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She brought that tadi tion of concern to }II'I TCy home in Toronto, and alse brought along her tuture husband â€" M.oda to share the experienice During their tirst sisit io Sick Kids Hospital thes miet Mina. a deeply spimitual i2 yearcold mure: conerrnied Kim became fast friends with Kreviazuk and Ramne Maida, lead singer of Our Lady Peace when the couple visited her atSick Kids Hospital _ in Toronto in December ul 1998 Kreviazuk had started a traâ€" dition of visiting Jowal hospi tals during the holdays in her native Winnipeg to offer some rehet to those tou sick to go home â€" Our Lady: Peace and Chantai Kreviazuk. Mina Kim was just 13 when she lust her hardâ€" fought battle agaunst an imoperable brain tumor last June. But it‘s the way she lived her life that is still being celâ€" ebrated â€" by her family, friends and two of Canada‘s biggest performing artists A local girl remembered as a beacon of courage durâ€" ing her brave fight against cancer is sull providing "a ray of light" for her family and friends as her voice echoes out at the end of the newest Our Lady Peace sinâ€" gleâ€" Thief Spirit of Waterloo teen Mina Kim lives on in latest single by Our Lady Peace 24 King St. S., Waterlue â€" Raine Maida Our Lady Poave lead suuzer "I just can‘t say enough about how courageous she was." * TravemPlus By Bos VrsaNac Chronicle Staft mss scra.s.: 741â€"0770 ww goligers tray cl.com folfl' ers she could be it was unbe hevable. | wish more people could live like that." Her example also proved to be an inspiration for the Juno award winning couple who decided to carry on her imemeory on their respective "From the outside, if you never | knew, you never would have known how sert ons it was. I pust have greal memories of her simling. bring happy and enjoang being a new teenager "For the dast six nuunths she Ived hike the best persor: "I just can‘t say cnough ubout how couragcous she was." said Maida. "Really, she was the strong one out of everybody. Every time Maida and Kreviazuk visited, whether to celebrate a birthday or just to see how she was doing, she never wavered in hercelebration of life and faith I1 floored Maida to see how Mina wouldnt let the illness prevent her from being a typical teenager who loved music, something she shared in common with the couple. She wouldn‘t let the illâ€" ness stop her from helping her younger brother Robin with his homework, or stop the gentle way she would tease her father William to recycle his newspapers. Her waning strength also couldâ€" nt keep her from playing the prano and singing with her mother, Jae "We met Mina and kind uf fell for her, because she was this incredible young girl that for whatever reason was so happy," said Mada ‘She knew she was sick and taking pills 1 didn‘t know she knew she was going to dre at such a young age, but she did." about the people around her than about her own pam proved for the couple un her kreviazuk used a lele phone message ftom Kim as a backdrop Tor her song M un her new album Cadenn, Mociug and Sull % spercial recording ses siun with Mina and lae kim in March of 1999 provided Maida â€" with / the . perfect musical ending to the band s new smgle. Thief Maida sind the song is about dealing with the passing of someane close to you, and facing that new albuims released Tast The strength and courage of Waterloo teen Mina Kim, who lost her battle against cancer last year, served as inspiration for Thiet, the latest single by Our Lady Peace. reality. Mina‘s lite served as an example "To me ats just a ray of lbight at the end of :t / said Mama _ iwhose â€" luronto based rack band has burlt a huge «tossâ€"contment fol lovoimng simce the release ud its debut album. Nareed (To meol mukes the whole sng worthw hile The Kims were touched their â€" daughters memory would contimue on in song Continued on page 24 \v ul said Zoos Animal Control Luggagé Manufacturers The Order of Canada was established in 1967 to recopmze outstanding achievement and service m vanous fields of hutnan erdeavour Appomtments are made un the recommendations of an advisers counceil, chaired by the chied justiwe of Canada Companions 28 Officers and 67 Members Uhe appomtees will be imoted to future induction veremontes to be held at Eadeau Hall At that time the Gev ecner General sull present the nsignma of the Order Dyck is also the coâ€"founder and artistic director of Consort Caritatis Choir and Orchestra whose memâ€" bers volunteer their tal ent for concerts and recordings to support P% r charitable causes 2 y P The _ appointments o were announced by the S / Governor â€" General â€" of f’/*‘n «m Canada, Adrienne * iz é‘ Clarkson, who is also the ues 2. : Chancellor and Principal /\ g, s Companion of the Order s !A e 4 The Order of Canada ; Jt l recognizes people who * “‘" 2634 have made a difference _ ff * to â€"the country. From ~ local citizens to national and international perâ€" sonalities, all Canadians are eligible for the award, Canada‘s highest honour ~â€"â€"_â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" for bfetime achrevement Howard Dyck Three levels of member ship honour people whose accomplishments vary in degree and scupe: Companion, Ofticer and Member the list of appointments â€" imcludes seven Companions 28 Officers and 67 Members A Waterloo broadcaster was one of 103 people honoured within the Order of Canada July 13 in Ottawa. Howard Dyck was appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada. Dyck, originally from Winkler, Man., has been the musical director of the Kitchenerâ€" Waterloo Philtharmonic Choir since 1972, and is also the host of the CBC‘s weekly radio programs Saturday Afternoon At The Opera and Choral Concert, which cater to a broad spectrum of vocal music. 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