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Survivor speaks out as province warns conditions perfect to hatch mosquitoes that carry disease By: Cody Sellar | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Jul. 15, 2021
It s a cruel irony for a man whose nickname is Lucky.
Five years ago, John Hughes started feeling sick. They next day, he could barely move. He was in and out of consciousness as he was taken to the Health Sciences Centre, before slipping into a coma. He stayed that way for three months. When he came out of it, he was paralyzed and had a feeding tube down his throat. I would move my eyebrows twice for no and once for yes, said the 56-year-old.
Conditions ideal for mosquitoes that carry West Nile virus, province reports
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The sorrow of being unable to say good-bye in person By: Kevin Rollason | Posted: 7:00 PM CDT Thursday, Jun. 3, 2021
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John Foster was a larger-than-life husband and father who saved two children from drowning, was the first to volunteer his time with charities, and used his ham radio to help during emergencies.
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John Foster was a larger-than-life husband and father who saved two children from drowning, was the first to volunteer his time with charities, and used his ham radio to help during emergencies.
But Foster, who was surrounded by people in life, died at age 60 in Riverview Health Centre’s palliative ward on April 9, with only his wife and one of his children at his bedside because of visitor restrictions due to COVID-19.