Not All News is Bad!

A student became a Delft family’s hero on Thursday. A woman’s car slipped on the icy road in the city center and crashed upside-down into the canal. The 23-year-old man saw it happen and immediately jumped into the freezing water to save her, the police said on Instagram. According to the police, the woman lost control of her vehicle when it skidded on the icy road. The car ended up upside-down in the canal. The woman was on her way to pick up her three children at school when the accident happened.

Source: Student rescues woman whose car crashed into an icy Delft canal

Well done! (Or, goed gedaan!)

A couple in Austin, Texas were honored as heroes for nourishing hungry neighbors by stocking a community fridge outside their Nixta Taqueria.

Source: Restaurant Feeds Community With Free Fridge–Then Gets Paid Back When Business Faces Closure in Austin, Texas

Nice.

A plush pandemonium broke out as a Hershey ice hockey team scored to trigger the annual charity Teddy Bear Toss-with 75,000 toys hurled-Watch

Source: Watch the Pandemonium as Hockey Fans Break Record Hurling 75,000 Teddy Bears Onto the Ice for Charity

Ha! Pretty cute.

The shelter was also asking folks to consider opening their homes for merely a few days of foster care; they got a late-Christmas miracle.

Source: When Dog Shelter Makes Appeal for Homes as Temps Plummet Below Zero People Arrive in Droves

Awesome.

Up until a few days ago, business was “absolutely terrible” at John McMillan’s little fish and chips shop in Lethbridge, Alta. But that all changed after a very hungry and hungover customer walked through his doors.

Source: Hungover customer brings heaps of business to struggling Alberta fish and chip shop

Love these kinds of stories.

Librarian Mychal Threets said sometimes the best way to respond to people who level insults is with empathy.

Source: Librarian faced spate of insults. Thousands of people came to his defense.

Love seeing the support.

Authorities informed her that if Kobe hadn’t detected the leak when he did on December 21, the consequences could have been fatal.

Source: Dog That Won’t Stop Digging Saves Entire Neighborhood After They Find Dangerous Gas Leak Underground

Well done!

In this part of Vancouver, innovative technology is harnessing heat from wastewater and using it as a renewable energy source to heat homes.

Source: The neglected clean heat we flush down the drains

Creative!

Meegan Rubin surprised Kelly and Jake Levine with a crocheted hat for their daughter Romey during a flight.

Source: Stranger crochets hat for baby on her first flight

Very cute.

Two West Island teenagers are being hailed as heroes for their courageous actions to save a couple from drowning in the choppy waters off a Barbados beach.

Source: Montreal teens hailed as heroes for saving couple from drowning in Barbados | Globalnews.ca

Well done!