Janice Sarich, a two-term Progressive Conservative MLA and Catholic school board trustee, is dead at 62. Sarich died on Friday night, three weeks after she received a cancer diagnosis, Premier Jason Kenney said in a tweet Saturday. Born and raised in Edmonton, Sarich was elected to the board of Edmonton Catholic Schools as a trustee in 2001. After two terms on the board, she secured the Edmonton-Decore riding for the PCs in the 2008 provincial election. Sarich served two terms in the legislature, including a stint as the parliamentary assistant to the minister of education.

Source: CBC News February 28, 2021 02:48 UTC