December 2025

British Columbia’s care services workers are the latest public sector union threatening strike action to accelerate contract talks with the provincial government. Members of the Community Bargaining Association (CBA) voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike, the union announced on Thursday, Nov. 27. The majority of the 26,000 workers in the CBA belong to the B.C. […]

A lack of snow in B.C.’s northern capital is a boon to the North Okanagan. Nordiq Canada and the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Trials organizing committee have relocated the Canadian Olympic Cross-Country Skiing Trials from Prince George to Vernon’s Sovereign Lake Nordic Centre due to not enough snow in the Central Interior. The Trials will

For one day the Meadowridge School gymnasium was transformed into a lively marketplace where students showcased their talents, creativity, and entrepreneurship. The second annual Winter Market welcomed nearly 1,000 guests to the school in Maple Ridge. It featured 43 student vendors, as well as more than 40 community vendors, and local businesses. The event was

AltiTunes is on the move. After four years at Big White Ski Resort, the Thick as Thieves music festival will be taking place at the Sun Peaks Centre Stage on Apr. 3 and 4, 2026. “Our team is bursting with excitement to be bringing AltiTunes to Sun Peaks” said Mitch Carefoot, Thick as Thieves owner.

A Surrey father is advocating for significant reforms in the health care system following the sudden death of his son, 20-year-old Rowan Hamilton, a beloved former North Surrey football player, highlighting the urgent need for improved patient advocacy and accountability within the system. Justin Hamilton, Rowan’s dad, held a rally in front of Surrey Memorial