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The 2024 BC Community Award is recognizing 20 British Columbians for their community-building efforts.

Among subjects to be included in 'Black Light Unveiled, Choose the Power Within You' is Sally Martin's story of how she "chose life"

K.A.S.P.: The Road to H.O.P.E. tells the story of Paul Sawan

The not-for-profit organization provides at-risk and underemployed women with career development tools to help them thrive. To support Dress for Success Canada, Telus has created the ‘Breaking the Glass Ceiling’ collection containing 73 films featuring iconic female figures, such as Harriet,  RBG. Films cost between $5 and $7 to rent and Telus will donate up to $10,000 from the proceeds from rentals made between now and March 14th. The full list of Breaking the Glass Ceiling titles can be found on the home screen of Telus’ Optik and Pik TV or accessed by channel 130.

As part of the program's most recent edition, documenting local heroes, Kamloops filmmakers Cjay Boisclair and Bev Sellars have received $20,000 each. Sellars' project, called The Swimmers, will examine the relationship between the salmon and various Indigenous groups and communities. Boisclair's project will focus on Paul "Rob" Sawan, who goes by his moniker K.A.S.P., which stands for Keeping Stories Alive in People. That's something Boisclair has set out to do, as well, hoping to tell the tale of how Sawan went from a rough East Vancouver upbringing to helping at-risk youth get back on ...