Twenty radiation sessions. Eight surgeries. Six rods, 15 screws and a whole bunch of other things holding his back together. You know what’s priceless? Your life. Steve Ewan found that out after going head-to-head with cancer, two operations to rebuild his back, another six to whisk away infection and a six months in hospital.

Born in Vancouver and raised in Richmond, Steve Ewen went is a graduate of both McNair Secondary and Kwantlen College. He’s been a sports reporter at the The Province since 1994, his beats have included Vancouver Canucks, B.C. Lions, Vancouver Whitecaps, high school/university and his current one, the Vancouver Giants. He started in newspapers in 1989, with the Coquitlam NOW, at the age of 19.