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On Friday, the Calgary Flames’ longtime organist, Willy Joosen, died at the age of 66. The well-known jazz pianist has been sitting behind the organ at the Scotiabank Sattledome since 1988. “For 34 years, organist Willy Joosen brought so much joy and happiness to everyone who came to Flames games. He …
Read More »Her husband died awaiting surgery delayed by the pandemic. She says N.S. health care is broken
Gay Clarke keeps wondering why things didn’t happen differently. “I did all the what-ifs,” she said. She and her husband, Mark Clarke, lived in Kentville, N.S., until his death at the age of 66 in February. Mark died the day before he was supposed to have cardiac surgery that had …
Read More »St. John’s mother whose child died not satisfied with sanctions for doctor who admitted to errors
Crystal Whalen holds her daughter, Karlee, on Jan. 19, 2019, at the Health Sciences Centre in St. John’s. (Crystal Whalen/Facebook) The mother of a child who died in 2019 is angry about the sanctions her obstetrician received after acknowledging errors she made during the delivery. Crystal Whalen said the sanctions for …
Read More »B.C. is making changes after 619 people died from extreme heat last year. But will it be enough?
Jeanne Hansen’s sister Tracey McKinlay died as a result of extreme heat on June 28, 2021. “It’s hard not to feel guilty,” Hansen said. “We should have done a little bit more, you know, phoning Tracey wasn’t enough.” She wishes she’d gone to her sister’s apartment in New Westminster, B.C., …
Read More »Charles "Chuck" Geschke, who co-founded Adobe in 1982 with John Warnock and helped develop PDF technology, died on Friday at 81 (Fiona Kelliher/Mercury News)
Fiona Kelliher / Mercury News: Charles “Chuck” Geschke, who co-founded Adobe in 1982 with John Warnock and helped develop PDF technology, died on Friday at 81 — Survived kidnapping at gunpoint — Charles “Chuck” Geschke, co-founder of the iconic Silicon Valley company Adobe Inc. and prominent cheerleader of downtown San …
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