the end

A ‘wild-child’ with a compassionate heart and 70 tattoos, she loved risk-taking and joined the Reserve as a teen. She found her calling as a paramedic.

A nurse and mother, she was always helping and on the go. She effortlessly hosted extended-family events and games.

After a liver transplant at the age of five, he became national news. He dreamed of becoming a police officer and living a normal life.

His father insisted he learn to play the fiddle, as he did his kids. Each year, they hosted P.E.I.’s Rollo Bay Fiddle Festival.

From an early age, she had a big personality and a love of drama. Itching for adventure, she travelled overseas to teach.

A Manitoba farmboy who started his own business and recorded an album under the pseudonym Steel Audrey, he developed a successful tech career

From childhood, he had a passion for vehicles. Though he sometimes worked 18-hour days, he also loved to relax by camping and ATVing.

Taken by B.C.’s beauty, he left the RAF to move to Vernon. He became a realtor with a passion for acting and building.

He grew up playing hockey on Hamilton’s streets before becoming a mailman on a route where he knew everyone’s name

She stood just four foot ten, but, ever persistent, could lure a yes out of anybody. At 21 she became a gold miner, just like her father.