B.C. veteran whose birthday tradition raised $460K for kids dies at 105
Global News
John Hillman made headlines every year when he would walk laps around Carlton House in Oak Bay over a 10 day period to mark his birthday and to fundraise for a children's charity.
A centenarian and Canadian veteran known for his distinctive annual efforts to raise money for charity on Vancouver Island has died.
John Hillman made headlines every year when he would walk laps around Carlton House in Oak Bay over a 10-day period to mark his birthday and to fundraise.
Hillman would walk one lap for each year he’d been alive. In 2023, he circled the property 104 times.
All of the money Hillman collected went to the Save the Children’s Emergency Fund. By the time of his final walk this year, Hillman had raised $460,000.
Staff at Carlton House confirmed that Hillman had passed away peacefully on Monday morning.
“We are all so grateful to have known John, and to have called him our friend. He had an incredible life, in service of others, and being able to help him with that was truly the honour of a lifetime,” Carlton House digital marketing manager Jacqueline Prewett said in an email.
“He will be missed by so many people, but we know that his legacy will live on through the lives he touched and the positive change he brought into the world.”
HIllman moved to Veterans Memorial Lodge in Victoria this year, due to the need for more care.
The family behind one of Canada’s most well-known ice-cream brands says they’re absorbing “all immediate increases in our costs” as the U.S.-Canada trade war heats up.
Friedrich Trump called his business in Bennett, a town that sprang up because of the Klondike Gold Rush, the Arctic Restaurant & Hotel.
A new poll suggests that 40 per cent of Canadians are worried about losing their jobs as many businesses scale back hiring plans in response to the trade war with the U.S.
At the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, the tariff trade war between Canada and the U.S. is leaving flyers who travel between the two countries feeling very uneasy.
The man pleaded guilty to one count of violating the Migratory Birds Regulations after hunting snow geese without a permit, says a release from the ECCC.
Doug Ford is set to fly in and out of the U.S. capital on Thursday for a meeting with President Donald Trump's commerce secretary which could calm or reignite trade tensions.
'Half of us here are dual citizens, including me -- Canadian and American, half of us,' Point Roberts resident Brian Calder told Global News.
The proposed upgrades include parking lot improvements, wider trails, and a 2.4-metre-wide multi-use pathway.
Carney will replace Justin Trudeau after winning a race for the Liberal leadership on Sunday, and will take the reins of government amid a growing trade war with the U.S.
A Toronto woman who faced multiple charges in a dog attack that seriously injured a child has pleaded guilty to some of them, including a criminal charge of negligence.
Doug Ford was spending Wednesday meeting with Canada's incoming prime minister and speaking to his fellow premiers ahead of a trip Thursday to Washington, D.C.
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark rate by 25 basis points, bringing it down to 2.75 per cent. Experts say the outlook for the housing market remains hazy.
Officers received a call shortly after noon Wednesday about an unconscious person who was found on the slopes, lying near a tree.