The Butterfly Story

10/17/2025

It’s official! We’re back! More details to come, but for now we are featured on the front page of today’s Pink Chronicle Journal🩷

04/02/2021

Izabela here... thought I'd share a few images from a recent session I did with this amazing woman. It's been a LONG haul for the past year with Covid shut-downs and restrictions so it was wonderful to have this opportunity to play and be creative again. Hoping this year will allow us at some point to pick up where we left off with all our waiting "Butterflies"🦋

03/09/2021

Happy International Women’s Day! May we know them, may we be them, may we raise them!

09/25/2020

We had the privilege of transforming Dianne not once but twice - first as a member of the Dragons of Hope, and then again to turn her personal story into a work of art. When we met with her for her individual transformation she lit up as she spoke about her family and her love of the outdoors. Look closely at her finished image to see her family holding hands looking up at the Northern lights, and her dear friends reflected back as the stars. Our deepest condolences go out to her family, her friends, and all those who knew her. May her story and her image continue to inspire others as she did for me from the moment I met her. ~Michelle (on behalf of The Butterfly Story Team video by Izabela)

06/02/2020

We always knew it would take a special kind of person to be the first one to sign up to be part of The Butterfly Story. I shouldn't have been surprised when Shannon didn't hesitate to say yes. Her Tree of Life image inspired so many people; many of whom only knew her through the art work and her story. She was instrumental in helping bringing The Butterfly Story to life by sharing her experience, and meeting with new butterflies to help them share their story. On behalf of The Butterfly Story we extend our deepest condolences to her family, and friends during this difficult time. May her message of hope and infectious smile continue to inspire for years to come! ~Michelle

04/23/2020

During Volunteer Appreciation Week we want to recognize the incredible creative team who volunteer their time and immense talents to bring each and every butterfly story to life! When the pandemic hit our creative team was preparing for our 2020 transformations; but for the health and safety of all involved we hit pause. Chantal and Izabela were so looking forward to meeting the women who had bared their souls and shared their stories with Michelle; and I have no doubt that when we are able to move forward it will be bigger and better than ever! We hope you all stay safe and we look forward to continuing when we can!!!

01/04/2020

Happy New Year!! We are honoured to start the year off having our collection win for Best Art Exhibit!! We were also recognized in the Best Book category for our second volume of our Butterfly Story! We started this project to change the way breast cancer survivorship is viewed, and thanks to the support of so many of our followers we are realizing this dream. We look forward to the adventures and butterly stories that await us in 2020. From all of us to all of you - best wishes always!!!

January 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the amalgamation of Port Arthur and Fort William becoming Thunder Bay. To celebrate this milestone, we’ve put together an infographic of stats and facts around the event and Rebecca Eras kicks off a column looking back at the history of the merger. Also i...

12/08/2019

Today we wish our very own Chantal a happy birthday!! To help her celebrate - we would love to hear from you about what work of art she has created has impacted you the most (or feel free to post your well wishes)!

11/09/2019

Don't have your calendar yet? Or interested in learning about how to sign up to be a butterfly? Come visit Michelle at the Shoppers Mingle gala event between 1230 and 230 today!!

11/07/2019

This Saturday, November 9th, we will be back at the Shoppers Drug Mart holiday beauty mingle (gala) at the McIntyre Centre Shoppers in support of the Northern Cardiac Fund. We will have a couple of our images up and Michelle will be selling our calendars and books. These make great Christmas gifts so stop by and pick yours!!