December 2025

A quartet of B.C. athletes will don Canadian colours for the men’s hockey team at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Abbotsford’s Devon Toews, Aldergrove’s Shea Theodore, Vancouver’s Macklin Celebrini and West Vancouver’s Sam Reinhart were all named to the team during a press conference on Wednesday (Dec. 31). Here are the 2⃣5⃣ players who […]

When New Year’s Eve comes, so does another birthday for Penticton. Dec. 31, 2025, marks 117 years since the community was incorporated as a municipality. Penticton later became a city in 1948, seven years before the Vees defeated the Soviet Union 5-0 to win the World Cup in Krefeld, Germany, a moment that helped the

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Vancouver Giants Head Coach Parker Burgess called their slow start and 4-1 loss to the Calgary Hitmen on Tuesday “unacceptable.” Calgary had a strong first period, outshooting Vancouver 19-4 and taking a 2-0 lead. and then added two third period insurance markers to take the lone head-to-head game of the season. Giants didn’t get on

A recent report highlights the importance of understanding and reducing disaster and climate risks in B.C. The B.C. Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment (DCRRA), the first in-depth update on provincial risk since 1997, flags rising temperatures and sea levels, and the potential implications of earthquakes, including a megathrust with a magnitude of 9.0