November 2025

An independent review into the 2022 killing of a Prince Rupert woman has come back with recommendations to improve firearms security and empower supervisors to identify mental health issues at the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). The CBSA commissioned the review after border services officer Siu Shen (Shawn) Yeung shot and killed his ex-fiancée, Patricia […]

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

A psychological thriller by a Summerland author is a finalist in the Canadian Book Club Awards for 2025. Every Fall, by Angela Douglas, is the story of a family’s struggle against unseen and all-too-real dangers. The story follows the lives of Bree, a former party girl turned stay-at-home mom, and Jake, a police officer whose

A bill that would place greater reliance on professionals during the building approvals process has passed second reading in the B.C. legislature. The professional reliance act, brought forward as a private member’s bill by Nanaimo-Lantzville MLA George Anderson to speed up development approvals, garnered full support from the B.C. NDP in a vote on Monday,

A Summerland musician has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Paul Rodgers, founding member of Bad Company and Free, was the only Canadian inducted into the Hall of Fame this year. Because of health concerns, Rodgers, 75, was not able to attend the ceremony in Los Angeles, but Canadian performer Bryan