B.C. Home Hardware stores boost cancer research

KELOWNA ― To mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, five Home Hardware members in the Okanagan are raising money for research and care at BC Cancer – Kelowna. Customers who donate online or in the stores will have their gifts matched dollar for dollar. The five participating locations are in Kelowna, Salmon Arm, Penticton, Vernon and Osoyoos. “This year, more than 3,700 British Columbians will be diagnosed with breast cancer and it’s reported to account for around 25 per cent of all new cancer cases in women,” says a release from the BC Cancer Foundation. “With donor support, BC Cancer clinicians can continue to advance research and treatment options and stay one step ahead of the disease.”