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TORONTO 鈥?Barrick Gold Corp. 8216 visionary founder Peter Munk, a man of lofty global ambitions who fulfilled them like few others, died Wednesday at the age of 90.He racked up an impressive series of accomplishments in everything from custom stereos to tropical resorts, and established himself as one of Canada great entrepreneurs.Munk will always be most renowned, however, as the founder and builder of one of the world largest gold mining empire
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Dr. Joe Hoja has one of only two machines in Canada that can detect a disease that causes blindness.The optometrist at Peterborough Optometric has purchased an AdaptDX machine, developed by doctors in the United States, that measures the eyes reaction time from light to dark. If theres a delay from the norm, Hoja said thats an indication a person has age-related macular degeneration AMD , the leading cause of vision loss in Canada.Hoja said the disease is quite common in elderly people; he added that one-in-three people over 75 suffer from AMD. This is one reason Hoja decided to purchase the screening t
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