Second-year med student in Sudbury receives prestigious award

A former refugee from Syria whose family settled in Capreol has been honoured as a second-year student at NOSM University by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.

MANILA, Philippines — The 15-year-old student who died shielding his classmates during the June 22 school shooting in Tacloban City was posthumously honored with the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Heroes Award, alongside school staff recognized for their bravery during the attack. In a ceremony on Monday at the DepE