January 2026

Cloverdale’s MLA disagrees with the RCMP’s assistant commissioner for British Columbia John Brewer. On Jan, 20, during a press conference, Brewer disagreed that the extortion problem plaguing Surrey was a crisis at all. “There’s not a crisis,” Brewer said. “A crisis is what’s happening out there with drug overdoses. That’s a crisis. People are dying. […]

After a soggy December and no snow a month into winter, 2026 is shaping up to be a warmer year for those living on B.C.’s south coast. And the latest information from Environment and Climate Change Canada forecasts that people across the country could see warm temperatures scorching their way into the record book. ECCC

Mike Scheller has built Vernon’s Clarence Fulton Secondary School’s football program into one of the most respected in the province over the past couple of decades. The roots of the program come from lessons instilled in Scheller by a former minor football coach and teacher at what was then known as Fulton Junior Secondary School,

If you live with a reactive dog, you’ve probably heard the terms desensitization and counter-conditioning. They can sound technical, but at their core, these methods are about helping your dog feel safer in a world that currently feels overwhelming. They don’t rely on force, corrections, or “making your dog behave.” Instead, they work by changing

A petition has started to ask Maple Ridge council to slow traffic on 102nd Avenue, where a 13-year-old girl was hit by a pickup earlier this month. Christina Holland, who organized the petition, said there has been swift support for the petition, which calls for increasing pedestrian safety with traffic calming measures. These could include