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Alberta teen fast-pitch player defies disease

Paige Simpson is a 15-year-old shortstop playing at a high level for the Red Deer Rage team in this year’s fast-pitch championship.

You would never know it, but a year and a half ago, she was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis. Simpson is inspiring future generations of women in sport, proving despite living with a chronic disease, she ​can still follow her dream to be a high-level athlete.

(Suzan Vallenta, our Executive Director - Prairies/Nunavut/NWT, is quoted in the piece.)Back to News