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A two-year-old boy from Lac La Biche, Alta., whose search for a stem cell donor captured hearts and headlines across the country, died Friday as he waited for a match.

An Alberta family is planning to continue helping others find stem cell matches after their toddler died waiting for one.

Ezra Marfo, of Lac La Biche, Alta., was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in 2021. His father, Jacob Marfo, became a stem cell donor but he was not a perfect match. Ezra relapsed earlier this year.

An Alberta family is planning to continue helping others find stem cell matches after their toddler died waiting for one.

Ezra Marfo, of Lac La Biche, Alta., was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in 2021. His father, Jacob Marfo, became a stem cell donor but he was not a perfect match. Ezra relapsed earlier this year and recently passed, his father says.

A stem cell swab testing event is being held at a local Hamilton church as part of a Canada-wide search for a donor match for an Alberta toddler with leukemia.

An Alberta father is on an agonizing cross-Canada search to find a rare bone marrow match to save his toddlers life. Jacob Marfos journey arrived in Ottawa on a mission to bring hope to Ezra.

An Alberta father is in Winnipeg this weekend as a national search for a stem cell match for his two-year-old son with cancer continues — and he’s raising awareness about the desperate need for Black stem cell donors along the way.

A Lac La Biche, Alta. man is desperately seeking a matching stem cell donor to save his sick son.

Jacob’s two-year old son, Ezra Marfo, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia in May 2021. Just after his second birthday in July, the family was told the cancer was spreading. After what Jacob said is too many cancer treatments to count, now Ezra needs a stem cell donation.