November 2025

A wrong-way highway crash that killed three people in Chilliwack will be the subject of a BC Coroners Service inquest starting on Dec. 8. The coroner’s inquest will review the circumstances that led to the deaths of Gabriel Johnson Choi, Hasan Khaled Ayyad and Allison Dawn Gilchrist, according to the Nov. 13 release. Gabe Choi, […]

B.C. is investing $241 million for trades training over the next three years, Premier David Eby announced on Friday, Nov. 14. Eby linked this to the need to provide skilled workers to build major projects such as those added to the federal “nation-building” list by Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday. “It’s one thing to

The sons of Abbotsford murder victim Darshan Sahsi have sent letters to politicians at all levels of government, calling for “strong, immediate and enforceable action” to end the recent spate of extortion-related violence. Navi and Arpan Sahsi say current measures to address the issue – such as a provincial police extortion task force – are

Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows School Board is looking to establish a Student Advisory Committee. The purpose of the committee will be to give secondary students more of a voice when it comes to governance matters in the Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows school district. School board chair Elaine Yamamoto noted they are early in the process

Salmon Arm RCMP found no evidence of wrongdoing in a beat around a bush. On Oct. 22, a woman called police to report a neighbour was killing a bush on her property. The caller alleged this was devaluing her home, which was for sale. “Police attended and spoke with the woman who showed police some