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Nursing Week: Celebrating Spark Nurses and PSWs
Nursing Week couldn’t come at a more poignant time given the current pandemic crisis. At a local level, our healthcare providers are working around the clock: full time, overtime, and then some to help save lives and comfort those in need. At Spark, we believe Nursing Week should be celebrated...
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A Boy, A Bird, and A Nurse
Spark Stories
When 2020 arrived, no one could have guessed how many challenges the world would be facing in such a short period of time. Medically-fragile and immunocompromised children felt the impact of the global pandemic in a big way. They were forced to stay in the safety of their own homes...
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Alea de Castro: Fearless on the Frontline
Spark Stories
There are those of us in life who know our path before we take it. While others paths’ choose them – long before they begin to travel the road unknown. Alea de Castro, a registered nurse in both Ontario and British Columbia, was recently crowned Spark Lifecare’s “Ontario Healthcare Hero”....
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