December 2025

A B.C. nurse who lives in Maple Ridge was suspended for one week for inappropriately touching a student. According to the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwifes, Salendra Kumar touched the student inappropriately on two occasions between December 2023 and April 2024. Kumar is a licensed practical nurse whose primary employer is listed by […]

Despite falling rents and stabilized home prices, a group of angry Metro Vancouver mayors is calling on the B.C. government to back off on some of its signature housing policies. “The province’s housing legislation has been one of the most ill-conceived, poorly thought-out policy initiatives that this province has ever suffered under,” Port Coquitlam Mayor

The reigning Western Conference-champion Vancouver Whitecaps have re-signed Penticton-born goalkeeper Isaac Boehmer, the Major League Soccer club announced on Dec. 8. Boehmer’s new deal will see him stay in his home province through the 2027 season, with a club option for 2028. The 24-year-old was born in Penticton and resided in nearby Okanagan Falls. A

For the third consecutive year, Victoria has been named the most generous community in Canada by crowdfunding platform GoFundMe, which recorded over 18,500 donors through 2025 despite economic strain and international tensions. With a population of 102,856 according to a 2024 estimate, almost 18 per cent of the city’s population – or nearly one in

Floodwaters from the Nooksack River have crossed into Abbotsford on Thursday (Dec. 11) morning and have led to evacuation orders for 82 properties in the Huntingdon Village area. The orders cover Sumas Way up to 2nd Avenue in south Abbotsford near the Sumas border crossing. BREAKING: Floodwaters have crossed into Abbotsford from across the border