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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

 

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

 

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

 

(Left to right) Rob Tournour and Parshu Dahal pose at ABIN’s annual fundraiser. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

‘It’s about awareness’: Langford group building women’s safe house in Nepal

It will provide women who are survivors of violence with safety, shelter and mental health services

(Left to right) Rob Tournour and Parshu Dahal pose at ABIN’s annual fundraiser. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
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)
The first ever ‘Roper Romp’ event in the PQB area raised $4,600 for the Haven Society on Oct. 14. (Ian Warren photo)

Parksville ‘Roper Romp’ event raises $4,600 for Haven Society

First event of its kind in PQB region

The first ever ‘Roper Romp’ event in the PQB area raised $4,600 for the Haven Society on Oct. 14. (Ian Warren photo)
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)
Theresa Bodger with cousin Heather Hooge at the Georgina Falt Memorial Tournament named in honour of Theresa’s mom. (Photo by Don Bodger)

Landmark fundraising goal reached in music trivia tournament

Record single year proceeds lead to Georgina Falt Memorial event surpassing $100,000

Theresa Bodger with cousin Heather Hooge at the Georgina Falt Memorial Tournament named in honour of Theresa’s mom. (Photo by Don Bodger)
On Sept. 5, volunteers from the CVSAR gathered at a fundraiser hosted by Thierry Vrain organized to thank the former for their role in saving his life. (Photo from Bob Wells’s Facebook page)

Rescued Island man raised more than $33,000 for Search and Rescue

Thierry Vrain and his wife grateful for the generosity of the Comox Valley community

On Sept. 5, volunteers from the CVSAR gathered at a fundraiser hosted by Thierry Vrain organized to thank the former for their role in saving his life. (Photo from Bob Wells’s Facebook page)
Tyson Whitney Photography

Cops for Cancer Tour de Rock ride kicks off in the North Island

The Tour de Rock team’s first stop was in the Village of Port Alice on Saturday night

Tyson Whitney Photography
Audrey Clark-Surtees will be shaving her head for Tour de Rock this year. (Submitted photo)

Senior aiming to shear $20,000 for cancer campaign from tiny Port Alice

Audrey Clark-Surtees shaving her head for cancer research and the Tour de Rock campaign

  • Sep 13, 2023
Audrey Clark-Surtees will be shaving her head for Tour de Rock this year. (Submitted photo)
Disability advocate Jeff Leggat of Duncan holds up a postcard which will be mailed to Prime Minister Trudeau, and a temporary tattoo in his efforts to raise awareness about the legislated poverty in Canada and to see it end. Leggat had his booth set up in front of Duncan United Church on Sept. 6 before embarking on his Western Canada tour from Sept. 7 to 16. (Chadd Cawson/Citizen)

Duncan man travelling western Canada to fight legislated poverty

Duncan’s Jeff Leggat will make stops in 7 major cities from B.C. to Manitoba from Sept. 7 to 16

Disability advocate Jeff Leggat of Duncan holds up a postcard which will be mailed to Prime Minister Trudeau, and a temporary tattoo in his efforts to raise awareness about the legislated poverty in Canada and to see it end. Leggat had his booth set up in front of Duncan United Church on Sept. 6 before embarking on his Western Canada tour from Sept. 7 to 16. (Chadd Cawson/Citizen)
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)
Participants get ready in Oak Bay for the 2022 Paddle for Health fundraiser. (Black Press Media file photo)

Paddlers get ready to support Island families facing pediatric cancer

Paddle for Health launches in Oak Bay this Saturday

Participants get ready in Oak Bay for the 2022 Paddle for Health fundraiser. (Black Press Media file photo)
Artist Tanya Bub with driftwood sculpture. (Courtesy Tanya Bub)

Victoria art show uses conversation pieces to raise awareness for unhoused

Greatest Show on Earth debuts circus-themed conversation pieces at Victoria’s Gage Gallery

Artist Tanya Bub with driftwood sculpture. (Courtesy Tanya Bub)
Approximately one in four people experience miscarriage or pregnancy loss, according to BC Women’s Hospital, and one in six struggle with infertility. This year’s Healing Hearts run and walk takes place Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. at Royal Roads University. (Black Press Media file photo)

Healing Hearts run on West Shore brings awareness about infertility

The fundraiser hopes to raise $55,000 for support programs

Approximately one in four people experience miscarriage or pregnancy loss, according to BC Women’s Hospital, and one in six struggle with infertility. This year’s Healing Hearts run and walk takes place Sept. 23 at 10 a.m. at Royal Roads University. (Black Press Media file photo)
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)
Former West Kelowna Warrior and Nanaimo Clipper Skyler Cameron (left) is financial help after both his parents died within weeks of each other earlier this year. (Skyler Cameron/Facebook)

West Kelowna, Nanaimo BCHL alumni needs help after death of parents

The parents of former Warrior, Clipper Skyler Cameron died within weeks of each other

Former West Kelowna Warrior and Nanaimo Clipper Skyler Cameron (left) is financial help after both his parents died within weeks of each other earlier this year. (Skyler Cameron/Facebook)