Coaldale woman takes her fight with cancer across the border
Global News
A woman in southern Alberta is in a fight for her life as she battles a rare cancer in her digestive system.
Katie Norman has been battling cancer for almost four years.
It began with a gastrointestinal stromal tumour, also known as GIST, a rare cancer that forms in the digestive system.
Norman, 34, found out about her diagnosis after an MRI found a large tumour obstructing her bowels had grown into her pancreas. She underwent emergency surgery in February 2021.
While she dealt with major complications after the procedure, doctors informed her the cancer wasn’t receptive to chemo or radiation.
Her body eventually started to reject the oral medication she was prescribed. By May 2023, the cancer returned — this time, in her liver.
“Since then, I was able to get into a brand new trial that came to Canada, there is just under 500 people in the world on this trial and I was the first one in Alberta, so I was kind of the guinea pig here for it,” said Norman.
But lately, Norman’s scans show the cancer is still progressing — even on the trial medication.
“So, we’ve had to stop,” she said.
A camp and sacred fire were erected on the city-owned land on Dec. 26 after contractors began cutting trees in the forest three days earlier.
Net-neutrality rules require internet service providers to treat data and users equally rather than restricting access, slowing speeds or blocking content for certain users.
Health officials have said the person was older than 65, had underlying medical problems and had been in contact with sick and dead birds in a backyard flock.
As 2025 arrives, experts break down the trending diets, highlighting the science-backed winners, the cautious choices to consider and the fads that might not live up to the hype.
"I think it's fair to say from a scientific perspective, if they have the same hardwiring, they're going to have the same emotions (as humans)."
The new report recommends health care providers should encourage alcohol screening and treatment referrals as needed, and efforts to increase general awareness should be expanded.
J35 made international headlines in 2018 when she carried the young whale’s carcass with her for more than two weeks and 1,500 kilometres.
The new Know Alcohol calculator was developed by researchers at UVic's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research and calculates personalized health risks from drinking.
A single organization called Éco Entreprises Québec is to now manage recycling across the province on behalf of companies that produce packaging and paper.
The teen became the first critically ill pediatric patient with avian influenza in North America and information was published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.
A sea otter has been seen clambering onto a surfboard and following surfers off Vancouver Island, prompting reminders from Fisheries and Oceans Canada to avoid close interactions with the mammals.