This is the second installment of a three-part series on Dr. John O’Connor, the family physician to first identify higher-than-average cancer rates and rare forms of cancer in communities downstream of the Alberta oilsands.
Part 2: Deformed Fish, Dying Muskrats Cause Doctor To Sound Alarm
When Dr. John O’Connor arrived in Fort Chipewyan in 2000, it took him a little while to get familiar with the population.
The town was a bit larger than his previous post of Fort MacKay, with a population of around 1,000 at that time. Locals had few options when it came to medical care. Their town was 300 (Read more…)