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CBC
21-02-2025
- Health
- CBC
For the Love of a Son by Scott Oake
A father's love. A devastating drug crisis. A stirring call to action. When veteran broadcaster Scott Oake first held his infant son, Bruce, in his arms, he never imagined that Bruce would become a statistic in the losing battle to opioid abuse. In those early days, Scott, a new father, watched Bruce with awe, marveling at the potential of his funny, charismatic boy. As Bruce got older, though, he struggled to fit in at school and began showing signs of having ADHD, including a streak of impulsiveness that often got him into trouble. Scott and his wife, Anne, did their best to support him, and for a time, he found community and belonging in boxing and local rap battles. But when Bruce was pulled into a world of drugs and gangs, Scott and Anne experienced a crash course in the reality of loving someone battling substance use disorder. Then one quiet day in 2011, Scott got the phone call that every parent dreads: Bruce had accidentally overdosed. At just twenty-five, Scott's vibrant, creative, first-born son was gone forever. It was a loss that could have broken a man, a marriage, a family — but Scott, Anne, and their younger son, Darcy, instead turned the worst day of their lives into a way to help the thousands of Canadians struggling with addiction. After nearly a decade of fundraising and battling red tape and political machinations they launched the Bruce Oake Recovery Centre, a free, revolutionary treatment centre staffed by addicts and alcoholics in recovery. For the Love of a Son is the story of a father's unconditional love for his son. Above all, it's the story of a young man who never got to grow up and a family who gives others the chance to find their way home. Scott Oake is a Gemini award-winning sportscaster for CBC Sports, Sportsnet and Hockey Night in Canada. He is on the Roll of Honour of the Manitoba Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association and appointed a Member of the Order of Manitoba and the Order of Canada. Originally from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Oake started his broadcasting career at Memorial University's campus radio station before spending five decades with CBC.
Yahoo
29-01-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Was Mark Stone's Controversial Hit On Miro Heiskanen A Dirty Play Or Just Unfortunate?
If you're a fan of the Dallas Stars or Finland, you might not want to look at social media today. That's where you'll find a segment of the population that wants to see Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone suspended for life and banished to hell for what looked like a cross-body block on Miro Heiskanen Tuesday night. But there's a good chance the NHL's Department of Player Safety won't do either, simply because it was a hockey play that went sideways, both literally, in the case of Stone's trajectory, and figuratively. Miro Heiskanen heads to the locker room after being tripped by Mark Stone 😳 — B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) January 29, 2025 Even Stars coach Peter DeBoer acknowledged that Stone, whom he coached for five years, isn't a dirty player. You might not like how he goes on LTIR and then magically gets healthy for the playoffs, but DeBoer is right. Unfortunately, it was a case of a bad thing happening in hockey. And speaking of bad things, some terrible things happened to Hockey Night in Canada broadcaster Scott Oake, and he turned tragedy into something inspiring and wonderful. It's all in his memoir, For the Love of a Son, which came out recently and deserves a special mention. Here's more in today's video column: (Don't see the video? Click here.) Get the latest news and trending stories by following The Hockey News on Google News and by subscribing to The Hockey News newsletter here. And share your thoughts by commenting below the article on or by visiting our forum.
