November 2025

Secwépemc and settler artist Tania Willard received national recognition as the winner of Canada’s top prize for visual arts. In a ceremony held Saturday, Nov. 8, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) announced Willard won this year’s Sobey Art Award, recognized for the “strength, resonance and clarity of vision of her multifaceted practice” that “challenges […]

Canadian soldiers putting their lives on the line overseas will soon get some special messages handwritten to them by dozens of Abbotsford students. On Friday, Nov. 7, students at Mt. Lehman Elementary were able to present their latest projects to Sgt. David Scrivens of the Canadian Armed Forces. The veteran from Langley was front and

One discipline down on her quest for history, two more to go. Vernon’s Shanda Hill is out of the water and ready to wheel out onto the bike course of the Taiwan Ultra Triathlon in the coastal city of Tainan, known for its temples, night markets, and rich Taiwanese culture. The course loops around the

Another decade-old Indigenous land title case is causing alarm over its potential implications for private property rights in B.C. Filed in 2015, the same year as the landmark Cowichan Tribes legal challenge, this lawsuit was brought by the Secwepemc Nation to stop the Ajax gold and copper mine project near Kamloops. Despite the province denying

There are three Remembrance Day ceremonies taking place in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. Thousands are expected at the Maple Ridge ceremony which starts at 10:30 a.m. with a parade that begins outside the Royal Canadian Legion, on 224th Street, at Brown Avenue. Legion Branch 88 is one of the largest in Canada with more