November 2025

Missing contractor’s body recovered after search in East Kootenay coal mine

A 39-year-old resident of Hosmer, B.C., is confirmed dead at a coal mine in southeastern B.C. Early Thursday morning, Nov. 20, Elk Valley Regional RCMP were made aware of a mining incident at the Elk View Operations in Sparwood, RCMP said in a release. It was reported that the man had been reported missing on

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B.C. teen breaks new ice as region’s first female captain of boy’s rep hockey team

The Professional Women’s Hockey League and the Vancouver Goldeneyes make history this month, but 70 kilometres away Abbotsford recently had a significant women’s hockey moment of its own. While the Goldeneyes debut at the Pacific Coliseum on Friday (Nov. 21), Georgia Vallee will be wearing the “C” as captain for the Abbotsford Minor Hockey Association’s

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