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Former Flin Flon doctor Robert Aurel Jacques was remembered as a kind, caring man in The Globe and Mail yesterday. Dr. Jacques, who passed away last month at age 90, was featured on the newspaper's Comment page, where the lives of intriguing late Canadians are highlighted. During the Second World War, the University of Manitoba graduate was refused enlistment because of the early onset of Parkinson's disease. Dr. Jacques was instead asked to practise in a community whose doctor had gone off to war, and he chose the oddly-named mining town on the Manitoba-Saskatchewan border, Flin Flon. Following the war, he moved back to his home town of St. Boniface, Man., where he proudly served his fellow members of the French-speaking community. A quiet man, Dr. Jacques enjoyed his retirement in Victoria, B.C. as his Parkinson's continued to take its toll. Complications from the disease claimed his life on July 15, 2004.
