Markland didn’t just save lives and annoy the government with his tweets about the state of health care, he also touched the soul with his deeply personal meditations on life

In life, Dr. Darren Markland was inspirational.

In death, he is heartbreaking.

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The Edmonton intensive-care unit physician died in a bicycling accident near Nordegg last week.

The outpouring of public grief is remarkable.

Prime Minister Mark Carney eulogized Markland, turning his life and death into a national story.

A crowd mourning Markland gathered near the legislature Friday. His story reached as far as a CBS affiliate TV station in Kansas.

Markland’s voice is stilled just as Alberta’s health-care system enters a fall flu season that experts say will bring genuine crisis.

But the heart o

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