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Little Warriors’ Be Brave Ranch

Little Warriors moves forward in its goal to build Be Brave Ranch for child sexual abuse victims.

Twins celebrate record-breaking kidney transplant

In December 1960, 12-year-old Johanna Nightengale received a kidney from her identical twin sister Lana. They’re still the youngest pair to undergo the surgery, and are currently the oldest kidney recipient and donor pair.

The five biggest weight loss myths debunked

As Canadians start 'beach body' routines in an effort to shed their winter weight, Global News debunks the five biggest weight loss myths.

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Cancer rates

The death toll cancer takes in Canada is on the decline, fuelled in large part by the fact that lung cancer is killing fewer Canadian men than it did in earlier decades.

Local boy’s road to recovery after brain injury

Four years after Global News first met Connor Street, Su-ling Goh has an update on this inspiring boy who - after suffering brain injuries and blindness, is paving the road to recovery with a lot of support from his family.

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A Perfect Match

Eight-year-old Noel Young has travelled to Maryland to receive the life saving bone marrow transplant he so desperately needs.  

Edmonton doctor being awarded national grant for prostate cancer research

A University of Alberta cancer researcher is being awarded a 200,000 dollar National grant from the Canadian Cancer Society.

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Su-Ling Goh

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