Feel Good Friday: Highlights of the week Global BC – BC Achi-News

Every week at Global BC, we highlight our stories to brighten your Friday and into the weekend.

Here are the five stories we want to share:

Richmond man wins $58M in first ever Gold Ball Jackpot 6/49

A Richmond man has won the first Gold Ball Jackpot prize in BC, taking home a whopping $58 million.

The BC Lottery Corporation announced on Friday that Hao Ping Chung won the huge prize.

“I saw a big jackpot and bought a ticket,” Chung recalled. “It still feels unreal.”

For the Golden Ball Jackpot, the prize starts at $10 million and rises by $2 million each draw until someone wins.

This $58 million prize is also the largest jackpot in BC won from a playnow.com online ticket.

‘Vancouver is great’: Blind man who stole cane finds new home

Four weeks ago, Meysam Khatamini was struggling as a newcomer from Iran.

The blind man lived in shelters and could not find a home. He was then targeted by a thief who tried to steal his phone but managed to remove his white cane.

Police caught the suspect and returned the stick.

Now, a month later, Khatamini has found a new home and has even started performing as a concert pianist again.

Grateful for the help he has received since his cane was stolen, Khataminia said “Vancouver is great.”

“People are great here and I love Vancouver. I love people.”

Great bubblegum blue: an impressive herring spawn filmed off the coast of BC

A video capturing a natural phenomenon off the coast of Vancouver Island is generating worldwide interest.

Every year, when herring spawn, the water turns green like bubblegum or cotton candy blue.

Geoff Johnson, a photographer in Ucluelet who runs the UkeeTube channel, had always wanted to capture the herring spawn and he got his chance.

“This year, the planets aligned, it was a nice sunny day, I got the heads up, in time,” he said.

“If you watch a series of great natural events, you know, there’s a bunch of them happening around salmon runs, whale migrations and herring spawning – all happening here on Vancouver Island.”

Herring play an important role in B.C.’s rich ecosystem, but federal officials say their numbers have been declining over the years.

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Sobriety is celebrated at a Vancouver comedy club

In a room where recovery meetings are held once a week, the idea was born to launch a different kind of comedy club.

“I wanted to create a space where those people could come and enjoy themselves without having to imbibe,” says Conor Levesque, founder of By The Hour Comedy.

Levesque’s dreams of a career in entertainment were derailed at a young age due to drinking. Now three and a half years sober, he is coming back.

This nightspot, which has become a permanent weekly feature, offers an alternative to the curious recovering and sober, and includes a variety of non-alcoholic refreshments.

Cat-cloning is a success for a BC woman

From heartbreak and tragedy comes great joy, in the form of two kittens named Arth Bear and Honey Bear to honor their genetic twins, Bear.

“Bear was the smartest cat, the smartest animal, I’ve ever had and I wanted his genetic material to continue ad infinitum,” said Kris Stewart.

“I didn’t think Mother Earth was done with Bear material so I wanted him to live on it.”

Stewart lost her beloved cat Bear in 2022, when he was hit by a car.

He immediately began the process of cloning it with the help of a Texas company. The $50,000 treatment resulted in two new kittens that are genetic copies of her original cat.

“You have to save your pennies for it because it’s a bit expensive, but it worked out well for me and I was able to put some money aside for it,” he said.

“But, the goal is to let other pet parents know that this technology is out there.”

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