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TORONTO - There are plenty of things that Jonathan Pitre may not be able to do because of Epidermolysis bullosa (EB), among them shower without the risk of his skin literally peeling off. But that hasn’t stopped the 14-year-old Catholic school student from Ottawa from raising $117,000 for DEBRA Canada.

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evan.boudreau@catholicregister.org (Evan Boudreau, The Catholic Register) Canada Sat, 21 Feb 2015 12:00:00 -0500