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‘Stupid questions’ video clip goes viral By KURT LANGMANN Aldergrove Star
A young female hockey player’s satirical video clip on “Stupid questions female hockey players get asked” has gone viral. Kirsten Toth grew up playing hockey with the Aldergrove Minor Hockey Association (AMHA) and currently plays defence for the UBC Thunderbirds women’s team. She’s enjoyed some outstanding successes on ice with Team BC and the Notre Dame squad in Saskatchewan, but she says she was motivated to make the clip to draw attention to “inequality in sports… (women) get asked silly questions all the time by people who have no idea.” For example, “Stupidest question I’ve been asked: Do you wear pink gear?” says one of the players in the video. She retorts, “Only
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Aldergrove Secondary school’s Kohsuke Tsutsui heads the ball in action at the AA High School Soccer Provincials last week in Burnaby. The team finished in the top 15 of B.C. Story, page 12.
when I want to look pretty,” as she puts on a pink helmet. Toth told The Star that the video was one of her projects for her creative writing in new media class. The project was to make a video “go viral” and with almost a million views since its debut on Youtube last Wednesday, Toth is likely to get high marks. “It was the first time I made a video, along with two friends who edited and filmed it, and the hockey players, the actors we interview in the video are from our UBC team,” said Toth. “I directed and produced the script but there are a lot of ad libs, the actors played off each other with their responses.” The video was uploaded on Nov. 25 at 11 p.m. and Toth says she was pleased to see it have 1,500 views by the next day. SEE: Page 3
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“Stupidest question I’ve been asked: Do you wear pink gear?” says one of the players in the locker room. She retorts, “Only when I want to look pretty,” as she puts on a pink helmet.
Local man recovering after brain surgery in U.S. By VIKKI HOPES Aldergrove Star
An Abbotsford man who underwent brain surgery in the U.S. because the procedure is not covered in Canada is back home and recovering. Tom Kettering’s surgery was performed last Wednesday, Nov.
17 in Los Angeles at the Mission Community Hospital to remove a tumour that had been causing him blinding headaches for the last 20 years. According to posts on social media, Kettering has experienced a lessening of his pain since having the surgery and was able to fly home on
Monday. He was not yet available for comment. Kettering and his wife, Christina, had sold off their business interests and heavy equipment, put their home up for sale and taken out a major bank loan to cover the $250,000 procedure. They have also been supported by
more than $42,000 in donations on a crowdfunding website. The surgery was not covered in Canada, and there wasn’t a neurosurgeon in the country who performs the procedure. B.C.’s Ministry of Health will cover the cost of the surgery, but only if it’s recommended by a Canadian
neurosurgeon. Kettering waited two years to see a neurologist but had not been able to get an appointment to see a neurosurgeon. Donations to assist in the couple’s expenses can be made a gofundme.com and then search “Tom Kettering.”
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