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Volunteers and staff help families heal after losing a baby

Brenda Shim understands the power of memory boxes first-hand. Eight years ago, six months into her pregnancy with triplets, Brenda went ...

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Don Young and Health Care Aide Solène Brouwer work together to create brass etchings during craft time

The key to keeping those with dementia independent

Twice a week, Access-A-Ride picks up 102-year-old Alma McLachlan from her home in an independent living facility to take her to ...

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Candles of remembrance

Memorial service honours those who passed away at the Misericordia Hospital

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Rodney Forbes working with Physiotherapist Linda Wiebe after a stroke

Discovering a new normal, one step at a time

Walking into the Post-Acute Rehabilitation program (PARP) at St. Michael’s Health Centre (SMHC), you are immediately drawn into the hive of ...

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Student Janelle Collet guides Rossi Cameron through an exercise to fill in the blanks associated with groups of words. Using these cues will help Rossi give people context in future conversations.

Speech-language pathology students improve seniors’ quality of life

Communication was always important to Rossi Cameron, a retired investigative reporter who fought for people’s human rights over her entire career. ...

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