Ex-NDP MP Peter Stoffer diagnosed with prostate cancer, says he ‘has 99 per cent chance of full recovery’

The former six-term MP says doctors expect him to make a full recovery after surgery at the end of this month.

Former NDP MP Peter Stoffer, pictured in his former Hill office, says he and his family handled the news of the diagnosis very well and that everyone’s staying 'positive.'The Hill Times file photograph

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BY ABBAS RANA

September 15, 2017

A popular former Nova Scotia NDP MP, who worked tirelessly during his 18-year parliamentary career to promote the causes of Canadian veterans, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Peter Stoffer, who represented Sackville-Preston-Chezzetcook, N.S., (a riding that has held various names), between...

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