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FEB 8, 2016
Volume 15 Number 4 | 50¢
January 28, 2016
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Fighting MS with fitness at the 2016 GranFondo! No one knows why but Canada has the highest rate of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in the world. If you look around and think about it, it starts to make sense. Almost everyone knows at least one person around them who is afflicted with the disease. Some you may not even realize, but its there, all around us. Here in Downtown Kamloops, the MS Society works long and hard to help educate, raise money for research and assist people living with the disease. They want us to know not only does Canada have the highest rates of this disease but also that there are over 100,000 people in Canada afflicted with three more diagnosed everyday. MS is one of the most common neurological diseases affecting young adults in Canada hitting women three times more than men. For those who are not familiar, The 2015 GranFondo. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of and paralysis. Research thus far ety, Kamloops and Area Chapter sible until a cure is found.” the central nervous system, the has developed several treatments will be hosting the fourth annual One familiar face on the stabrain and spinal cord. It’s cause that can modify the progression of Indoor GranFondo,” explains tionary circuit this year will be unknown; it interferes with the some types of MS. Katrina. “This is the spin-a-thon Kamloops resident and mother brain’s signals to the rest of the With such a strong presence in to end MS, where participants ride of four Christina Masse. At the body and is unpredictable, causing our lives, the MS Society, headed a bike and trainer or spin bike for age of 21, while studying full different symptoms in different here in Kamloops by Katrina Hard- one to six hours. Funds raised at time at the University of British people. Some of these symptoms ing, works extra hard. They have the Indoor GranFondo are dedi- Columbia, commuting to school include numbness and tingling, a variety of events and fundraisers cated to supporting groundbreak- and working 30 hours a week, vision problems, impaired speech, every year with the next one being ing, Canadian-led research as well Christina began to feel numbloss of balance/coordination, their popular Indoor GranFondo. as helping Canadians with MS - continued on page 2 extreme fatigue, loss of mobility “On February 8, the MS Soci- live the best quality of life pos-
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