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Your LOCAL Media since 1918! VOLUME 107: ISSUE 45
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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
First two health care scholarship recipients awarded
CARC Chair Cyndy Heslin presented Mason Canney with the $1,000 cheque as TAHF Chair Brenda Chehade, right, presented Kaitlyn Suchy with her certificate the successful scholarship applicant on Monday, June 30. PHOTO SUPPLIED and cheque. PHOTO SUPPLIED Kari Janzen Staff Reporter
The very first recipients of the Tofield and Area Health Foundation (TAHF) and the Community Attraction and Retention Committee (CARC) scholarships were announced on Monday, June 30, awarded to Kaitlyn Suchy and Mason Canney. The scholarships support students pursuing careers in the health care and medical fields, with the goal of strengthening health services in rural communities. The brandnew $1,000 scholarships will be awarded annually to successful applicants each June. Suchy, of Holden, has enrolled in the Medical Laboratory Technology program and TAHF Chair Brenda Chehade said Suchy plans to work rurally. “Kaitlyn would like to specialize in a specific area like clinical chemistry, microbiology, or hematology. Once her
schooling is complete, she would like to return to her rural roots to give back,” Chehade said. The CARC scholarship recipient, Canney, is from Tofield and is working on his second year diploma of Social Work at the University nuhelot’įne thaiyots’į nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills in St. Paul. “Mason will be in school for five years, as
he wants to specialize in Indigenous studies,” CARC Chair Cyndy Heslin said. “He plans to get his Bachelor’s in social work. Mason is of Cree ancestry and wants to help Indigenous Peoples navigate this oftenchanging world. We look forward to hearing from Mason in the future as he becomes the amazing social worker he aspires to
be,” she said. Chehade said that Canney’s career goal is “to become a social worker who helps Indigenous men, reconnect with themselves through landbased healing, cultural teachings, and honest conversation.” Chehade said Canney would also like to come back to rural areas like Beaver County when he has finished his
education. Chehade said that they received nine applications in this first year that the scholarships have been offered. “We were pleased with the number of applicants and hopefully we see more in the years to come. Thank you to all who applied. A scholarship committee was formed with board mem-
bers from both CARC and the Health Foundation. I’m happy to finally see this project come to fruition. We wish both recipients well as they further their education in the health care field,” Chehade said. “CARC is honoured to help the recipients, in our small way, to achieve these great goals,” Heslin said.
The Tofield Fire Department recently presented a cheque to the Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation, a total of $1,000 from the sale of the department's calendars that were distributed last fall. L-R: Bill Fawcett, Sam Hofmeyer, Shane Hnybida, Peter Jowle, Stephan Wuthrich, Krysten Hoculak, Kevin Moos, Stollery representative Joanna Begg Pattison, Brandon Ray, Jaamie Olfert, Wyatt Herklotz, Dave Ferguson, Mitch Ewasiw, Chad Rezewski. PHOTO SUPPLIED