Today, at McGuire Lake, I had the pleasure of meeting Rori, a retired OR nurse.   What was exciting for me about meeting Rori is she worked under Dr. A.D. McKenzie, a general surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital many years ago.   For those who have heard of Dr. Don McKenzie, this is his father.   Rori shared a couple of her OR stories of how she assisted Dr. MacKenzie in breast cancer surgeries.  As well, she was quite familiar with Dr. Don McKenzie’s success

Today, a group of ladies from the Shuswap Dragon Boat Society, Friends Abreast, prepared 300 carnations with tags to hand out to women as a reminder that it is Breast Cancer Awareness Month which means it is time to book your mammogram.  This has been a long standing tradition with the team.  Glenda Lapine, a new paddler this year, allowed me to take her photo along with these two recipients near Canadian Tire. The lady on the scooter had her battery die so a Canadian Tire employee cam

Audrey Szafranski was one of the founding members of the Shuswap Dragon Boat Society.  During her time with Friends Abreast, she was an eager, reliable and active member until 2012.  Audrey rarely missed a practice or a festival. As well as being a breast cancer survivor, she lived with diabetes and focussed on keeping up her fitness.  After Audrey was no longer able to paddle regularly, she always came to the Salmon Arm Festival to take part in the Carnation Ceremony which was ve