Prosthetic

• A N.B. man was disfigured in a car crash. A prosthetic from a former spy changed his life

  A retired CIA disguise expert has helped a New Brunswick man gain his life back after a car crash with a hyper-realistic prosthetic.

  Canada

  Oct 16, 2024
  
• Calgary grandson, grandfather share incredible connection over artificial limbs

  Overcoming adversity can bring families closer. That's certainly the case for a Calgary family. A grandfather and his grandson have a connection that can only be explained as fate.

  Features

  Jul 3, 2023
  
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• ‘Extremely difficult’: Ontario man homeless after leg amputation

  From working as a carpenter and business owner for 52 years, the 69-year-old now lives in his broken-down Dodge pickup truck in an Oakville shopping plaza.

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2023
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• Alberta man walks in new prosthetic leg thanks to outpouring of community support

  The gofundme, along with outside donations, surmounted to $86,700 -- covering the new prosthesis and then some.

  Canada

  Oct 14, 2021
• Winnipeg police looking to reunite owner with missing leg

  Winnipeg police say they have a prosthetic leg in evidence that was turned in on Sept. 28 and are still trying to track down its owner.

  Canada

  Oct 5, 2021
• Alberta man who survived 3 days crushed under ATV needs new prosthetic leg

  A southwest Alberta man who spent three days crushed under an ATV 13 years ago is in need of a new prosthetic leg.

  Features

  Sep 3, 2021
• Montreal woman gets first osseointegration surgery in Canada

  Osseointegration is being publicly funded for the first time in Canada.

  Health

  Nov 8, 2019
• Life after double amputation: How a Calgary man is giving hope to others

  Ward Stene opted to stay positive following his amputation, saying although he lost a part of himself, he ended up finding something extraordinary.

  Health

  Oct 25, 2019
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• Teen builds his own robotic prosthetic arm using Lego

  David Aguilar has built himself a robotic prosthetic arm using Lego pieces after being born without a right forearm due to a rare genetic condition.

  Health

  Feb 7, 2019
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• 3 mind-blowing health innovations from Edmonton in 2017

  From scalpel-free brain surgery to the most advanced prosthetic arm in the world, here's a look at three health innovations to come out of Edmonton in 2017.

  Health

  Dec 21, 2017