When Prairie Hospice Society received a donation of tickets to the SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, we immediately thought of two of our clients. They had always loved music and being part of the life and energy of Saskatoon. Like so…
The wheels of the car hum as we drive across the bridge, they seem hollow, and they buzz against the pavement. It’s the only sound. I’m silent as is my occupant, a client whom I’m driving home from the Cancer…
Gail Bissett is a passionate person; she’s one of those people who laughs loudly, has many interests, is positive and upbeat, and is very engaging. She has travelled extensively, has reached her goal of visiting every continent on Earth, including…
Having lived in the town of Nokomis for 47 years, Marilyn Steve-Zorn never expected to move to the city. In Nokomis, she had a lovely two-storey home, a huge garden with mature fruit trees on a triple lot, lifelong friends.…
For the last 17 years of her career, Dawn worked at John Dolan, a school in Saskatoon that serves students with multiple disabilities. With a Masters Degree in Exceptional Education, she worked half-time in the classrooms and half-time as Vice…
Her Royal Highness “Princess Callie” and her courtier Jim are well known in the Prairie Hospice Society community. Together they do a lot of volunteering, and “the princess” has become something of a star. However, Callie wasn’t always treated like…
Life was wonderful and busy for Ed and his wife Wendy: two grown families and grandchildren from their previous marriages; hockey; kaiser; travel; friends. While Ed had retired from his job as a federal meat inspector, Wendy still worked full-time…
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There were three seminal stories around death and dying that made a huge impact on me many years ago. These accounts haunted me, changed me … and instilled in me a thirst and a quest to learn better how to…
“I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.” – Abraham Lincoln Throughout her life, Joyce Comeault lived in a…