Nova Scotian walks in father’s memory

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Step by step, Ian Bos is walking across the country remembering the way his father lived and the people who eased his passing from this life.

Only a few kilometres from the nation’s longitudinal centre Friday afternoon, Bos said he wants to honour the palliative care workers who took care of his father Ted in his final days.

“Most people run away to the other side when they hear the words ‘death’ and ‘dying,’ and don’t know what to say,” said Ian Bos, west of the Highway 12 turnoff on the Trans-Canada Highway. “These people run to you in your darkest hour.”

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Ian Bos, centre, is joined by volunteers with Palliative Manitoba for a segment of his cross-country trek Friday that continued toward Winnipeg.
IAN FROESE | THE CARILLON Ian Bos, centre, is joined by volunteers with Palliative Manitoba for a segment of his cross-country trek Friday that continued toward Winnipeg.

Bos notes his father was treated with compassion by the Aberdeen Palliative Care Society in New Glasgow, N.S. before his passing from cancer this January.

Ian’s father could live out his final days at home, where he was comfortable, surrounded by family and friends—including Ian who moved from Victoria to be closer to his parents.

His father wanted to “be around family and friends, I think that’s where we all want to be,” said Ian.

Ian’s Walk is halfway to its goal of raising $25,000, to be split between various palliative care associations in the country. You can find out more about the fundraising effort at ianswalk2015.ca.

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