Langley’s iconic Driediger Farms has a new owner. An online statement posted by B.C. Farm & Ranch Realty Corp. on Saturday, Dec. 28 announced the sale of the third and final portion of the 160 acre property, a 78-acre site at 7361 240 St. that includes a frozen fruit processing facility and farm. At a […]
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With just one year under its belt, Vernon’s very first Performing Arts Festival has already reached a major milestone. The Vernon Performing Arts Festival (VPAF), which took place last year, has joined Performing Arts BC as an Official Member Festival. “This milestone gives local performers the opportunity to qualify for the Provincial Performing Arts Festival,
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Somebody who purchased a lottery ticket in Pitt Meadows has won some serious coin in the Friday, Dec. 26 Lotto Max draw. The winning ticket is worth $230,915 with six of the seven plus numbers matched. There was one other winner whose ticket was purchased in Surrey. However, nobody got all seven numbers, so there
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Vernon Vipers defenceman Dome Szongoth will return to the North Okanagan with some pre-Christmas jewelry. Szongoth, who will turn 20 on Jan. 18, helped his native Hungary win the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2026 World Men’s Division 1 Group B hockey championship gold medal in Milano, Italy, Dec. 8-14. As the winner of the six-team
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A tiny survivor named Apollo, a pair of orphaned otters, an emaciated pup and the redemption of humans are among the stories being celebrated province-wide by the BC SPCA for 2025. Apollo was one day old when discovered with two siblings in a Kelowna scrap yard. Gathered up by their finder, one sibling was euthanized
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