Algonquin College student’s death inspires family to raise money for cancer research – Algonquin Times

Algonquin College student’s death inspires family to raise money for cancer research – Algonquin Times

Catherine Bourdeau and Janelle Blais are mourning an irreplaceable loss: the passing of Jonathan Bettles, Bourdeau’s beloved 19-year-old brother and Blais’s cherished cousin. “He recognized that his cancer was pretty rare and aggressive, and even through that, he wanted to fight,” Bourdeau said. “But I think he wanted to help out anybody that he could help who was going through something similar, so the next person wouldn’t have to go through wh…