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Make a Wish celebrates 40th anniversary with World Wish Day
Description
April 28, 2023
This weekend, Make a Wish Canada is celebrating 40 years of granting life-changing wishes to critically ill children. Saturday is World Wish Day, marking the anniversary of the first wish in 1980 that was granted to a 6-year-old leukemia patient in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Make a Wish celebrates 40th anniversary with World Wish Day00:59 | April 28, 2023
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Crews battle huge fire in Dunbar area of Vancouver03:18 | August 7, 2024
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Water begins moving overtop of Chilcotin River landslide site02:39 | August 5, 2024
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Make a Wish celebrates 40th anniversary with World Wish Day00:59 | April 28, 2023
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Life and legacy of former B.C. premier John Horgan18:57 | 3 hours ago
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Oak Bay police investigating after bus driver assaulted00:30 | August 19, 2024
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Emergency room closures around B.C. due to staffing shortages01:57 | August 19, 2024
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Global BC Curious Minds: BCIT’s nursing simulation spaces01:28 | August 15, 2024
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Railways prepare for possible work stoppage01:57 | August 15, 2024
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Kitsilano apartment building fire displaces residents01:56 | August 14, 2024
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Crews battle huge fire in Dunbar area of Vancouver03:18 | August 7, 2024
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Water begins moving overtop of Chilcotin River landslide site02:39 | August 5, 2024
Make a Wish celebrates 40th anniversary with World Wish Day
Description
April 28, 2023
This weekend, Make a Wish Canada is celebrating 40 years of granting life-changing wishes to critically ill children. Saturday is World Wish Day, marking the anniversary of the first wish in 1980 that was granted to a 6-year-old leukemia patient in Phoenix, Arizona.
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