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January 15 is an important anniversary for Elizabeth (Beth) Cassidy as it marks one year that she was given the gift of life. The 49-year-old went into liver failure in December 2018 as a result of a rare genetic condition called Wilson disease, which causes excessive amounts of copper to accumulate and poison the body. Medication kept her alive, but Cassidy required a donor. After no family members qualified to be a living donor, Cassidy used the media to make a plea and one person stepped forward last December to save Cassidy’s life. The donor, who has remained anonymous until now, is Stacey Wagler, a school teacher from St. Mary School in Massey.
Sault Ste. Marie teachers happy with local decision to close high schools, want elementary kids sent home too
High schoolers in Sault Ste. Marie continue to learn online, under a local public health order that overrules the provincial plan. And teachers are hoping more students will be sent home in the face of rising COVID-19 numbers.
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Posted: Jan 12, 2021 7:04 AM ET | Last Updated: January 12
Students at Sudbury Secondary School wait for a bus wearing masks, while it was deemed unsafe for their counterparts in Sault Ste. Marie to go to class with rising COVID numbers. (Erik White/CBC )
Algoma Public Health instructed school boards not to open their high schools in Sault Ste. Marie as planned on Monday. The directive, first released by APH to…