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Country music star hosts memorial concert for Kelowna crane collapse victims

Aaron Pritchett will be at Revelry on May 19

  • May 13, 2024

 

Chris Harker. (Courtesy Chris Harker)

‘They’re survivors’: B.C. man wants to build new dorm for Tanzanian students

Successful girls dorm already built by Canadian Harambe Education Society, Stelly’s Secondary School

 

Kulwinder Singh Sohi was stabbed to death on the White Rock waterfront on April 23, 2004. A gofundme page was launched to help return his body home to India, but his family says no more donations are needed. (gofundme.com screenshot)

$50K raised for family of man fatally stabbed in White Rock

Victim’s brother says no more donations are needed

 

Retired NHLer Jordin Tootoo played in the Hockey Helps the Homeless hockey tournament at MNP Place in Kelowna on Friday, Apr. 5. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

PHOTOS: Hockey Helps the Homeless hits Kelowna

The one-day tournament featured one retired NHL player per team

Retired NHLer Jordin Tootoo played in the Hockey Helps the Homeless hockey tournament at MNP Place in Kelowna on Friday, Apr. 5. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
From left, Kyle McMillan, vocational councillor Jodie Dessau, Alec Chelczynski, and Kara-Lyn Loewen with Chilliwack Society for Community Living make Tommy’s Choice Dog Cookies on Feb. 21, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)

B.C. teen with autism hires helping hands for dog-cookie business

Chilliwack adults with developmental disabilities hired to make Tommy’s Choice Dog Cookies

From left, Kyle McMillan, vocational councillor Jodie Dessau, Alec Chelczynski, and Kara-Lyn Loewen with Chilliwack Society for Community Living make Tommy’s Choice Dog Cookies on Feb. 21, 2024. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress)
The inaugural Cst. Rick O’Brien Joint Forces Jamboree will be taking place in Maple Ridge on May 25 to honour the memory of Ridge Meadows RCMP officer O’Brien, who was tragically shot and killed during a police operation on Sept. 22, 2023. (Special to Black Press Media)

Memorial ball hockey tournament in Maple Ridge honours murdered Mountie

Cst. Rick O’Brien Joint Forces Jamboree takes place on May 25

The inaugural Cst. Rick O’Brien Joint Forces Jamboree will be taking place in Maple Ridge on May 25 to honour the memory of Ridge Meadows RCMP officer O’Brien, who was tragically shot and killed during a police operation on Sept. 22, 2023. (Special to Black Press Media)
Jesse Sawchuk has been identified by a friend as the truck driver that died in a crash on the Coquihalla on Jan. 15. (GoFundMe)

Husband, father, friend identified as trucker killed in Coquihalla crash

A GoFundMe has been started to support Jesse Sawchuk’s family

  • Jan 17, 2024
Jesse Sawchuk has been identified by a friend as the truck driver that died in a crash on the Coquihalla on Jan. 15. (GoFundMe)
An online fundraising campaign has begun in support of Warren and Jen Maarhuis, who are both battling cancer. They are pictured with their daughters Charlotte and Hailey.

Abbotsford cop and wife both battle cancer; online campaign underway

GoFundMe page to help ease financial strain for couple with two daughters

An online fundraising campaign has begun in support of Warren and Jen Maarhuis, who are both battling cancer. They are pictured with their daughters Charlotte and Hailey.
A TRU jersey hangs at Mid-town Kitchen as the restaurant prepares for a fundraiser. (Lauren McNeil/Capital News)

Community rallies around students after devastating Kamloops car crash

Auction and turkey potpies to raise funds for victims’ families

A TRU jersey hangs at Mid-town Kitchen as the restaurant prepares for a fundraiser. (Lauren McNeil/Capital News)
Tina Cosman shares her thanks to those who supported 120 Royal LePage realtors who successfully met the company’s Shelter Foundation Ecuador Challenge, raising $1.7 million in the process. (Photo contributed)

Salmon Arm realtor conquers Ecuador trek/fundraiser for women’s shelters

‘There was not a single best part…’

  • Dec 5, 2023
Tina Cosman shares her thanks to those who supported 120 Royal LePage realtors who successfully met the company’s Shelter Foundation Ecuador Challenge, raising $1.7 million in the process. (Photo contributed)
Riley Brinnen of Kelowna was injured in a car crash in Kamloops on Nov. 29, 2023. (GoFundMe)

Thompson River University student from Kelowna injured in fatal crash

Riley Brinnen graduated from Kelowna Secondary School in 2020

  • Dec 3, 2023
Riley Brinnen of Kelowna was injured in a car crash in Kamloops on Nov. 29, 2023. (GoFundMe)
A home on Burns Street caught fire on Nov. 11. The Stewart family, who lived in the unit on the backside, were forced to evacuate due to the smoke. Their unit was broken into three days later. (Logan Lockhart Western News)

Fire, new baby and a break-in give Okanagan family a whirlwind week

The Stewart family have moved into a new home, b

A home on Burns Street caught fire on Nov. 11. The Stewart family, who lived in the unit on the backside, were forced to evacuate due to the smoke. Their unit was broken into three days later. (Logan Lockhart Western News)
A memorial was established at the corner of 116A Avenue and 196B Street for 12-year-old Chace Nicol, who was killed while cycling to school on Oct. 18. (Brandon Tucker/The News)

