Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Hannah Alberga
Publication Date: August 12, 2025 - 15:21
‘A lovely surprise’: Cancer survivor pays patients’ parking fees to mark her 63rd birthday
August 12, 2025
At the entrance of a London hospital, Krystyna Locke fronts a banner with loopy cursive letters that says, “Happy birthday to me. Your parking is free.”
The lymphoma cancer survivor is celebrating turning 63 by paying the parking fees for cancer patients. She knows just how quickly those bills add up after 20 years of hospital visits to London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ont.
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