. You can assist people like him by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Thank you to Cancer Crossing and donors like you!

We were delighted to receive a thank you from a previous recipient of financial assistance. She mentioned that the help that Cancer Crossing gave her eased her stress and helped her afford to travel to treatments. We were so pleased to be able to help her. You too can help cancer patients in need by going to http://www.cancercrossing.org/ and clicking on the "donate" button on the top left.

Breast cancer patient gets travel expense aide

Cancer Crossing has provided help to a woman in her mid-60s who was diagnosed with breast cancer nearly 10 years ago. She continues on treatment as her cancer is metastatic and this includes follow ups with her oncologist in Winnipeg twice a year. She lives in western Manitoba. While she has CPP and OAS and a pension, her spouse was diagnosed with dementia recently, meaning she could not continue to work part time as she is his primary caregiver. Their expenses are greater than their income and travel to Winnipeg for oncology appointments is not possible without help. Luckily Cancer Crossing is able to give some relief so she can make those trips. You can help us help cancer patients by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Cancer Crossing helps man living north of Winnipeg

Cancer Crossing has been asked to assist a man in his early 60s with progressive cancer of the head and neck. While he lives closer to Winnipeg than many others that we assist, his financial needs are every bit as daunting. His condition has deteriorated and he was on EI benefits and applying for CPP. He came to Winnipeg for emergency tracheostomy and has a feeding tube. He needed to return for appointments to see his surgical oncologist, radiation oncologist and medical oncologist. All those trips took a toll on his pocket as did extra medical supplies not covered by Manitoba Health, and he fell behind on his bills. Since he is prioritizing his housing expenses we assisted with transportation expenses so he can continue to drive to care in Winnipeg. We are pleased to be able to offer help thanks to donations from people just like you. Donate at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Photo credit: Travel Manitoba

 

Cancer research in Canada

Cancer research in Canada is leading the way world wide. One scientist in Toronto has achieved ground breaking discoveries that are acknowledged internationally and have changed the way cancer is treated, leading to better outcomes.

This scientist is Dr. John E. Dick. Dr. Dick was born and raised in a small town near Winnipeg and his elementary schooling was in a one room school house. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of Manitoba in 1984 and did his post doctoral research in Toronto. Dr. Dick is a Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Canada Research Chair in Stem Cell Biology, a Senior Scientist at the McEwen Stem Cell Institute at UHN, a professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics at the University of Toronto and Director, Program in Cancer Stem Cells at the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.

Dr. Dick discovered cancer stem cells in the 1990s. His first research in this field was in the human blood system and leukemias and his discovery was considered controversial and ground breaking. This discovery lead to new and better treatments for various cancers. His work and his discovery is now being used around the world.

Dr. Dick was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2004, and as a Fellow of the Royal Society (in the UK) in 2014. The Royal Society is the oldest scientific society in the world, dating back to 1663. Other Fellows include Sir Isaac Newton and Steven Hawking. Dr. Dick is in prestigious company indeed. In 2024 Dr. Dick was inducted to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. See the following links for more of his awards and further explanations of his research and what his achievements have meant in curing cancer and helping untold numbers of people. We are truly fortunate to have a scientist of his caliber in Canada, and many other scientists doing decades of painstaking work for the benefit of humanity.

https://www.uhn.ca/corporate/News/UHN_Podcasts/Behind_the_Breakthrough/Pages/Season2_Episode10_John_Dick.aspx

https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/laureates/johndick

https://www.cdnmedhall.ca/laureates/johndick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edgar_Dick

Thank you to Cancer Crossing

 We love hearing feedback from recipients! We are glad to hear the following from a patient earlier this year. She wrote:

What most surprised me about having cancer was how it took over and interrupted my life. The many appointments and long travel time exhausted me and even though treatment is over I am still very tired. My advice to others is to try not to panic. Do all the tests and treatments that are advised for you. I have actively sought peace and it has brought calm into my life. Life is good.

