As the dust settles from the pandemic, hospitals across Canada have reported an overwhelming rise in patients with advanced-stage cancers and other life-limiting diseases a result of inadequate symptom screening since March 2020 and delays in testing results are exacerbating the problem.
Don passed away June 1 at the age of 80. He is survived by his wife Helen, sister-in-law Eileen, brother-in-law Joe (Donna), nieces, nephews and cousins and many friends especially the “brekkie boys”.
Athalie Smith suffered a host of life-threatening injuries after a major car crash last winter. This week, she went to her high school prom. Her mother says she wouldn't be where she is now if it weren't for a pilot program at the the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax.