December 2025

First at the rink. Ready to compete. Outstanding student. Vernon’s Emma Ward is the embodiment of a participant in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL). Ward, a goalie for the North Shore Warriors’ U18 Female Prep team is the U18 Female West Division’s Player of the Month for November. This award is aimed at

A new photo has been released Canadian drug trafficker Ryan James Wedding by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States. The FBI believes the new photo of Wedding, one of their 10 most wanted fugitives, was taken in Mexico this past summer. The 44-year-old is wanted for allegedly running and participating in a

While it may just be the subject of political gamesmanship in Ottawa, for representatives of B.C.’s First Nations, a pipeline built without consultation challenges the sanctity of their territory, their way of life and their economic livelihood. On Tuesday, federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre introduced a motion in the House of Commons supporting the construction

WARNING: This story contains graphic details that some readers may find upsetting. After multiple delays, the murder trial for a Kelowna woman restarted on Dec. 8. Gabriella Sears, a transgender woman, is facing charges of second-degree murder and interference with human remains in the June 2021 death of Darren Middleton. Following Sears’ arrest, she confessed

More than 80 people packed into a room in Duncan’s Cowichan Community Centre on Dec. 8, gathering in grief, anger and solidarity to support the family of Leonard Sylvester III. Sylvester a 38-year-old member of the region’s Penelakut First Nation died following what his widow describes as a cascade of medical failures at Cowichan District