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TROY, N.Y. — In a large formal ceremony, Mayor Patrick Madden oversaw the promotion of four members of the Troy Fire Department, and the hiring of seventeen new firefighters. The ceremony was held at the Franklin Terrace Ballroom, where supportive families, city and state officials, and current members of the Fire Department packed the room […]
Posted: Mar 11, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: March 11 Pierette Leblanc, a resident at the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre in Ottawa, is one of many residents who went without hugs, visits and daily activities for a year.(CBC) Over the past year, COVID-19 has taken the lives of more than 3,700 long-term care residents in Ontario. For residents at one of the province's biggest care homes, the Perley and Rideau Veterans' Health Centre in Ottawa, it's been a year without hugs, visits, outside excursions and daily activities. Residents there are desperate for interaction, sad abou...