Kootenay family asks for support after aggressive Stage 4 cancer diagnosis

A family in Gray Creek have started a GoFundMe page to help with travel and living expenses while a member of the family battles cancer.
At only 38 years-old, John Tallman, has been diagnosed with aggressive grade 4 astrocytoma, which is a type of Stage 4 brain cancer.
This is not Tallman’s first battle with cancer. About four years ago, he fought and beat the cancer twice; however, in July 2026, the cancer returned.Tallman received brain surgery at Foothills Hospital in Calgary at the beg