November 2025

Just west of Revelstoke 140 years ago, Sir Donald A. Smith made history at the small settlement of Craigellachie, driving the final spike into the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)’s tracks on Nov. 7, 1885. That moment — after four years of construction, 20,000 kilometres of track and six years ahead of schedule — marked the […]

Interactive, immersive, well-illuminated and installed in Canada for the first time, the new “Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience” opens Friday (Nov. 7) in Vancouver. Thursday night at Stanley Park, media were given a preview of the slightly constroversial attraction, which has replaced the popular Bright Nights light display (now in Surrey) for a fall/winter

Warning: This story discusses sexual violence that may be triggering for some readers. Final submissions were made at the end of a four-day trial in a Williams Lake Supreme Court involving historic sex abuse charges against a former Tsilhqot’in chief. Ervine Charleyboy, former Chief of Tŝideldel First Nation, is facing charges of indecent assault and

The City of Maple Ridge plans to pursue infrastructure and housing funds announced in the latest federal budget. “With the rapid population growth we have seen in Maple Ridge, our city has been moving quickly to enable new affordable housing development, and to put detailed plans in place for the new infrastructure needed to support

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