Feel Good Friday: Global BC’s highlights of the week | 24CA News
Here are the 5 tales we need to share:
‘It’s merely wonderful, persons are nice’: Evicted B.C. couple overwhelmed by help
A pair from Nanaimo, B.C., who say they have been evicted from their house final month have been overwhelmed by an outpouring of help.
She and her husband, Gerry Casey, mentioned they’d been residing at their rental house, paying $1,050 a month for a room and shared kitchen and loo, when their landlord informed them their frequent ambulance calls have been changing into a nuisance.
The couple moved right into a resort, however Kowalchuk hoped for a extra snug residing scenario earlier than she passes away.
A GoFundMe arrange for the couple has raised greater than $35,000.
B.C. ladies competing in 15-day Moroccan rally throughout the Sahara Desert
Ten days driving throughout the Sahara Desert within the Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc will not be precisely the kind of journey a pair of B.C. ladies ever anticipated to join.
Myra Van Otterloo and Jessa Arcuri are a part of the annual all-women’s rally, travelling for every week and a half by some very difficult terrain that presents all types of hazards in southern Morocco.
The race, which ends March 18, options 190 totally different crews from world wide, with 14 from Canada.
The Rallye Aïcha des Gazelles du Maroc has been supporting Moroccan villages in distant areas, constructing properties and faculties with used water bottles and providing free medical care offered by the crew of medical doctors and nurses arrange for the rally.
Canada’s first ‘giant’ ant fossil present in Princeton, B.C.
A Princeton resident found the fossil of an enormous historical ant within the close by Allenby rock formation, which comprises many plant and animal fossils.
Scientists estimate the gargantuan bugs lived round 50 million years in the past and will have been about half a foot lengthy.
A hockey play-by-play broadcaster, Joey Pitt, is elevating cash for BC Children’s Hospital in reminiscence of considered one of his greatest associates, with assist from his B.C. Hockey League membership.
“This all starts with my best friend, Avery. In the summer of 2019, he had a tumour that began growing on his neck. He got it checked out and he was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma,” Pitt informed Global News.
“When he started treatment, I joked with him that I would donate my hair to him. When he took a turn for the worse in July of 2022, I had the chance to talk to him about the fundraiser. One of the last things he ever told me was that he was proud of me.”
The aim is to lift $15,000 by March 19, and Pitt mentioned an nameless donor might be matching donations as much as $5,000.
People can donate by an internet portal webpage.
Women on the rise at First Nations emergency preparedness boot camp
When pure catastrophe strikes in British Columbia, extra ladies, particularly First Nations ladies, are anticipated to be on the entrance traces offering assist. At least that’s what this week’s First Nations’ Emergency Services Society boot camp has proven.
They’re tackling every thing from studying about driving emergency autos and trailers to tiger dams and planning for the upcoming flood and wildfire seasons.
“It’s exciting,” mentioned participant Trudy Peterson. “You don’t see a lot of women, but you’re starting to see more and more both in firefighting and response, and they’re great at taking roles in leadership and planning and coordinating.”
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