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Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Port Coquitlam teen in coma after falling on North Shore mountain
A Port Coquitlam teen is clinging to life after tumbling down the side of a mountain in a ski accident near the Cypress ski resort last weekend. Carson Storey, 18, was out skiing with friends on Mount Strachan on Sunday when he tried to help a friend retrieve an errant ski, slipped and fell down what rescue crews described as 'a tremendous distance.' He eventually came to a stop, battered and unconscious. Five days later, Storey hasn't regained consciousness and remains in intensive care. 'It's all so heartbreaking,' said a family friend, Lisa Smith. 'Our whole community is hurting.' Storey, who was wearing a helmet, hit his head during the fall and had multiple injuries, including scrapes, a broken leg and a broken cheekbone. His injuries were so severe that he was airlifted directly from the mountain to Vancouver General Hospital, where he had surgery. A subsequent MRI scan showed evidence of a traumatic brain injury, and his parents, Mark and Lori, have been told that due to its severity, Carson will likely require lifelong support. Even on Friday, his condition remained precarious, with fears of a new brain bleed overnight that prompted another CT scan. 'The family keeps being told by the medical professionals to prepare for the worst, but are trying hard to be optimistic,' said Smith, who organized an online fundraiser to help cover costs associated with Storey's hospitalization and future rehabilitation. As of Friday, the GoFundMe has raised more than $70,000. Smith expressed gratitude to donors and everyone who has offered help and words of support. 'It really does mean the world to us all to know how many people care,' she said. Storey's accident was one of five involving slips and falls that North Shore Rescue responded to over the weekend. It said sunshine and warm conditions in the city masked treacherous icy conditions in the mountains that caused people to slip and slide down steep terrain. 'And when you do, you rapidly pick up speed on the steep slick surface, with the only way of stopping typically being impact with large, immovable objects,' said the organization in a social-media post. Storey was in the Christmas Gully area on the north and west aspects of Mount Strachan and slid down a slope for quite a distance, including cliff falls, it said. His friend, now in his ski boots, tried to climb down to where Storey stopped, but also fell and slid, sustaining injuries to his lower body. Storey's family and loved ones are devastated by the accident. His older brother Kyle and girlfriend Diana have been a constant at Storey's bedside, Smith said. She said Storey is a 'kind and wonderful' kid who graduated from Riverside Secondary School last year. He enjoys camping and concerts and several sports, including lacrosse and hockey. He is captain of the U-18 Port Coquitlam Pirates and coaches an U-13 team in Coquitlam. Storey is young and strong with a zest for life, said Smith, determined to hold on to hope. 'We all know stories of people who have made remarkable recoveries and survived horrific ordeals,' she said. 'The hockey community and people everywhere are praying hard that Carson will also be someone who can survive this nightmare and continue to be an inspiration for others.' chchan@ Alpine Canada eyes Whistler or Panorama for future men's World Cup downhills North Shore rescuers say don't repeat these mistakes, after Cypress skier rescued out-of-bounds
CBC
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Black students in Windsor-Essex embrace event honouring culture, arts
Windsor-Essex students come together for Black Joy, Black Excellence symposium 3 hours ago Duration 1:40 Hundreds of local students gathered for an event Tuesday celebrating Black culture and creativity. The Greater Essex County District School Board hosted its second annual Black Joy – Black Excellence Student Symposium at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts. "It's only once in a lifetime that you get to have something like this, everyone come together under one roof to really enjoy and celebrate something that you can't really do anywhere else," said Jalen Hamilton, a grade 12 student at Kennedy Collegiate Institute. Hamilton was among the more than 500 students the school board said would attend the "Express Yourself"-themed event. "Our students asked for something to be done this year in the format of arts and movement and theatre and different things like that, so we made sure that that happened," said high school teacher Natalie Browning-Morgan. Browning-Morgan, who serves as the board's graduation coach for Black, African and Caribbean students, said last year's inaugural event was smaller and focused on speaking with students about what was happening in their schools. But this year's symposium featured spoken word poetry, art, dancing and a resource fair, among other things. "The students need to hear the positive things about what it means to be Black, African, or Caribbean and we're just enjoying that," she said. Hamilton said the event was "on a whole different level" compared to last year. "We have so many more guests, so many more kids here that can finally express themselves thoroughly," he said. "It's a night and day difference." Alaa Ebrahim, a Grade 11 student at Riverside Secondary School, said this year's event was much more student-led. "Everything altogether just really made this event this year so much better because the student voice is really heard," she said. Ebrahim, one of the event's emcees, said it's important for younger students to "get the chance to see themselves in places that they might not see themselves normally." One of the symposium's other highlights was a fashion show that included both casual and cultural attire. Hamilton, a model in the show who got to wear his own pieces, called it "absolutely incredible." Hamilton, who was also a keynote speaker for the student panel, said Tuesday was about embracing the positive. "For a very long time, people that have looked like me haven't had the opportunity to fully express themself due to our very, very tainted and dark history," he said. "But today is the day to not even highlight that, but to highlight what joy can come, what happiness can come, what empowerment we can bring to the youth."