Help for travel costs

 A 60 year old man required monetary help for travel to Brandon for radiation. He has prostate cancer and is receiving 6 weeks of daily radiation. He travels home for weekends and stays in Brandon during the week. Cancer Crossing was contacted and along with our best wishes for renewed health, are pleased to offer a cheque to help offset his costs. You can help cancer patients in need by donating to Cancer Crossing at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Photo credit: Travel Manitoba

Throat cancer patient asks for help

 A middle age man from Brandon who was being treated for mouth and throat cancer has asked Cancer Crossing for help paying for transportation to Winnipeg for radiation. With no disability insurance he is on EI Sick benefits which is only a portion of his regular pay. His wife is working but also has no benefits that he can access. Cancer Crossing is glad to be able to help with some expenses and wish him well. You can help patients in need by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Glioma patient receives help

 Cancer Crossing was informed of a young woman with glioma who needed help. She lives near Riding Mountain and travel to Winnipeg for treatment cost $400 as she is unable to drive. With no long or short term disability insurance she relies on EI Sick benefits. Repeated need to travel to Winnipeg was using all her benefits and more. Luckily she asked for help! You too can help cancer patients in need by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Prostate cancer patient receives travel assistance

 Cancer Crossing is happy to have given aid to a gentleman from western Manitoba. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer which required at least 25 trips to Brandon for treatment, a distance of over 100 km. This would cost a minimum of $1000 in gasoline, which he simply did not have room for in his budget. Imagine his stress after working his whole life and now all the various expenses were more than his pension income. He was working part time to supplement his income in order to pay for this but his need for treatment meant he would not be able to work as much as he wished. Luckily we were contacted and happy to help out. Along with a cheque we send our best wishes to him. Donations are gratefully received at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Help for metastatic renal cancer patient

Cancer Crossing was asked to assist with expenses for a man with renal (kidney) cancer. He lives in a small town on the east shore of Lake Manitoba. His treatment is in Selkirk which meant a nearly $300 round trip through a local senior's program. Since his treatment is long term he needed financial help to pay for transportation. We are pleased to carry some of the burden for him so that he can concentrate on treatment. You too can help by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Hereditary cancers

 Up to 10% of all cancers are caused by a genetic change in a cell. Hereditary cancers happen due to this genetic change being passed from parent to child. A family cancer syndrome is a rare disorder where a higher than average risk of cancer is passed down through the family. One of these syndromes is becoming more widely known, and that is Lynch Syndrome.

Lynch Syndrome can cause colon cancer, as well as uterine, ovarian, stomach, pancreatic, kidney, gall bladder, urinary bladder and bile duct cancer at a young age. There are genetic tests available in Manitoba to anyone that has colon cancer at younger than 70 years of age. If the test is positive for Lynch then other family members may be eligible for genetic testing as well. If a parent with the Lynch gene has developed cancer and their child or children have inherited the gene, then those children should get colonoscopies starting at age 20 to 25 OR 10 years earlier than the first colorectal cancer diagnosis in their family, whichever comes first. The lifetime risk of colorectal cancer in someone with the Lynch gene is up to 80% in Manitoba. (Risk for those WITHOUT the Lynch gene is about 5%.) It is easy to see how important it is to be screened and to have regular colonoscopies.

Read more at https://wrha.mb.ca/files/lynch.pdf and https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/genetics

http://www.cancercrossing.org/

 Cancer Crossing is privileged to have helped a young woman in Winnipeg with cancer. Not only was she advised not to work during treatment, she had no short term disability or long term disability available. She was waiting anxiously for EI sick benefits. She has no significant family support and is single. Imagine how desperate she had become! Luckily she reached out to Cancer Crossing and we were able to give her a financial boost to help bridge the gap. You too can help bridge the gap for others by donating at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

THANK YOU from a recipient

 We at Cancer Crossing are happy to know when we have made a difference in someone's life. Read what one recipient of financial assistance said:

"You have lessened my financial stress about travel expenses. Other cancer patients should reach out to Cancer Crossing if they need help. There are so many foundations that offer support and I am grateful."

You too can help make a difference in a cancer patient's life by donating to Cancer Crossing at http://www.cancercrossing.org/

Thompson resident receives aide for treatments in Winnipeg

 Cancer Crossing provided financial assistance to a man who had been diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer. He had to stay in Winnipeg for radiation. Since his home is in Thompson, traveling back and forth for 3 weeks of treatment wasn't feasible. He is unable to work and awaiting a small EI benefit. We sent him best wishes along with a cheque to help pay his extra expenses. Your donations make a difference in someone else's life and are gratefully received at http://www.cancercrossing.org