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BABIES and their families will visit a one-stop-shop of all things baby-related this Sunday, while fundraising for the most precious babies of all. The annual Cairns Pregnancy and Baby Expo will host 45 stallholders at...

CYCLING around the incredibly scenic Yarrabah and Gordonvale warmed the hearts of more than 80 participants in the Alive Pharmacy Warehouse Ride for Isabel on Sunday, October 17. While the event has been running since...

RECORDS were repeatedly smashed at this year’s QSuper Cardiac Challenge in what has been a difficult year for many. More than $527,000 was raised during the fundraising bike ride from Cairns to Cooktown, surpassing...

ALMOST 100 cyclists are fundraising and riding around Yarrabah this weekend for neonatal babies in Far North Queensland. Cyclists in the Alive Pharmacy Warehouse Ride for Isabel will for the first time journey around the...

By Heath Schreiweis I am no cyclist, or even an athlete. Lately, life is pretty much a desk job with a few hours of gym each week.  So when I decided to sign up for the QSuper Cardiac Challenge, I knew this would...

ONE single team in the QSuper Cardiac Challenge 2021 has raised more than a sixth of the overall total. Team WTF (which stands for Where’s the Finish) has raised more than $64,000 and are well on their way to their...

Shane and Kai Pue have more in common than most. They work together, they’re father and son. They also have cardiac conditions. They also are each other’s inspiration and are riding in the cardiac fundraising,...

QSuper is bolstering cardiac care in Far North Queensland by enabling 100 percent of funds raised through the annual QSuper Cardiac Challenge to support the purchase of new equipment for cardiac and respiratory services in...

CONTRACTORS for the Atherton Hospital redevelopment continue to help raise funds for the Atherton Hospital Friends of the Foundation. FKG Group Project Manager Kent Radnedge said his team of 10 staff were not only working...

A GENEROUS donor has helped make recovery from heart disease more comfortable. Almost $35,000 was donated by the Northern Frontier Foundation to the Far North Queensland  Hospital Foundation, to enable the purchase...

MORE than 80 cyclists will be the first to experience the stunning scenery of Yarrabah in the revitalised Alive Pharmacy Warehouse Ride for Isabel this Sunday (July 25). For the first time, the event has come under the...

On April 8, David Pollak bought $50 worth of tickets in a car raffle. Today he’s driving away in the car! Mr Pollak’s name was randomly drawn in the MacDonnells Law Arrow Experience at the event on Sunday,...

A NEW piece of breast cancer diagnostic equipment will soon be in Cairns, thanks to the local community fundraising and walking the arrows of Mt Whitfield. The MacDonnells Law Arrow Experience, hosted by the Far North...

Charlee Rose Paron hates the Arrows of Mt Whitfield. But she’s fundraising and taking part in the MacDonnells Law Arrow Experience on June 20 – in memory of her precious aunt Mandy (Manuella) Moore. On...

DONATIONS are coming in thick and fast for participants in a local breast cancer fundraising event being held in June. The MacDonnells Law Arrow Experience on June 20 is fundraising for breast cancer diagnostic equipment...

A NURSE on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19 has been named the Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service’s Nurse of the Year. The Health Service is recognising is International Nurses Day today,...

GEMMA Theophile’s long blonde locks were part of her “look”. But 10 months on from her breast cancer diagnosis and she’s given up the wig and proudly wearing her short hair out in public. ...

Clocking up 100,000km on your bicycle is an almost unheard-of feat. Not so for QSuper Cardiac Challenge instigator Pete McNally who has just achieved that feat in just over six years on his Specialised S Works MTB. ...

JOHN Oudyn didn’t live to see the benefits of his donation, but his family feel honoured to see it at work. Mr Oudyn donated $9000 to buy a special piece of equipment (a SOZO machine) that measures...

The Yarrabah community is joining forces with the Far North’s premier charity to raise funds for neonatal babies at Cairns Hospital. The Ride for Isabel fundraising bike ride will come under the umbrella of the Far...

Hearts and lungs will be pumping hard together in the lead-up to this year’s QSuper Cardiac Challenge in September. After four years riding with the Cardiac Maniacs, Cairns Hospital Director of Respiratory Dr...