NL team happy to help fellow Canadians
He’s usually one of the ones getting on the plane, but Andrew Furey was at St. John’s International Airport Tuesday as Newfoundland and Labrador’s premier to see off his wife, Allison, and eight other medical professionals on a unique relief mission within Canada’s own borders.
The team three doctors, a nurse practitioner and five registered nurses is a contingent sent to Ontario via a Canadian Forces Hercules transport plane to help alleviate the burden on health-care workers in that province.
They gathered for a sendoff in a small military hangar on a wet and windy morning about an hour before departing.
There are thousand reasons to feel good in Timmins: settlement worker
Simone Amagnamoua says Timmins is a small community and has everything people need to succeed.
Amagnamoua, 38, who is from Cameroon, recently joined Collège Boréal as a settlement worker. She provides newcomers free orientation and settlement services and offers information on housing, employment, healthcare and education.
In her new role, she wants to help all newcomers make the most of the services offered to them so they can achieve their goals. She also wants to help them integrate into the city because there are thousands of reasons to feel good here.
Prince Philip leaves lasting legacy in community through awards program
She didn’t always jump at opportunities when they presented themselves, but learning how to get out of her comfort zone and do just that has set Aurora resident Julia Garbe on the road to her future.
Ms. Garbe, an engineering student at the University of Waterloo, is currently in a dream internship at Apple, a long way away from when she first tentatively joined the robotics team at King’s Country Day School. It’s a fulfilling step towards a fulfilling future, but a path she might not be on right now without the Duke of Edinburgh and the international awards program for students he founded which still bears his name.
There s joy in Jumboville, again.
Author of the article: Eric Bunnell • Special to Postmedia Network
Publishing date: Apr 08, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 7 minute read • An artist s rendering of a new roundabout on Fairview Avenue at Bill Martyn Parkway shows a sculpture of St. Thomas baseball great Jack Glad Graney batting against a young star of the future, while Glad s dog, Larry, looks on. (Submitted image)
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Mighty Glad is at bat.
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(This, with abject apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer, author of Casey at the Bat. He must just spin in his grave every time some hack goes to work on his great ballad.)
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