Marie Albert, two months from her 100th birthday, has been through it all: the great depression, a World War, and an adventurous voyage to Canada.
“My mom left Romania, my dad left Hungary, and they ended up going on the back of a truck with one suitcase each to Germany, and from Germany they came to Canada. That’s all they had,” her son Brian Albert told Global News Friday.resident has also been through the pandemic. According to a Saskatchewan Ombudsman report, 39 people died as a result of the outbreak. 194 of 198 residents were infected with COVID-19.
Now, with the Saskatchewan Health Authority announcing its closing in on a deal with Extendicare Canada Inc. to take over the company’s five care homes in the province, Brian Albert is optimistic his mom has more life milestones to come.“100 years old and beat COVID. She’s a tough, crazy woman,” Albert said. “And I think it’s gonna be an upgrade. When you get a company here to make money being replaced by a non-profit with government backing, I think it’s gonna be better.