Inspiring Stories

CTV's Reta Ismail shares her story with London Health Sciences Foundation: I remember the moment my son Nero was born like it was yesterday. For the first time in my life, I felt my heart beating on

In the past seven years, Lenore Rawlings has been through one life-threatening health scare after the other. In 2011, she and her husband George pulled over near their home in McGregor, Ontario, when

Can you imagine travelling out of town for a full hip replacement in the morning and still being home in time for dinner? Tony de Boer experienced this twice – the right hip one year and the left one

Prostate cancer is in all-too-common disease, with one in seven men diagnosed in their lifetime. Heather Turnbull was aware of these frightening statistics and convinced her husband to get checked out

Ashton Lefteris has an ambitious goal to raise money for cancer care. “I want to raise $10,000 and then I want to raise $100,000 and then a million dollars,” Ashton says. “It’s as much as I possibly

Ovarian cancer is one of the most lethal cancers for women. Symptoms are vague and the lack of reliable early detection is why it’s known as “the silent killer.” Peter and Trudy Channer know this all

It started in 1918 when John A. Nash borrowed $500 from family to open a jewellery store at 206 Dundas Street in the heart of downtown London. He originally worked for Young’s Jewellers and made the

Cancer doesn’t discriminate. It’s a disease that can affect anyone at any age regardless of their profession, gender, or if they are seemingly healthy. As an operating room (OR) nurse for the last 30