GF Strong

• Rick Hansen reflects on 50 years since his rehabilitation journey began

  Rick Hansen said he is also working to address the lack of a centralized rehabilitation strategy in B.C. and has been in talks with the province.

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  Nov 15, 2023
  
• ‘You can get through it’: Paralyzed B.C. snowboarder hopeful for future

  Twenty-eight-year-old Brennan Noeth was paralyzed in a snowboarding accident in Whistler in May.

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  Jun 28, 2023
  
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• Vancouver homicide detectives looking for new information in Marpole double murder

  Police said the 65-year-old Mah-Jones and 68-year-old Jones were killed at the home near West 64th Avenue and Hudson Street on Sept. 26. 

  Oct 3, 2017
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• ‘A terrible nightmare’: B.C. man left a paraplegic after boat collides with humpback in Haida Gwaii

  Mike Hamill’s life violently changed when his guided fishing boat collided with a humpback whale in Haida Gwaii.

  Sep 6, 2017
• Parenting with a disability: Spinal cord injury

  Parenting is often called the “hardest job,” even more for Janie Gaudet, who had to learn how to parent while coping with a disability.

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  Oct 27, 2016
• 3-time B.C. Paralympian returns to rehab centre to encourage others with disabilities

  Thirty-two-year-old wheelchair rugby player Trevor Hirschfield is hoping to complete his medal set in Rio. The Vancouver Island native and two-time Paralympian won a bronze medal in Beijing, silver in London, but his sights are set on the ultimate prize when he travels to Brazil’s capital this Thursday to take part in the Paralympics. Ironically, Hirschfield never...

  Aug 30, 2016
• Exoskeleton suit comes to B.C. to help those rehabilitating

  It may have been originally designed for military applications, but today an exoskeleton is helping people in B.C. recover from injuries that would have been crippling a generation ago.

  Jan 17, 2015
• Young man who suffered complete liver failure finally moved to rehab centre

  Geoff's family says they were told he would be discharged to Royal Columbian Hospital and they feared he may end up in a seniors' home.

  Aug 16, 2014
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• After discharge from GF Strong, man fears regression in his rehabilitation

  VANCOUVER, B.C. — Geoff Dunsire, 26, has been an athlete for most of his life. Last July, just three weeks after joining his family on a golf trip, he was rushed to hospital in complete liver failure. The former hockey player was in a coma, on life support and doctors said he wouldn’t survive without a transplant....

  Jul 12, 2014