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4. But he's not short on guts.

. ¢ The St. Thomas Aquinas student has dark brow n hair, sharp brown eyes,
SF and a smattering of freckles across his nose.

He's a huge moyie fan, like his older brother Max? You cant name a movie

the hasn’t seen, He loves to watch Seinfeld and Family Guy, and he alse, likes

TWO years ago, he was also an-avid succer player, practising up to six days
week; and running to'keep in shape. .

So when he first felt a pain in his left knee, he thought it was sports: relat-.
ed — and so did the series of doctors his mom Barbara took him’tw as the
pain ‘grew worse, When a knee specialist said it was a torn cartilage, his mom
didn't believe it.

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ats the overwhelming, message _ business rated a 3.6; federal taxes for
eceived sby! the | North » Vancouver... businesses drew a 3.45. ratings and
Chamber of Commerce (NVCC) fol provincial debt'and delicit reduction
ving a survey Of its'700-plus mem- ©’ scored third at 3.4, Also coming, incat
bership. of businesses in the City and. fourth and fifth were municipal taxes
istrict of North: Vancouver. relative’ to.‘services provided wand
: -NVCC. first polled its mem-- WCB regulations and rates, :
bership in the summer of last yearand “The North Shore has the highest

allowed up. with 2 second yound of (rate of) home-based businesses in ‘all . : ; Wa CS : ;
; of B.C..” said Judi Ainsworth, Presi “Two years ago, Eric Kaario | was diagnosed. with osteogenic carcoma— the same type of cancer

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