31. That’s how many times my beach wheelchair was used at the Goderich Waterfront in just four weeks since it was put into action.

With passion and pride, Eythor Bender is on a mission to tear down the walls of stigma that accompanies amputation. His San Francisco-headquartered company uses 3-D printing technology to promote prosthetic fashion. That company is UNYQ.

June 9, 1994. A date that left an indelible mark on Craig Tourangeau’s mind and body. Twenty-odd years later he remembers every detail of that spring morning in Nanaimo like it was just yesterday.

We all need heroes. This kid picked a damn good one. His care for the cause won’t get closeted after Halloween. But if it’s any consolation, his costume will.