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Owen Bisal, a member of the 5th Tsartlip Scout Troop, releases a trout into Elk Lake on Monday to mark the start of the spring fishing season. The Elk Lake Trout Release is one of the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C.’s annual fish releases. The trout are raised at the Vancouver Island Trout Hatchery in Duncan.
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Saanich man backs Cancer Society campaign after saving his twin’s life Christine van Reeuwyk News staff
Gerald Heron left cancer treatment feeling alive again, and a little guilty, says his twin John Heron. Gerald was diagnosed in Toronto
with terminal non-Hodgkin’s Mantle cell lymphoma which had no conventional cure. He underwent seven months of chemotherapy, full body radiation, a stem cell transplant and 18 months of isolation. “You get to meet a lot of other cancer patients waiting for their stem cell transplant that may never happen because they don’t have a donor,” John says. “It would mean the world to so many people.” John, who lives in Saanich and drives for BC Transit, was integral in
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saving his identical sibling’s life. “He was fortunate enough to have most, if not all, of his cancer cells eradicated which would allow him to get my stem cells … a rebirth so to speak,” says John. “There (are) so many people not getting matches or donors and they remain in jeopardy.” For John, donating meant three hours connected intravenously to a machine that separated the stem cells. PLEASE SEE: Transit joins cancer fight, Page A7
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