A documentary that was four years in the making will première one year into the renewed political tensions at the Canada-U.S. border. Award-winning filmmaker Ying Wang is showcasing her documentary The Border on Jan. 24 in Vancouver as part of the interplay 2026 festival. Wang says the documentary is fitting as political tensions continue to […]
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Mounties are asking for help to locate a missing woman last seen in Maple Ridge late in the year. Shannon Samms was last seen Monday, Dec. 29, in the 21600-block of Lougheed Highway about 4 a.m. that day. Since then, there’s been no word or sightings of the 37-year-old woman, said Ridge Meadows RCMP. On
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A Surrey city councillor feels she didn’t do anything wrong when she alerted Surrey Police Service Chief Const. Norm Lipinski about concerns regarding impairment checks outside of Morgan Creek Golf Course — and other Surrey golf courses — last summer. Coun. Linda Annis, who is running for mayor in the 2026 municipal election, said she
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From a sweltering extended summer to a mild start to winter, 2025 was a record-breaking year for warmth for much of the Okanagan. It was the warmest year on record for Vernon and Kelowna, and the fourth-warmest year for Penticton. Kelowna’s average temperature for the year came in at 10.6 degrees Celsius, which was 2.4
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A Chilliwack pastor ticketed for in-person worship during lockdowns has had the matter set aside in Provincial Court of B.C. The Alberta-based Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms announced on Jan. 8 that both convictions had been “vacated” for Pastor John Koopman of the Free Reformed Church in Chilliwack. In 2022 Koopman was charged with participating