January 2026

A Chilliwack high school teacher was reprimanded and briefly suspended from teaching in 2024 for showing a graphic film depicting an industrial accident to a Grade 11/12 metalwork class. Bradley Bootsma’s failure to “create a safe learning environment” was the subject of a report made to the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation, from his employer, […]

Big White’s Tess Critchlow is once again an Olympic athlete. On Thursday, Jan. 22, Canada Snowboard and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced Team Canada’s roster for the snowboard cross, half pipe and parallel giant slalom events at the 2026 Winter Games. Critchlow, the 30-year-old was named to the snowboard cross team, making Milano Cortina

A ex-banker who operated in Kelowna is being fined over $1 million for transferring hundreds of thousands of dollars from elderly clients to bank accounts he controlled. Scotiabank representative Marc-Antoine Ladeiro was found by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) to have have “willfully and deceptively misappropriated $354,700 from an elderly couple” before disappearing entirely.

Friday, Jan. 23 is album-release day for trailblazing B.C. rock band 54-40, formed 45 years ago in Tsawwassen and still creating new music. Eleven songs on the band’s 16th studio album, Porto, were recorded in Porto, Portugal with longtime producer Warne Livesey. For 11 days they worked quickly at Arda Recorders in the midst of

Drivers travelling through Langley can expect additional overnight detours on Highway 1 as construction continues on the 264 Street interchange. The Ministry of Transportation and Transit is warning drivers of overnight detours in place from Thursday, Jan. 22, to Saturday, Jan. 31, between 11 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. During those hours, traffic in both directions