October 2025

Snuneymuxw First Nation in Nanaimo is buying two more casinos – Chances Maple Ridge and River Rock Casino Resort. Chief Mike Wyse and the First Nation’s economic development corporation, Petroglyph Development Group, announced Thursday, Oct. 30, definitive agreements to purchase the two casinos from Great Canadian Entertainment. Earlier this year, Snuneymuxw purchased Casino Nanaimo and […]

This Saturday, Nov. 1 brings the Maple Ridge Fire Department’s annual Muscular Dystrophy Boot Drive. Join off-duty firefighters at the Save-On-Foods stores on 227th Street and 240th Street. The first responders will be helping bag your groceries while raising funds for Muscular Dystrophy Canada. Muscular dystrophy is a group of genetic disorders that cause progressive

There may be some soggy souls in costume Friday, with a wet Halloween forecast for the Lower Mainland. While that’s not news for many who grew up in Metro Vancouver or on B.C.’s south coast, it means trick-or-treaters should be prepared for rain on Friday, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. The federal agency

Like Canucks legends Daniel and Henrik Sedin, it’s really tough to ID Alanna and Brianne Finn-Morris, the identical twins of Fionn. It’s just as difficult to differentiate their voices in a conference call, as I again discovered mid-October when they were about to start a U.S. West Coast tour. These are exciting days and nights

Vancouver Island’s economy is at a critical point and hard decisions need to be made to ensure long-term prosperity. This is according to Susan Mowbray, partner at MNP, who delivered the State of the Island economic report at the annual Vancouver Island Economic Alliance summit on Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Nanaimo. “Last year, we talked