Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage than loading CBC Lite story pages. A 28-year-old survivor of flesh-eating disease said it was her two sons who kept her going through ...

WINNIPEG — A Winnipeg woman is recovering in hospital after developing a rare type of strep throat that forced doctors to amputate both her legs and one of her arms. Cari Kirkness, 28, thought she had ...

Cari Kirkness, 28, thought she had come down with the flu when she went to the emergency room at Health Sciences Centre last month You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if ...

It's been just over a year since a common type of bacteria that lives all around us — usually harmlessly — changed Cari Kirkness's life forever. "My body was aching. I had a sore throat, headache, ...

A Winnipeg woman is recovering in hospital after developing a rare type of strep throat that forced doctors to amputate both her legs and one of her arms. Cari Kirkness, 28, thought she had come down ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She knew surgeons would have to remove her arm after becoming infected with flesh-eating disease caused by invasive Group A strep.

A local university student hopes the Brandon community will come together this summer for a fundraiser in support of her cousin recovering from a triple amputation. As we navigate through ...

WINNIPEG—A Winnipeg woman is recovering in hospital after developing a rare type of strep throat that forced doctors to amputate both her legs and one of her arms. Cari Kirkness, 28, thought she had ...

A 28-year-old survivor of flesh-eating disease said it was her two sons who kept her going through the amputations of both her legs and her writing arm. The infection started innocently enough — a ...