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They gave their
tomorrows for
our today
Remembrance Day is more important now than
ever.
In our increasingly digital, social media, reality
TV- focused age, it seems hard to get a few minutes of
silence to reflect.
Let alone enough time to sit down with a good history
book and learn about the past.
As a society, we're at risk of forgetting our history. In
1945 there were over a million Canadian Second World
War veterans. Today there are only around 90,000.
We must keep their stories alive and those of all veter-
ans. We must remember the men and women who gave
their lives for our freedoms.
Nov. 11 doesn't do all of this. But it does give us pause,
if only for a moment, to remember that this matters.
People come from all over the world to make Canada
their home. We are a stable country where people are
free to follow their dreams and exercise their liberties.
At times, world events have put this at risk. Since Con-
federation, Canadian soil has largely been peaceful. But
we've had to go abroad to contain other menaces and
help other people.
Remembrance Day recognizes the role played by veter-
ans in the First World War, Second World War and the
Korean War.
It also remembers the sacrifices made by the Canadian
Forces in Afghanistan, Egypt, Somalia, Rwanda, the Bal-
kans "1 the list goes on.
Sure, not everyone likes the political climate behind
these missions. But that's not what Remembrance Day is
about.
Sadly, there are people who want to dishonour this
non-partisan occasion. The misguided white poppy cam-
paign argues Remembrance Day promotes war, violence
and the militarization of society.
Not so. We encourage them to put the white poppy
away and simply reflect on the solemn events happening
Nov. 11.
Lives were lost. Families torn apart. All so we could live
in freedom. That's something we should all take a
moment to recognize.
To quote John McCrae's In Flanders Fields:
"To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be
yours to hold it high."
Thank you to all of our veterans for your service. We
will always hold the torch high for you and make sure
future generations of Canadians do the same.
Lest we forget.
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The Campbell family: Nicole, Scott, Lisa, Dave and Matthew.
Despite life's obstacles,
Campbell skates on into
the future
On a recent Friday night, Scott
Campbell was out on the ice,
helping out at the practice of a
Seaforth hockey team.
It's the sort of thing the young
man hopes to do more often.
"The more normal things are
for him, the happier he is," says
mom Lisa.
Ice time is a dream come true
for a young man accustomed to
doctors' visits and hospital stays,
aggressive medical treatments
and the energy -sucking side
effects.
It started with a strange rash
behind the knee. For six years,
Scott saw doctors and specialists
and was told it could be eczema,
psoriasis, or allergies.
The rash would flare up and
recede but it came back with
such a vengeance one year that
more than 90 per cent of his body
was covered.
At Sunnybrook Hospital in
2008, Scott was diagnosed with
Mycosis fungoides and soon after
that, Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Treatment started
immediately.
"We spent the next four years
going back and forth to Sick Kids
Column
Paul Cluff
(hospital) for either treatment or
follow-up," Lisa said. That
included chemotherapy and
radiation. Through all that time,
they were never able to get into
Ronald McDonald House, even
for a night.
After he turned 18, in the sum-
mer of 2011, Scott saw the same
oncologist that he visited in 2008.
The doctor looked at his blood
count and liver enzymes, which
were skyrocketing. A bone mar-
row tap and CT scan were com-
pleted. After a liver biopsy, Scott
was diagnosed with non Hodg-
kin Lymphoma. In the fall of
2011, Scott underwent more
chemotherapy in preparation for
a stem cell transplant.
"It was an auto transplant, he
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