REGINA Dionne Warner, well-known in Saskatchewan for her courage and perseverance through her public battle with cancer for more than 25 years, has died after the disease returned just after Christmas. Her husband, Graham, said in an email to CTV News that she died by choice using the province’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program. She was 55. She was first diagnosed with breast cancer at age 30, and since then she fought through liver cancer multiple times, brain cancer twice, bone cancer, lung cancer and more. She beat the disease nine times.
HER CONTRIBUTION Warner received multiple awards and accolades throughout her public battle with cancer. In 2010 she received a Woman of Distinction award for her volunteer work at the Allan Blair Cancer Clinic, she was named one of 32 international Heroes of Hope by the American Cancer Society in 2011, she was CTV Regina’s Citizen of the Year winner in 2015 and was named one of 25 heritage heroes by the Look Good F
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Joyce Winnifred Lynch late of Osage, Saskatchewan passed away November 19, 2020 at the age of 82 years. A Private Family Graveside Service & Interment will take place on Tuesday, November 24, 2020 at 2:30 p.m. at Osage Cemetery, Osage, Saskatchewan. To view the Livestreaming of the service go to Fletcher Funeral Chapel & Cremation Services Facebook page 5 minutes prior to the start time. Donations in memory of Joyce may be made to Fillmore Health Centre at Box 246, Fillmore, SK, S0G 1N0 or Allan Blair Cancer Clinic at 4101 Dewdney Avenue, Regina, SK , S4T 7T1. Condolences may be left at www.fletcherfuneralchapel.com article continues below