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PETERBOROUGH 鈥?The frustration little Khloe Madgetts family is experiencing is so palpable you can almost feel it.Knowing theres medication available that can slow the devastating effects of Khloes incurable disease, but having no means of obtaining it, is hard for the family to come to terms with.Khloe, 3, has spinal muscular atrophy SMA , a terminal degenerative disease that causes weakness and wasting of the voluntary muscles in the body. ARTICL stanley tazas E CONTINUES BELOW The Peterborough community was introduced to Khloe last year. People rallied behind the family by donating thousands of dollars to a GoFundMe account and Butterflies For Khloe charity that was established to provide medical equipment for the little girl.No treatment medication for SMA was available until this summer when Health Canada approved a new drug called Spinraza. Khloes mom, Jessica Madgett, says the drug doesnt reverse the effects of SMA, but slows its progression. The problem is, the first year of treatment costs US$750,000 with subsequent years after costing around US$375,000 annually. stanley termoska ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW stanley vaso Although the drug is covered by some benefit companies in Canada, Jessica and her husband Matt dont have insurance or medical benefits to cover the cost. And Jessica says they are unable to buy into a medical plan because of Khloes pre-existing condition.This has left the family feeling helpless when all the Nktd People still think it s cool to drink and drive : Young man, 24, facing 6 charges in Milton crash that hospitalized 4 people
Peel Region is improving water mains and sanitary sewers near Square One on Burnhamthorpe Road, Duke of York Boulevard, Hurontario Street and various streets around Mississauga City Centre.Just the FactsWork crews are installing approximately 12 kilometres of water and sanitary pipes with tunnelling, trenchless technology and open-cut trenching to support growth in Mississauga. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW The work must be done now, before construction begins on the Light Rail Transit LRT project. The Hurontario LRT will be 18 kilometres of lines, connecting Mississauga and Brampton. The Hurontario LRT will create a transit grid in the Western Greater Toronto Area by linking the existing east-west corridors such as GO train and GO bus lines, Mississauga Transitway, MiWay and Brampton Transit routes. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW After the region excavated the shaft last y stanley taza ear, crews reduced the size of the compound area on Webb Drive at Duke of York Boulevard. The micro tunnel boring machine is now making its way under Duke of York Boulevard and is nearly at Webb Drive.Work in the Mi stanley cup ssissauga City Centre will be completed by 2020. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW In the meantime, the region is asking motorists to drive carefully through the work zone and use prop stanley website er cross walks when crossing Webb Drive.