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Life Can Bring Joy out of Sorrow

Profile on: Norma Becker, Vice President and Secretary of Econotech Ltd. We have been married for over 50 years. Ed and I met while going to university and were married at age 21 – that makes us over 75 years old. We now have two children and four grandchildren. The early years of our marriage were not happy years, but were filled with stresses... >Full Story

  • Header Image My unsaved mother has been diagnosed with cancer

    I am writing about a very difficult situation with my mother, who is 67, diagnosed with terminal cancer, and unsaved. She is a very bitter, negative, critical, and prideful woman. She alienates all of her children and her friends. She has never apologized once in my life, and I’m 46. I was raised Jewish–when I began seeking and practicing... >more

  • Header Image Would You Give up Your Nest Egg for a Child?

    Eric and Tina were retired and quite happy with the way things were going. They had a nice home with a prize winning vegetable garden in a good family neighbourhood.  Eric had worked for the postal service for thirty-five years and had saved some money along the way as well. Their daughter was married to Mark and they were raising three beautiful... >more

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Cancer: A Different Kind of Survivor’s Story

On May 25, 2001, Doug Rae of North Vancouver, British Columbia lost his wife Judy to cancer when she was only 61-years-old. What follows is an interview that occurred just over one year later. Hopefully it will provide a point of contact and inspiration to readers who are currently going through similar circumstances. Kevin: Describe your [...] Read More >

Clarence and the Cancer Cage

“You have cancer.” Dr. Marshall quickly went on to describe the treatment program…. Clarence only heard the diagnosis. The day he feared since his mother’s death had finally arrived. The predator that stalked him mentally now claimed its victim physically. It was real. This was the day he officially became a cancer patient. All those cancer thoughts [...] Read More >

Prostate Cancer: The Preventable Killer

A man’s prostate is not exactly a subject anyone gets a thrill out of thinking or talking about. Read on anyway, because when it comes to a man’s prostate, a lack of information can be hazardous to his health. Caught early enough, there’s a better than 90 percent cure rate for prostate cancer. First, medical facts 101 The [...] Read More >

Increased Cancer Rates for Seniors

Living longer may not be all that it is cracked up to be. A report published in Cancer (May 2002), a publication of the American Cancer Society, used census information and current statistics on cancer incidence rates to project future cancer rates. The good news: cancer rates have declined steadily since 1973. The bad news: cancer [...] Read More >

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