January 2026

A Surrey man has been sentenced to sexual interference in Campbell River after pleading guilty. Surrey’s Dillon Caleb Partanen, 33, pleaded guilty to sexual interference, possession of child sexual exploitation and abuse material, and failing to comply with a probation order, and was sentenced to five years in jail last Tuesday (Jan. 13) in the […]

A Youbou waterfront property owner has written to Premier David Eby after he has had to repeatedly appeal the assessments of his property by BC Assessment over several years. John Duggan owns a 1960s-era recreational cabin that has no power and running water on approximately 0.72 acres on a remote logging road, and he was

The driver of a northbound semi-truck that was hauling “flammable material” has died following a single-vehicle crash along the Alaska Highway about an hour north of Fort Nelson, B.C. Northern B.C. RCMP said police responded to a report of a crash involving a propane tanker truck at 4:43 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 20. Police said

Hospital overcrowding directly contributed to six people dying while waiting for emergency care in Alberta during a recent two-week period, according to a leaked report. About 20 other patients, who waited hours for care and could have died in emergency waiting rooms or hospital hallways, were also listed in the report posted online. Dr. Paul

Vancouver Canucks head coach Adam Foote finally had enough after Monday night’s 4-3 loss to the New York Islanders at Rogers Arena. Despite his team being dead last in the NHL standings, Foote usually had a tendency to protect his team after a defeat but that wasn’t the case after the Canucks 11th straight loss.