– Rory MacLean, The StarPhoenix

Dionne Warner's doctor calls her a walking miracle. Warner has battled cancer seven times since 1995. It started in her breast, developed in her brain in 1997 and liver in 2001.

From 2002 to 2009 she was in remission, but that December she was diagnosed with lung cancer and Stage 4 bone cancer in her spine, ribs and pelvic area.

"I've never smoked a day in my life," she said. "This time I couldn't do any surgeries. With the Stage 4, it was too much. It was basically all over." Most people would have given up hope, but Dionne was bound and determined not to give up.

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