November 2025

Vernon, Revelstoke and Penticton will be included in a province-wide protest demanding a halt to old-growth logging on Tuesday. In Vernon, it’s being dubbed a “showdown at BC Timber Sales,” and the local organizers, which include the Peachland Watershed Protection Alliance and the Interior Watershed Task Force, are driving that adversarial image home by encouraging

Lung cancer screening is now available in Maple Ridge. The free service is offered by BC Cancer, through the Provincial Health Services Authority, at Ridge Meadows Hospital, for eligible people who are at a high risk of lung cancer and who are not experiencing any symptoms. According to BC Cancer, lung screening can provide at-risk

B.C. has agreed to change its policies for how it prioritizes Indigenous people for liver transplants, and to end practices alleged to be discriminatory, the province confirmed on Thursday (Nov. 13). The changes were agreed to in a settlement between the province and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) to resolve a longstanding Human

For the following reasons, courtesy of Osborn Music: A young child says to his mother, “Mom, when I grow up I’d like to be a musician.” She replies, “Well honey, you know you can’t do both.” Q: How do you make musicians complain? A: Pay them. Q: What do you call a beautiful woman on

Canadians should be alarmed that the federal Liberal government has introduced a ‘credit card budget’ that will tack on a further $78 billion to our national debt, says the Official Leader of the Opposition. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre spoke to a Kelowna business audience on Thursday, Nov. 13, saying he hoped the Liberals, after