For the 10th year in a row, the largest mall serving the Fraser Valley closed down for an evening of shopping in support of various charities. About 1,800 turned out Tuesday night, Nov. 18 in Langley for Willowbrook Shopping Centre’s by-admission Charity Shopping Night, with 100 per cent of ticket sales and event proceeds going […]
A portrait of Breallan Dawne Franks bears the message “Rest In Peace,” her date of birth, May 20, 2000, litsed as “sunrise” and her date of death, “sunset,” Feb. 24, 2025, and a warning. “210 people in B.C. die each month from fentanyl. Please don’t be next…” It lists the toll free Opioid Treatment Access
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Ask Vernon high school football coaches Sean Smith and Mike Scheller to talk about their players, and they’ll respond with: “How much time do you have?” Smith, from Vernon Secondary, and Scheller, of the crosstown Fulton Maroons, continue to develop quality players year after year after year. That’s evidenced in 2025 by having four players
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An internal party revolt against B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad is continuing to grow, with 30 riding association representatives now calling for caucus members to force his resignation. According to a letter obtained by Black Press Media and dated Tuesday, Nov. 18, those riding officials say that with Rustad as leader, winning an election would
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Canadians with celiac disease are looking for a little financial relief from the government, in the form of an e-petition. I don’t usually sign petitions, as a member of the press. But since I was diagnosed with celiac disease more than 20 years ago, I have spent likely a few thousand dollars more for my
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