by Janice Middleton LighthouseNow July 4th, 2018 Joy Vienot knows the benefits of regular exercise. They add up to a trip to Italy with 3,000 girlfriends for some dragon boat racing and days of “wine and gelato.” The Bridgewater nurse is one of the breast cancer survivors group, Nova Scotia Bosom Buddies, dragon boat racing […]

The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) released an eye-opening report just before World Cancer Day, which was on Feb. 4. Living with Cancer: A Report on the Patient Experience is a first of its kind and reflects the voices of more than 30,000 Canadians and their experiences with cancer from first diagnosis to treatment and

A breast cancer survivors dragon boat team is trading oars for little black dresses, as they take the night to celebrate the sport that pushes them forward. Bosom Buddies of Nova Scotia was founded in 1998 and is the province’s first dragon boat team of its kind. Currently it has 72 members and three dragon

No strangers to adversity, the Bosom Buddies South Shore have taken a bit of bad news and turned it into a way to spread awareness about their organization. Bosom Buddies is a breast cancer survivor support group made up of two dragon boat rowing teams — based Lake Banook in Dartmouth and Mader’s Cove in

Osteoporosis made a sudden, undesirable change in my active life this summer. I have thoroughly enjoyed dragon boat paddling with the Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat Team for the last nine years. For just as long, I have taken an osteoporosis medication, have exercised religiously, and have paid specific attention to my calcium

Staff – The Cape Breton Post Published on Aug 13, 2016 SYDNEY – Tasha MacQueen remembers what her sister and a good friend went through when they were both diagnosed with breast cancer. “You just remember the hard times and the good people and what they went through,” said the Glace Bay resident moments after

In honour of the 20th Anniversary of Abreast in a Boat, Bosom Buddies of Nova Scotia chose to thank the 24 brave women who got in the first dragon boat, by wearing these names on our race shirts during our celebration ceremony on June 13, 2015. I embroidered the names of these strong women in

Our story begins when Vancouver’s Abreast in a Boat Team was formed. Sharon Driscoll was living in Vancouver and was introduced to this breast cancer survivor team. With plans to move to Mahone Bay, N.S. in 1997, Sharon had thoughts as to how a team might be formed in NS. She met co-founder Margo Kleiker that summer and

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this year, the members of the Bosom Buddies dragon boat team celebrated with a weekend-long retreat in Liverpool. “Twenty six of us, all breast cancer survivors, went on this retreat to mark the end of the paddling year,” team member Debbie Pottie says. Bosom Buddies of Nova Scotia

Tribune News Network Doha AS October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Sandee Thompson, a 53-year-old single woman, who has been in Qatar for three years, has agreed to share her story about her experience as a breast cancer patient. She is an EFL Instructor at the College of the North Atlantic, Qatar and this is