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Carry The Fire is about radical innovation and hope. Hosted by legendary Canadian broadcaster Lisa LaFlamme, each episode features inspiring personal stories that explore what can happen when world-leading doctors, researchers, nurses and their patients come together to ignite breakthroughs in cancer treatment.


Our Host: Lisa LaFlamme

Veteran journalist Lisa LaFlamme has tackled some of the biggest issues of our time from war zones and natural disasters to the changing political climate around the world. An Officer of the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario, she is the recipient of 14 Canadian Screen Awards, including the Gordon Sinclair Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism and RTDNA Lifetime Achievement Award. She has received 7 Honorary Doctorates and is a longtime ambassador for Journalists For Human Rights.
 


Episode 1 - Surviving Terminal Cancer: David Lahey, a 3% chance of survival & the immunotherapy that saved his life

Meet David Lahey, an entrepreneur who was in the prime of his life when he was given a 3% chance of surviving an aggressive cancer. Despite his diagnosis, David is defying the odds with the help of a world-class medical team who are using groundbreaking immunotherapy treatments to train his own cells to fight back.
 

 


Episode 2 - Your Best Friend’s Cancer: Rachel McAdams, her best friend Tennille & the crucial role of caregivers

Tennille and Rachel are childhood best friends who lost touch and then were reunited by chance after years apart. They have remained close ever since, until a cancer diagnosis changed their lives forever. Rachel stepped in to provide support, quickly realizing that when someone you love goes through cancer, you go through it too.
 

 

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