Letters to the Editor polishes reader submissions
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Costly long distance care drains family after accident
Laurie Wallington details the medical ordeal of sister Diane Wallington who survived a severe car crash on April 25 1998. Diane has required 12 trips to University of Alberta Hospital Edmonton including five surgeries and frequent travels to Chetwynd Dawson Creek and Edmonton. The family explains repeated hospital stays a neck collar months of care and ongoing planned surgeries creating heavy financial strain and requests support for the young mother and her seven year old son Braden.
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Tam
Diane Wallington
Chetwynd
Dawson Creek
Edmonton
Diane
University of Alberta
Braden
Singulair praised as asthma relief by local reader
Geoff Kennedy writes to share his wife’s experience with Singulair, claiming one daily pill since last year has put her chronic asthma under control unlike steroid inhalers. He notes side effects like abdominal pain and headache are mild, costs $3 per pill not covered by BC Medical, and urges doctors to trial the drug for patients, including children, while acknowledging not all cases will respond.
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Chetwynd
Singulair
T.V
Chetwynd Centre Receives $1000 Donation Aid
Angella Lafortune accepts a $1000 donation from Bob Lafleur of Northern B.C. Enterprises to repair and repaint the Chetwynd Women's Resource Centre building on South Access road. Wayne Christensen, owner of Northern B.C. Enterprises, may volunteer at the centre.
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Angella Lafortune
The
Chetwynd Women’s Resource
Bob Lafleur
Northern B.C. Enterprises
Wayne Christensen
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Chetwynd Women’s Resource Centre