TEMISKAMING SHORES (Staff) – Can a bracelet help locate a vulnerable person who has wandered from home? A Temiskaming group believes it can. A group representing concerned parents, the Ontario…
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Supporters gathered at the Temiskaming Shores and Area
Chamber of Commerce office to kick off the fundraising drive for a new
initiative to help locate individuals who are prone to wander because of dementia,
for example, or autism or any form of cognitive impairment. On hand were, from
left, Jessica Greening of Kirkland Lake Gold, Betty O’Reilly of the Temiskaming
Shores Lioness Lions Club, OPP Inspector Joel Breault, parent Kim Peddie,
Angèle Paquette of Autism Ontario, parent Sarah Olson, parent Melissa Harmer,
OPP Sergeant Wayne Brunke, Monique Chartrand of Victim Services of Temiskaming
and District, OPP Constable Adam Gauthier, and Victim Services’ Tracy Wheeler.
(Staff photo by Diane Johnston)