Thirteen Canadians being detained in Ethiopia, including a dentist from Olds, have been granted bail. Dr. Jared Ord was one of the volunteers detained while taking part in a two-week expedition with Canadian Humanitarian, a Medicine Hat-based non-profit agency that…
Olds dentist Dr. Jared Ord is one of 13 Canadian aid workers being held in Ethiopia, his wife said Monday. “Yes, he is one of the one’s being held,” said Lindsay Ord said from her Olds home on Monday afternoon.…
Internet trolls have sucked the fun out of a feel-good story told last weekend. A teenager in Milton received a $500 reward for turning in a package she found that had about $30,000 worth of cash and cheques inside. The…
When people go on vacation because they need a break, they tend to go somewhere relaxing. When dentist Shannon Barker takes a break, he climbs a mountain. Not just any mountain, either. Barker specifically seeks out the highest summit on each…
A Guelph dentist and her daughter were among the passengers on the plane that crashed in Iran Wednesday. Dr. Parisa Eghbalian, 42, and her daughter, Reera Esmaeilion, 9, were on the flight that departed Tehran’s International airport and crashed into…
The Academy of General Dentistry has installed Neil Gajjar, DDS, MAGD, of Mississaugua, Ontario as the organization’s new president. Dr. Gajjar is the second Canadian and the youngest AGD member elected to the seat of president. The newly installed president…
Papneja, whose family migrated from Bhatti Chak near Gujranwala in Pakistan to India during the Partition, is known as one of the most successful dentists in Canada. He is equally well-known for promoting education among India’s underprivileged rural children through the concept of student hostels.…
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