Vol. 129 No. 49 Friday, February 17, 2012 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents + tax Minnedosa, Manitoba Canada R0J 1E0 Family wins new car Photos by Amanda Boyd Community eforts help save CAFAC Photo by Amanda Boyd Canadian Advocate for the Adoption ofChildren (CAFAC) was in danger of closing ear- lier this month . Despite the of ce being closed, operations have not ceased and stacontinue to provide essential services to families already in the process of adoption. By AMANDA BOYD he uture oCanadian Advocate or the Adoption oChildren (CAFAC) has been preserved, thanks to the concerted eforts ocommunity members who inundat- ed the Province wit h over 3,500 emails osupport. Te adoption agency had been in danger oceasing opera- tions earlier this month. In a letter to its members, dated January 9th, CAFAC board members outlined some othe pressing nancial challenges the organization has been acing and what was being done to try and ofset them. Continued on Page 8T e Dufault family has won a 2009 Toyota Corolla after their sister-in-law, Taryn, entered them in a video contest on Facebook. Pictured (L-R) are Taryn Tuttle, Marc, Faith, Colby and Chrisy Dufault. By AMANDA BOYD he Duault amily oMinnedosa has won a 2009 oyota Corolla rom Precision oyota in Brandon, as well as $500.00 in ree uel rom the 18th Street Mohawk. Marc and Chrisy(uttle) Duault live on the uttle amily arm and have two children; Colby (6) and Faith (4). On December 23rd, the amily discovered that Marc had a malig- nant brain tumour and he was rushed to Win- nipeg to undergo a our hour brain surgery on Christmas Day. Marc’s tumour was cancerous, and now he must under- go both chemotherapyand radiation treatments ive days a week in Win- nipeg. Soon ater they ar- rived home, the trans- mission went on their car, which has meant the amily has had to borrowamily vehicles to get to and rom Winnipeg or Marc’s treatments. hese challenges have put tremendous stress on the amily, so when their sister-in-law aryn uttle ound out about a contest Precision oyota was conducting on Face- book, she made a video oher sister’s amily and submitted it as an entry. On February 14th, the amily learned theyhad won, with 8,206 votes. A presentati on was made at Precision oyota on 18th Street North in Brandon on hursday morning and the Duault amily is veryappreciative oevery- one’s support. See next week’s edi- tion oThe Tribune or ull story.
