Every week at World BC, we spotlight our tales to carry a vivid spot to your Friday and into the weekend.
Listed below are the 5 tales we needed to share:
Cat misplaced for months treks throughout Vancouver Island, resulting in ‘purrfect reunion’
The BC SPCA says it was capable of organize a “purrfect reunion” on Sunday, months after a cat named Hobbes was misplaced a whole lot of kilometres from his dwelling.
The tabby bought misplaced about three-and-a-half months in the past at Kennedy Lake, which isn’t removed from Ucluelet on Vancouver Island’s west coast, the SPCA’s Nanaimo department stated on its Fb web page.
PNE publicizes new $9-million roller-coaster funding for 2024
The Pacific Nationwide Exhibition (PNE), together with the homeowners of Playland, introduced on Friday a $9-million funding into a brand new roller-coaster.
“This coaster would be the quickest of its variety in North America,” stated Shelley Frost, the PNE’s president and chief govt director.
“It’s going to have over 1,200 ft of monitor and it’ll rise and drop from greater than six storeys within the air.”
B.C. breakdancer wins world championship, units eyes on 2024 Olympic debut
Breakdancing, or ‘breaking,’ is about to make its Olympic debut in 2024, and a Vancouver man who not too long ago received a gold medal on the sport’s current world championship is poised to be a contender.
Philip Kim beat out greater than 250 opponents to win his first World Breaking Championship, which additionally led to his first style of fame.
“I had lots of people developing, asking for signatures and photos, which may be very new for me,” Kim, who’s also called Phil Wizard, informed World’s That is BC.
Trick-or-treaters be a part of us for Halloween on the Morning Information
For the primary time because the COVID-19 pandemic started, the World Information Morning group welcomed trick-or-treaters again to the present.
We had been handled to some lovely costumes, together with a unicorn, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, a dinosaur, Buzz Lightyear, a monster truck and extra!
B.C. Lions to host 2024 Gray Cup
The CFL has introduced that the B.C. Lions will host the 2024 Gray Cup at B.C. Place in Vancouver.
It’s going to mark the seventeenth time the championship will likely be performed within the league’s westernmost market.
Vancouver most not too long ago held the Gray Cup in 2014, when the Calgary Stampeders downed the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 20-16.
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