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Scott’s story: Tragedy and lessons learned
Stories of Hope
June 5, 2025
On June 16, 2012, the world changed for us and we did not even know. The phone rang into the night, and we answered to learn that a stage had collapsed at a show at Downsview Park in Toronto and Scott was “missing”.
Wilfred Hovius and the Dresden Tragedy
Stories of Hope
May 1, 2025
Wilfred Hovius will forever be 19. The promise that his life held could only be fulfilled by his sisters and brothers, but I’m certain he would be proud to see them today.
What trauma looks like
Stories of Hope
January 30, 2025
It was still an hour before I was supposed to wake up for the night shift, so I was a little groggy when I answered. That was until I heard the words “You need to get here now. It’s bad”. I was awake.
Touched by Tragedy
Stories of Hope
December 18, 2024
by Wildred Langmaid – My grandfather … suddenly became ill in his early 50s, and was eventually bedridden with what the local doctor dubbed stonecutter’s consumption.