December 2025

BC Hydro is taking a Vanderhoof ranching family to court, claiming the family is impeding construction of the $6-billion North Coast Transmission Line (NCTL), one of the federal government’s “nation-building” projects that’s billed as way to power new gas and mining projects in the so-called “golden triangle” in northern B.C. A petition filed in B.C. […]

The Abbotsford Police Department has started a new program to help individuals currently involved in, or being recruited into, extortion-related violence. Project Disengage is being described by the department as an “intervention and exit program.” “Many youths, young adults and individuals are being drawn into these crimes, often lured by promises of quick financial gain

The parents of Chase De Balinhard finally have some answers in the shooting death of their son. The Independent Investigations Office of B.C. (IIO) released a report Dec. 4 detailing a months-long investigation into the shooting death of the 15-year-old last Feb. 9 in Clayton Heights. IIO—B.C.’s police watchdog—found that the two officers who opened

Filling up your tank is cheaper in Penticton than anywhere else in B.C. on Thursday, Dec. 4. That’s according to Texas-based app GasBuddy, which tracks fuel prices across Canada and the U.S. Gas prices are currently as low as 113.9 cents a litre in Penticton. Other stations in the city are seen offering regular gas

Dear Editor, Lately there have been writeups in The News calling into question the recent takeover of The ACT by the City of Maple Ridge. I don’t feel the City or Maple Ridge council should be deluged with criticism for this action as without doubt, there were multiple ‘layers to the onion’. The ACT has