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Every year, McDonald's restaurants across Canada hold their biggest fundraising initiative of the year – McHappy Day®!  This year, as part of their McHappy Day fundraiser, seven West Island McDonald’s restaurants, owned and operated by Fred and Gail Cassir, supported...

Lights, camera, innovation!  At Arthritis Society Canada’s second annual Arthritis Ideator Awards™ – held April 20, 2023 at Toronto’s MaRS Discovery District – novel ideas to improve the lives of six million Canadians living with arthritis took centre stage...

Shifting from tennis to golf may not seem like a natural transition, but for Joe Paiva and his charity event, that’s exactly what it has proven to be. Rewind 30 years to when Joe, who lives with rheumatoid arthritis, launched a tennis tournament to raise awareness and funds for arthritis...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Halifax, Nova Scotia – On Tuesday evening, Arthritis Society Canada hosted its 29th annual Celebrity Roast gala dinner, bringing together friends, family and business associates of honoree Cory Bell, President and CEO of Lindsay Construction – and raising $340...

Arthritis Society Canada's Ideator Awards marks second year of catalyzing innovations for arthritisToronto, Ontario – Last night, four Canadian innovators received the prestigious Arthritis Ideator Award™ from Arthritis Society Canada. The award recognizes the best innovations...

In honour of National Volunteer Week, Arthritis Society Canada is proud to announce the recipients of the Mary Pack Volunteer Awards, presented to our most dedicated and inspirational volunteers. This year’s recipients of the Mary Pack Volunteer Award are:  Mya Barnett (NS), who...

Voting now open for the 2023 Arthritis Ideator Awards™ People’s ChoiceFor immediate release       TORONTO –  Voting opens today for Canadians to choose their favourite innovation from one of the seven finalists selected to compete at Arthritis...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE$200,000 to be awarded at competition event on April 20, 2023  TORONTO – Seven leading innovators from across Canada have been named finalists in Arthritis Society Canada’s second Arthritis Ideator AwardsTM for their promising ideas that could transform...

Arthritis researchers and arthritis advocates from across Canada will be gathering virtually at the fourth annual Canadian Arthritis Research Conference (CARC) on Feb. 15 and 16, 2023 to discuss exciting new research underway.  People living with arthritis – and people who care for...