A long family history leads to a complicated legacy for a doctor with Sault ties who was recognized as a national historic figure When the Chinese table tennis team came to this country on an exhibition tour in 1972, there was one place that they had to see – the birthplace of Dr. Norman Bethune in Gravenhurst. Their interest in a doctor most Canadians at the time would not have even heard of stems from his recognition in China as a hero for providing his medical expertise during an invasion by Japan. He died in China on Nov. 12, 1939,...