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1 OPINION COLD CASE PROJECT KEEPS UNSOLVED INVESTIGATIONS IN PUBLIC EYE SIGN UP FOR OUR UNSOLVED NEWSLETTER . AND RECEIVE AN ARTICLE - EACH WEEK, LORI ~ MARTIN SAYS LORI MARTIN Column ESET, It's about trust. Our relation- ship with our readers is built on transparency, honesty and integ- rity. As such, we have launched a trust initiative to tell you who we are and how and why we do what we do. This article is part of that project. A vivid mental image of Syl- via Rudge cherishing the earring she helped remove from her daughter's ear the last time she saw Amanda, 27, started report- er Louie Rosella's cold case sto- . ry. » Published online on April 2, 2017, the story of Amanda Rudge's disappearance was the first in an ongoing series by Tor- star Corporation Community Brand journalists. What began as a digital pro- ject of nine community websites to tell stories about unsolved po- lice investigations has expanded to include all 27 Torstar commu- nity sites and the Hamilton Spec- tator. 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We welcome your questions and value your comments. Email our trust committee at - trust@metroland.com. ili PURCHASE LE STORE FOR OF TALS LET'S REFOCUS MEDICINE TO QUALITY OF LIFE FAMILIES SHOULD TALK ABOUT IT. WRITES NADIA ALAM NADIA ALAM Column All life comes to an end. As a family doctor who pro- vides palliative care, I'm acutely aware of that fact. Having cared for patients who are frail and elderly, I'm also aware that we are living longer than ever before. Many of us are living well into our 80s and 90s. Medicine can do a lot to prolong life. But it doesn't always mean that we should. More is not always better. As a society, we must be able to talk about not just what a good life looks like, but what a good death looks like. I'm not just talking about med- ical assistance in dying. I'm talk- ing about when to stop life-pro- longing treatment. When to refo- cus medicine on quality of life, not quantity. None of us knows when our time will come. But when life-threatening ill- ness strikes, we have a choice: in- vestigate and try and treat it, or fo- cus our attention on comfort and time with loved ones while nature takes its course. This is an important consider- Brett J Strano, CFP®, FMA, CIWM Financial Advisor 330 Bronte Strest South' Suite 217 Milton, ON LOT iva 905-864-9969 ation at any and all stages of our lives. In fact, my husband and I have had conversations around advance care planning. It becomes especially signifi- cant the older we grow. Each ill- ness takes its toll. Each illness im- pacts overall quality of life. Patients do not return to what they were before their illnesses. I had the privilege of caring for a patient who took the time to talk to his family about his life -and his death. This doesn't always happen. "And it should. I encourage you all to talk to your family and help them understand the kind of life you want to live, the extent of ag- gressive treatment that you want, and what a good death means for you. In fact, when my patient be- came suddenly unresponsive, his daughters could speak up for him. After we discussed all the options, they told me that he would not want more done. Had I automatically sent him to uejpeue) uo | | 0 6102 'LZ Jequanon 'Aepsiny] | uoidwey the Emergency Department, he . would have endured IVs, blood draws, chest x-rays, CT scans and other tests. Instead, he chose to stop. We fo- cused on keeping him comfortable and pain-free. Giving him the dig- nified death that he wanted. This is what a-good death looks like. Like I said, there is a lot that medicine can do nowadays. What that means needs due consider- ation by you and your family. For those looking for more guidance, check out www.advan- cecareplanning.ca. Nadia Alam is a Georgetown physician and past president of the Ontario Medical Association. Her columns also appears on www.medium.com/@docsch- madia. She can be reached at nadia.alam@oma.org. Financial solutions are around the corner. Carlee MacQueen Financial Advisor 310 Main Street East Suite 103 Milton, ON LOT 1P4 905-864-6959 Edward Jones MAKING SENSE OF INVESTING woo uoyeyapISuI