December 2025

Yukon Expedition Sleds is preparing to introduce what it says will be Canada’s first welded‑plastic all‑terrain landing craft, a project founder Ryan McGillivray described as a northern‑built response to shrinking ice seasons and changing access needs across remote regions. “So, right now, with climate change, the amount of time that people could drive their vehicles […]

A community-led initiative is calling on Canadian Blood Services to establish a blood plasma centre in northern B.C. Our Blood Counts is addressing the urgent need for blood products, as the North is the only region in the province that does not have a blood donor centre. The group is also calling for more support

The murder and attempted murder trial of Nicholas Bellemare, accused of killing a Ridge Meadows Mountie, is now scheduled to run until early April. Bellemare was in New Westminster Supreme Court again on Monday, Dec. 29, as defence lawyers continued cross-examining witnesses over bullet and bullet hole evidence taken from the scene of the fatal

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Comox-based Search and Rescue Technicians (SAR TECH) were called in for their technical support after a suspect is said to have fled from an attempted traffic stop in Williams Lake. On Dec. 28, local RCMP were responding to multiple complaints of a suspected drunk driver in and around the city. When RCMP officers attempted to