Police and the Make-A-Wish Foundation helped Gaige Pike, 10, become a robot superhero for a day in Orange County, Calif.

More than 40 people roped up Wednesday, rappelling 11 stories and more than 100 feet to raise donations for southern Alberta's Make-a-Wish Foundation.

The Alberta Railway Museum is holding a teddy bear picnic in support of the Make-A-Wish Foundation this weekend.

Iver Eyjolfson was looking forward to watching his father rappel down the side of the Lethbridge Centre building for charity, but now it's the 13-year-old who will be braving the heights on Aug. 28 for the Rope For Hope event.

This year, the festival will support the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of London and Area, the Brandon Prust Foundation and Western Mustangs football.

The sixth annual Rope for Hope event has raised nearly $600,000 to date in southwestern Ontario.

In 2013, about 20,000 people packed the streets to watch Scott, dressed as a mini Batman, fight villains and rescue a “damsel in distress” as the caped crusader.

Three-year-old Aubrey Hirsch had long wished to attend the circus. On Tuesday, The Pipe Shop in North Vancouver transformed into just that.

A Lethbridge family is hoping to generate support for a charity that turned their child’s battle with cancer into a hopeful journey.

“I'm 90 and I can’t wait to wake up and to get back into the office and then back into my photography,” Gilbert said.