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Marcia Carr: Nursing career, the pandemic’s effect on seniors, and more

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Spotlight We recently caught up with Marcia Carr (nee Hirano), an accomplished healthcare professional of nur...

Tribute to Nurses

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The week to commemorate nurses in Canada is May 10-16, 2021 for National Nursing Week. A week does not seem lo...

Meet Tomo

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Volunteer Spotlight Meet Tomo L., a volunteer that enjoys lending a helping hand at Nimi Nikkei Home and at Nikk...

Meet Ayako

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Volunteer Spotlight Meet Ayako I., one of our volunteers at Nimi Nikkei Home. She is 84 years old and hails orig...

Meet Seiko

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Meet Seiko K., one of our volunteers at Nimi Nikkei Home, as well as a resident of our New Sakura-so seniors indepe...

Meet Eiji Yoshikawa, who is keeping up the good fight!

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Volunteer Spotlight Eiji is 60 years young. He was born in Japan in Shikoku, and grew up in a Buddhist temple si...

Honouring Our Volunteers

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It is with grateful hearts that we salute “Volunteers” during Volunteer Week and, indeed, throughout the year.&nbsp...

Students from Gladstone Secondary sent special messages to residents

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Students from Gladstone Secondary School sent special messages to seniors living at Nimi Nikkei Home during Valenti...

Luck’s got nothing to do with it

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On this St. Patrick’s day, we are reminded that it isn’t thanks to “luck” that we are successfully battling and kee...

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