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Ed Fast said he started suffering 2016 stroke while in national CBC interview

Ed Fast, pictured at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce International Trade Day 2015 event at the Shaw Centre on May 6, 2015. Mr. Fast suffered a stroke Dec. 10, 2016, at his home in Abbotsford, B.C., but he recently told The Abbotsford News that he had actually suffered initial symptoms during a live interview on CBC news. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

August 14, 2017

When Conservative MP Ed Fast, Canada's former International Trade minister, suffered a stroke last December at his home in Abbotsford, B.C., the longtime MP recently said he actually had felt symptoms of his stroke on national television during an interview on CB...

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