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Optometry Giving Sight is a global fundraising initiative that specifically targets the prevention of blindness and impaired vision due to uncorrected refractive error – simply the need for an eye exam and a pair of glasses. More than 600 million people around the world are blind or vision impaired because they do not have access to…

March 8th – 14th is World Glaucoma Awareness Week and since glaucoma is the second most common cause of preventable vision loss in seniors, Optometrists are urging Canadians to get their eyes examined. After all, early detection can help control the disease. What are the symptoms? There aren’t any! Glaucoma often develops gradually and painlessly without noticeable symptoms until vision loss…

When it feels like you have something in your eye….. go straight to your optometrist!   Every day we see a least one patient who complains of feeling like something is in their eye. Whether they have been referred from a walk-in or family medical practice, or directly called our office themselves, we routinely see…

A man in his mid-40s came into our clinic wanting to get new glasses. He felt that his vision was changing quickly and he attributed this to “being over 40”. Upon checking his spectacle prescription, I confirmed that there was indeed a dramatic change. As we do with every eye examination, I also evaluated his…

Two years ago I had my first child, Alex, and seven months ago my daughter, Anna. For someone who was always healthy, I never saw much of my healthcare providers. Once I had my little ones I found myself going to see our family doctor for their regular wellness checks, our health clinic for their…

There seems to be a lot of misconceptions out there about contact lenses, we want to dispel some of those myths. The following are some of the most common myths about contact lenses. 1. I can't wear contact lenses. Have you been told you can't wear soft contact lenses because you have astigmatism or because you…