Stories – Floyd
Flying patients to and from care under all sorts of conditions As a Hope Air volunteer pilot, Floyd Hill – a lifelong British Columbian, longtime aviation enthusiast and Vice President, Director, Portfolio Manager at BC-based investment firm Odlum Brown Limited – helps patients travel to health care in exceptional circumstances, overcoming both financial and geographic […]
Henry
Treated for leukemia. Flew from Kelowna to Vancouver.
Allie
Staying strong and staying home in a remote community A diagnosis of a brain tumour is difficult enough. Imagine what a parent feels when it is diagnosed in their 5-year-old girl. This was the case for Julie and her husband Steven, who were strongly advised that their daughter report to SickKids within 24 hours. With the […]
Stories – Tiana
Former patient joins theHope Air Advisory Council Tiana Jackson knows first-hand how important access to medical care is to Canadians. Tiana flew with Hope Air six times from 2002-2013 for a musculoskeletal disorder. She recently joined the Hope Air National Advisory Council and we wanted to learn more about when she first heard about Hope […]
Stories – Abby
Help and hope arrived for Abby coping with diabetes Help and hope arrived for Abby coping with diabetes It was a week before Christmas when Abby’s parents became worried about their five-year-old daughter.“She was thirsty and going to the bathroom all the time. Her hands were very dry and she just wasn’t feeling well,” says […]
Hope Air welcomes Adam Rodricks to National Advisory Council
Hope Air – Canada’s national charity providing free flights and accommodations to Canadians in need of medical care far from home – announces the addition of Adam Rodricks to the Hope Air National Advisory Council.
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“Hope Air flew my mom out to cancer treatment many years ago when I was in university. My dad has MS, and she was the primary source of income for them, so when she got cancer, it was pretty devastating. Hope Air gave them hope and a bit more time together. She was too far […]
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“Hope Air flew my mom out to cancer treatment many years ago when I was in university. My dad has MS, and she was the primary source of income for them, so when she got cancer, it was pretty devastating. Hope Air gave them hope and a bit more time together. She was too far […]
Stories – Brian
Hope Air helps Saskatoon man fly to treatment for rare form of cancer Sign up to receive Hope Air news, updates and patient journeys. A Saskatoon resident has become a cancer-care advocate to those in his community after Hope Air helped him fly to treatments in Toronto for a rare throat cancer – so rare, […]
Stories – Reed
Hope Air and its partners help a child travel to receive lifesaving heart surgeries Two-year-old Reed from Calgary, AB., has turned a corner and is feeling much better after travelling for several heart surgeries. Thanks to the charity Hope Air – which provides free flights to healthcare far from home – and its partners WestJet […]