Online fundraiser for Pitt Meadows child killed surpasses $35,000 in 18 hours

Chace Nicol was hit and killed on his way to school on Wednesday morning

A memorial was established at the corner of 116A Avenue and 196B Street for 12-year-old Chace Nicol, who was killed while cycling to school on Oct. 18. (Brandon Tucker/The News)
Blenz Coffee is hosting its Coffee by Donation Day fundraiser across all of its locations on Oct. 17. (Blenz Coffee/Special to The News)

Drink coffee and fight cancer on Oct. 17 at all Blenz Coffee locations

Coffee by Donation Day is returning for first time in 3 years

Blenz Coffee is hosting its Coffee by Donation Day fundraiser across all of its locations on Oct. 17. (Blenz Coffee/Special to The News)
The Cops for Kids annual charity ride started in Kelowna on Friday, Sept. 8 and is going around the southeast of B.C. to raise money for kids dealing with a medical, physical or traumatic crisis. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News) The Cops for Kids annual charity ride started in Kelowna on Friday, Sept. 8 and is going around the southeast of B.C. to raise money for kids dealing with a medical, physical or traumatic crisis. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News) The Cops for Kids annual charity ride started in Kelowna on Friday, Sept. 8 and is going around the southeast of B.C. to raise money for kids dealing with a medical, physical or traumatic crisis. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News) The Cops for Kids annual charity ride started in Kelowna on Friday, Sept. 8 and is going around the southeast of B.C. to raise money for kids dealing with a medical, physical or traumatic crisis. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)

‘Not an easy ride’: Mounties turn the pedals on 10 day Okanagan excursion

The 22nd annual Cops for Kids ride started Sept. 8 in Kelowna

The Cops for Kids annual charity ride started in Kelowna on Friday, Sept. 8 and is going around the southeast of B.C. to raise money for kids dealing with a medical, physical or traumatic crisis. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News) The Cops for Kids annual charity ride started in Kelowna on Friday, Sept. 8 and is going around the southeast of B.C. to raise money for kids dealing with a medical, physical or traumatic crisis. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News) The Cops for Kids annual charity ride started in Kelowna on Friday, Sept. 8 and is going around the southeast of B.C. to raise money for kids dealing with a medical, physical or traumatic crisis. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News) The Cops for Kids annual charity ride started in Kelowna on Friday, Sept. 8 and is going around the southeast of B.C. to raise money for kids dealing with a medical, physical or traumatic crisis. (Jordy Cunningham/Capital News)
Avery and his older brother Seb at Cops for Cancer Tour de North in 2021. Avery recently celebrated four years cancer free, and his dad John Togyi now volunteers with the annual fundraiser for pediatric cancer research and support services. supplied

Father of cancer survivor volunteers with fundraising ride

Cops for Cancer cycling tours hit the road to raise funds for research, family supports

  • Aug 31, 2023
Avery and his older brother Seb at Cops for Cancer Tour de North in 2021. Avery recently celebrated four years cancer free, and his dad John Togyi now volunteers with the annual fundraiser for pediatric cancer research and support services. supplied
Sachin Latti stands looking out over the Columbia River ahead of his run across British Columbia. (Josh Piercey/Revelstoke Review)

VIDEO: Sachin Latti departs from Revelstoke on his ‘Run to Remember’ to Victoria

Latti will leave Revelstoke on Saturday morning (Aug. 5)

Sachin Latti stands looking out over the Columbia River ahead of his run across British Columbia. (Josh Piercey/Revelstoke Review)
The Sweat To Support Survivors Challenge is raising funds to boost the Battered Women’s Support Service’s programs for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence. The service’s logo portrays three women, symbolizing the stark reality that one in three women worldwide experiences physical or sexual violence, predominantly perpetrated by an intimate partner. (BWSS/Contributed to Black Press Media)

Sweaty challenge raises funds for survivors of gender-based violence in B.C.

The Battered Women’s Support Shelter is hosting the “Sweat to Support Survivors” Challenge

The Sweat To Support Survivors Challenge is raising funds to boost the Battered Women’s Support Service’s programs for survivors of domestic and gender-based violence. The service’s logo portrays three women, symbolizing the stark reality that one in three women worldwide experiences physical or sexual violence, predominantly perpetrated by an intimate partner. (BWSS/Contributed to Black Press Media)
More than 1,100 cyclists leave Chilliwack Heritage Park for the annual Tour de Cure fundraiser for BC Cancer Foundation on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)

Volunteers in Fraser Valley needed for Tour de Cure cancer fundraiser

Annual 200-km cycling fundraiser for BC Cancer Foundation goes from Cloverdale to Hope

More than 1,100 cyclists leave Chilliwack Heritage Park for the annual Tour de Cure fundraiser for BC Cancer Foundation on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. (Jenna Hauck/ Chilliwack Progress file)
Participating Dairy Queen Q locations in South Surrey and White Rock will be donating the net proceeds of Blizzard treats to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation on Aug.10 this year. (Dairy Queen/contributed photo)

Dairy Queen locations hold 21st Miracle Treat Day Aug. 10

Proceeds raised from sweet treats support BC Children’s Hospital Foundation

Participating Dairy Queen Q locations in South Surrey and White Rock will be donating the net proceeds of Blizzard treats to the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation on Aug.10 this year. (Dairy Queen/contributed photo)