By Deron Hamel Edmonton Epilepsy Association is part of a consolidated emergency support team to help people displaced by the wildfire that continues to impact northern Alberta, near the town of Fort McMurray. The agency has been finding accommodation in private homes for people with epilepsy and their families since the town was evacuated May…
By Deron Hamel The third annual Summerfest Sail Away Cruise is expected be the event’s largest gathering yet, with organizers anticipating more than 75 people coming aboard to sail the coast of Lake Ontario on June 10. The cruise raises money each year to help send children living with epilepsy to Summerfest Camp if their…
Deron Hamel Camp Couchiching is offering a unique opportunity to children and youths living with epilepsy who want a taste of what Summerfest Camp is like without committing to full two-week programs. The three-day “mini Summerfest Camp” is being held over the Victoria Day weekend, May 21-23. The opportunity also helps alleviate anxieties for parents…
By Deron Hamel If 24-year-old Julian Cole doesn’t have supplies of Apo-Divalproex and Apo-Levetiracetam to manage his epilepsy, his mother fears he will have nonstop seizures and could even die. Both medications are generic anti-seizure drugs manufactured by Apotex, both are in shortage, and there is nothing Julian’s mother, Dot Cole, won’t do to secure…
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