Army veteran with PTSD finds hope and healing through humour
Ryan Wallace will never forget the day he heard the Tim McGraw song "Live Like You Were Dying," and feared his life would be filled with regretting.
WITH ADAM SAWATSKY
Ryan Wallace will never forget the day he heard the Tim McGraw song "Live Like You Were Dying," and feared his life would be filled with regretting.
“I do it for the brightness of their face, the smile that they have,” Lily says of giving back. “It’s like their fears go away and you’ve made their day.”
“Hello,” Charlie Pickard says after leaning down to knock on a small, colourful door attached to the trunk of a tall tree. “Anybody home?”
Nick Chowdhury will never forget the day at the pier when things did not go according to plan.
“Good to see you,” Ryan Godard says before giving his 96-year-old grandma a big hug and walking her towards the small airplane. “Let’s get you prepped.”
A Starbucks fan — whose name is Winter — is visiting Canada on a purposeful journey that began with a random idea at one of the coffee chain's stores in Texas.
Karen Harrison made the same birthday wish every year from age six to age 50. When she had given up hope, it finally came true.
When Sherry Kirkvold played the voicemail message from a stranger – which began with, “Hi. This is kind of a random message for you. This one’s been a while.” – she couldn’t have been more surprised.
Adam finds out how a former soldier found a new way to serve through comedy.
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A B.C. traveller will receive more than $1,300 in compensation from WestJet for a missed flight connection following a decision from the province's small claims tribunal.
The family of one of Robert Pickton's victims says the convicted serial killer suffered an incredibly violent death at the hands of another inmate.
The Victoria Fire Department has a new tool in its toolbox. The department says its first electric fire truck will do everything the old diesel-powered fire trucks do with some new capabilities.