Inspire: Whether downtown or in Jamaica, Sudbury teen is driven ‘to shape a better world’
‘Helping someone may not change the world, but it will change the world for that person’
Feb 12, 2021 12:00 PM By: Marlene Holkko Moore 1 / 1 While on vacation in Jamaica in 2016, Darquise Frappier (age 11 at the time) was inspired to help underprivileged children in that island country, and her desire to help the less fortunate, both at home and abroad, is shared by her entire family.Supplied
Learning and living her cultural roots are important to 16-year-old Darquise Frappier, who incorporates her faith, talents and Métis heritage into everyday life and community.
Smooth Rock Falls Hospital receives $10K from NOSM
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Smooth Rock Falls Hospital is getting $10,000 from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. Hospital foundation president Marielle Cousineau says the hospital won a NOSM challenge with help of some of community over the Christmas Break. She adds that the money will be put to good use.
“We purchased three portable lifts for the long term care unit of the hospital,” she said. “The staff is quite excited about that.”
Cousineau says the equipment will make it easier to move long term care patients who have various medical issues.
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Lawyers for Laurentian University say insolvency proceedings are about whether the school can be ‘saved’ and that politics should play no role in the process.
“With respect, this is not a political issue,” D.J. Miller said during a hearing on Wednesday before Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz. “This proceeding is about whether or not Laurentian University can be saved. This is not a platform for political or policy platforming to take place.”
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