January 2026

The SkyTrain line between Whalley and Langley City is on track to be opened for service in late 2029. Gilles Assier, executive project director of the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain Project, presented an update to Surrey’s council-in-committee on January 26. He outlined “key progress” looking ahead that includes most guideway foundations and substructure being completed this year. […]

The development arm of B.C.’s Jim Pattison Group won’t be commenting on the private transaction of the sale of one of its buildings to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A statement to Black Press Media Wednesday (Jan. 28) acknowledges the “conversation around immigration policy and enforcement is particularly heated, and has become much more

Environment Canada has issued a heavy rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver, including Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. The yellow warning forecasts 80 to 120 mm of rain tonight (Wednesday) through Friday. A series of frontal systems will move across the South Coast over the next few days, said Environment Canada. Rain will become heavy this

An evening of dessert and dance is coming up in Maple Ridge, hosted by Garibaldi Secondary and Golden Ears jazz bands, which will be performing live big band-style swing and ballroom dance music. The dessert and dance will happen on Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Albion Community Centre (24165 104 Ave.). There will

The Greater Vancouver Zoo (GV Zoo) is welcoming a 10-year-old male red panda named Kelly. Kelly was transferred from Assiniboine Park Zoo in Winnipeg, Man., and was greeted by GV Zoo staff and volunteers upon arrival. He will be joining Paprika, the zoo’s 8-year-old resident red panda, in the southern end of the zoo’s Asian