The Diamond family of Vancouver is donating $20 million to help fund a substance use treatment program that could have saved their loved one. Steven Diamond was 53 years old in 2016, when he died of a fentanyl overdose just a few days before he could have seen an addiction psychiatrist. He’d spend nearly three […]
Billionaire James Pattison is donating $30 million to new construction at Royal Columbian Hospital in Vancouver. James Pattison, 94, is one of the richest people in Canada. He got his start selling cars for Pontiac and GM, and eventually invested his way into real wealth when he opened Jim Pattison Group Inc. He was on […]
A Vancouver Island resort is pivoting to instead be a sanctuary for Ukrainian refugees. Brian and Sharon Holowaychuks bought the Grouse Nest, a resort in East Sooke on the southwest corner of Vancouver Island, last year. The picturesque property, with rocky shorelines, its own dock, and a little walled lagoon, is peak B.C. coast. They […]