Fair, 54, had put in a request for a DATS van to pick him up, along with his guide dog and his roommate from their basement suite in the neighbourhood of Summerside last April.

A blind B.C. man completed an 11-hour-long swim from Sechelt to Nanaimo on Sunday, raising over $120,000 for people in need of guide dogs. Scott Rees, 39, was greeted at Pipers Lagoon in Nanaimo ...