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Surgeon Thirza Smith blazed a trail for female doctors

Surgeon Thirza Smith blazed a trail for female doctors

PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 6, 2017Matriarch. Surgeon. Friend. Convivial host. Born Jan. 20, 1949, in Melville, Sask.; died Feb. 27, 2017, in Saskatoon, of chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia; aged 68. When Thirza spun a tale, you leaned in. She was a deeply funny woman and...