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The retired businessman and local philanthropist has painted more than 5 dozen portraits of celebrities, scientists, entertainers and local notables.

Pharmac review: Northland cancer sufferer pleads for more publicly-funded meds 15 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 4 minutes to read A civilised country like New Zealand needs to publicly fund more life-saving drugs, says Northland cancer sufferer Donna MacMillan. Photo / Supplied Imran Ali is a reporter for the Northern Advocateimran.ali@nzme.co.nznorthernadvocat An independent review of Pharmac should recommend that New Zealand catch up with other countries in terms of accessing vital life-saving drugs th...

Otto Arndt was born in Germany in 1939 and later came to Canada. He worked for a timber marking crew for the forest service and lived in a cabin in the Hart Highway area. He married Janice Rowan, the girl across the street. At the age of 20 and with two suitcases of his worldly belongings in hand, Bill Bosnich said a big goodbye to his family in northern Ontario and headed west. He got a job at the Canfor Plywood Mill in New Westminster in 1958 and a few years later he met and married Donna M...