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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The brutal loss of his family and a “dear friend” in one of Ottawa’s worst mass killings has left Dhanushka Wickramasinghe “devastated,” the survivor of the attacks said in a statement. “This tragedy has shaken me and my family deeply. I am …
Read More »Male breast cancer: A survivor works to remove the ‘shame and stigma’
When most people hear “breast cancer,” they instantly think of women. Yet the Canadian Cancer Society had estimated that during 2023, there would be 260 cases diagnosed in men. Women and men who have breast cancer have very different experiences due to the differences in their bodies, body chemistry and …
Read More »Manitoban breast cancer survivor shares importance of early detection
On World Cancer Day this Sunday, advocates worldwide raise awareness for prevention and ongoing research. Manitoban Aimee Heroux, a breast cancer survivor, shares her story emphasizing the importance of early detection. Heroux says she always knew she had a family history of breast cancer which led her to get regular …
Read More »Toronto-area Holocaust survivor reflects on Israel-Hamas crisis
Descrease article font size Increase article font size From the comfort of her living room in Toronto, a Holocaust survivor shared what’s been keeping her awake at night. “It’s like the nightmares of my childhood are back. The horror that I went through is becoming so real now to me,” …
Read More »‘I woke up in a pile of rubble.’ Penetangushene, Ont., building collapse survivor shares story
When Leonard Beecroft, 60, went to bed, he was not expecting to wake up rolling outside the building a few hours later as the walls around his room came crumbling down. “It all came tumbling down while we were in bed sleeping,” Leonard says. “It’s hard to describe. All I …
Read More »‘This is our home’: Lone survivor of Vaughan, Ont. condo mass shooting speaks out – Toronto
Doreen Di Nino is thankful that she and her husband, John Di Nino are alive and can go on with life. The 66-year-old lone survivor of one of the Greater Toronto Area’s worst mass shootings spoke publicly for the first time Tuesday, in an exclusive interview with Global News. “I …
Read More »Survivor shocked, saddened by Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program staffing challenges – Winnipeg
A sexual assault survivor who got care at Health Sciences Centre’s Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program is shocked and saddened to see its staffing challenges unfold. Seven casual nurses with the program quit this week after working through long-standing shortages that forced some patients to return later for examination …
Read More »‘Half [of] me is dead’: A Ukrainian survivor of the Azovstal siege waits to reunite her family
Anna Zaitseva and her husband Kirilo had only a few stolen moments together last winter in a deep, dark underground shelter. Those fleeting, poignant reunions were over before they started. They happened amid the cacophony of shelling and earth-shaking airstrikes as the Russian military’s noose tightened around their hometown, the southern Ukrainian port city of …
Read More »‘I never feel safe’: N.S. domestic abuse survivor calls for changes to family court system
Warning: This story contains accounts of intimate-partner violence A Nova Scotia mother who left Halifax to get away from her abusive ex-partner says police and the province’s family court system have failed her and her son by not taking their concerns for safety seriously. Mary escaped the abusive relationship a decade …
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