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| Painting the history of Western Canada | | Welcome! We sell acrylic and egg tempera paintings and limited edition Giclees by Canadian artist and printmaker John Crittenden to dealers and collectors around the world.Canada West CollectionSince his first one-person show at Lambs Art Gallery in Calgary, Alberta in 1966 John has never wavered from painting the history of Western Canada. From "First Snow", a painting of a cowboy and his packhorse in an Alberta Foothills snowstorm, he has since produced more than 1,200 paintings and had more than 50 one-person shows across Canada in venues ranging from commercial art galleries, Expo 86, the McLaughlin Museum and the National Art Centre. John is of Irish and Anishinabe Ojibway ancestry whose lineage can be traced back to Ojibway Indians living in the White Mud River settlement on the shores of Lake Manitoba. Limited edition Giclees on canvas
Simon Fraser and the Voyageur Canoe, 1805
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The Canada West Collection is an ongoing series of limited edition Giclees which represents John's continuing salute to this mystical and almost orphic land that stretches from the wide open spaces of Saskatchewan, to the Rocky Mountains of Alberta, and on to the Cariboo Chilcotin, Great Bear and Pacific Coast Rainforests of British Columbia.This ongoing collection includes signed and numbered limited edition Giclees of paintings John has produced over the years on subjects as varied as old farmsteads, working cowboys, big game animals, Queen Charlotte Islands, coastal seascapes, mountain scenes, and prairie landscapes, all woven into the history of Western Canada. | |
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| A personal fight against Pompe DiseaseJanuary 26, 2010: TO THE HONOURABLE KEVIN FALCON, BC MINSTER OF HEALTH: My son Brad has Pompe disease. Brad's doctor, Dr Sandra Sirrs, Medical Director, Adult Metabolic Diseases Clinic, VGH, has applied for funding for a two-year trial that could save Brad's life. It is now tied up in Pharmacare and the Ministry of Health tell me it will be many months before we get an answer. If Brad lived in Alberta or Ontario he would be receiving Myozyme, the only treatment available for Pompe disease. Because Brad lives in British Columbia he's not on Myozyme. He has lost one diaphragm already, and he's one step away from a wheelchair and a respirator. Why is this being allowed to happen? At a time when Alberta and Ontario have already done their assessment and have approved funding for Myozyme, BC is doing it a third time, and Brad's health worsens in the meantime. This make no sense. I understand that this may not be your fault, in fact you may not even know about Brad or the application for funding yet. It's the "System". But you are in a position to deal with it. One last thing. Is it not a waste of taxpayer's money to be repeating an assessment that has already been paid for and approved in Alberta and Ontario? You are the only one who has the authority to do anything about this. We are asking you to facilitate this immediately and help my son. Sincerely,
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A FURTHER OBSERVATION: Myozyme enzyme replacement therapy is not a cure. But it is a treatment that is today helping several Adult-onset Pompe patients in Alberta and Ontario while research for a cure continues. There are incredibly dedicated and talented researchers in Canada and around the world who are working hard at finding that cure. Compared to long term care if Myozyme is denied, the cost of enzyme replacement therapy is a small price to pay until a cure is avaliable. And it's the right thing to do. John Crittenden If anyone reading this would like to send an email of support to the Minister on behalf of Brad this is his email address. If you happen to be an adult pompe sufferer who has benefited from Myozyme that would be wonderful and critical first-hand information to tell the Minister as well. Email: Honourable Kevin Falcon, BC Minister of Health Brad now has a Facebook page. It was put up a couple days ago by Trevor Pare and is being maintained by him and his mom, Linda. Thank you Trevor and Linda. After one week Brad's Group has grown to 166 members and counting. The more the better. Let's join and ask our friends and family to join. Ask them to ask their friends and family to join. Let's take this viral. The first target is 1,000 members. Brad's page on Facebook Brad's interview on CHBC News and Global Jan 27, 2010
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