Edward Ambrose remembers wanting to be just like his father — a mentor, a hard worker, a proud family man.
More than sixty years later, Ambrose would receive shocking news. That man was not his father.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
Gordon’s office declined an interview request Monday and issued a statement that alluded to the state of health care years before the introduction of medicare. “The Arborg Hospital was not under the control and direction of the Manitoba Department of Health in 1955.” Discovery of the truth started innocently enough. Beauvais had done an at-home ancestry kit he got as a gift. It came back saying he was Ukrainian and Jewish. It was a shock for Beauvais, who was raised Metis.
Things became clearer once the sister and Beauvais learnedboth men were born on the same day in the same small hospital. There’s a scar on his foot from when he was cut by a beer bottle while scrounging for food at the dump, he says. He remembers being picked on and teased for being Indigenous. At first it was overwhelming to learn the truth about his parentage, he says. But now, he’s trying to explore the good that can come from it.Article content
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