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Traditional and Western Medicine: It’s not one or the other
It took their daughter’s near-death experience for Samuel and Patricia Hearns of the Ojibwa First Nation to realize their indigenous culture meant more to them than they thought. About 10 years ago, the Hearns were at their daughter’s bedside at St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital. She was extremely ill from a cyst on her pancreas. The…
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Health officials send in the clowns
Tim Cunningham is currently under quarantine. Having just come back from working in an Ebola care centre in Sierra Leone, he’s adhering to New York City policy and serving a mandatory 21-day quarantine, imposed on health workers who return home and show no symptoms of the disease. “I’ve got nothing but time,” he says with…
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Athlete’s transition begins in overtime
It wasn’t until the last buzzer went that she realized how much she loved the game. Angela Tilk’s long and successful career in the Canadian Interuniversity Sport league was over. “It feels like just yesterday I stepped on that old blue and gold court at Kerr Hall (the former home court for the Ryerson Rams…
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Gold medallist savours past while looking to the future
The crowd rises to their feet and the cheers that fill the arena become louder. 6…5…4… Jayna Hefford looks up to the scoreboard, a smile forms on her face as the clock ticks down. When she looks back at that moment, she says, “It’s still sort of hard to believe.” **** It all began for…