Country 105

Last May, a day on her grandparents’ acreage near Sundre took a terrible turn for 12-year-old Zoey. As she and her sister tried going left down a gravel road, their side by side flipped and trapped Zoey underneath. Zoey says she’s never felt such intense pain. Her right leg was crushed and the increasing pressure…

To say that Cyril loves the game of football is an understatement. Growing up, he’s always played and trained hard to be the best he can be. Most recently, he’s been a defensive linebacker on his high school team – the All Saints Legends. And last summer, he was selected for Team Alberta’s entry in…

Six-year-old Connor writes love letters to his favourite doctor. Perhaps that’s because Dr. Fermin has cared for him since he was a baby… or maybe it’s because they sometimes have water fights using her syringes. Connor’s parents, Amanda and Scott, say there are a lot of reasons their family loves Dr. Fermin and the whole…

It was supposed to be a fun evening celebrating a friend’s birthday. Instead, for Chloe and her family, that February evening last year ended up in Emergency following a life-threatening accident at a birthday party with trampolines. Chloe was bouncing on one of the trampolines when an older child doing flips landed on top of…

Even as an active family, the Loewen kids have never had to rely on the Alberta Children’s Hospital. Today, Brayden and his family are so grateful it was there for him when he unexpectedly needed it following a snowboarding accident just last week. Brayden was snowboarding at Winsport with some friends, practicing his tricks in…

The world needs more people like this family. With two healthy children in elementary school, Mom Sam and Dad Matt thought about adding one more. It was their kids, Charlotte and Dylan, who suggested they adopt a child who needs a home. That’s how they met sweet joyful Olivia. Olivia loves being in the pool,…

During Sheena’s pregnancy, one of the two babies had stopped growing so her twins, Caley and Mackenna, were delivered early, at 30 weeks. Caley was especially small – only 1 lb. 7 oz. – and spent the first three months of her life in intensive care. However, true to her name, which means “Brave Warrior”…

In June 2023, Easton’s parents Amanda and Jeff were given the completely unexpected news that their healthy, active nine-year-old boy had a brain tumour which required immediate surgery. Still reeling, just two days later, they walked him into his first 10-hour surgery to remove the mass, followed a few weeks later by another surgery to…

Mia is the “miracle baby” Ivana waited eight long years to meet – when Mia did arrive, Ivana would have to wait another seven months before she could bring her baby home. Mia came into the world at a local hospital at just 24 weeks, weighing but a few grams more than a pound. It…

Raelynn loves watching the Calgary Flames with her dad, so it’s fitting that she also loves visiting Rotary Flames House – a place that has become very special to her and her family. Raelynn was born with a heart defect and has had two open heart surgeries, the first when she was only four months…