A Surrey resident is speaking up about fireworks after an early Saturday-morning fire threatened her home. Lorna Cherry said people illegally set off fireworks in her Newton neighbourhood, near 82 Avenue and King George Boulevard, after hours all the time, which is likely what woke her up Saturday (Feb. 21) just before 1 a.m. ”I […]
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She fits the bill perfectly. Vernon Paralympian wheelchair curler and Canada Sports Hall of Fame member Sonja Gaudet will be featured on the panel of Storytelling Series: Celebrating Winter Olympic and Paralympic Sports Heroes Wednesday, Feb. 25. It’s a national livestream event that uses the power of athlete stories to explore the values behind the
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The Health Employers Association of B.C. has reached tentative agreements with associations representing community health-care workers and health-sciences workers. The Finance Ministry says that negotiations for both deals were made under the 2025 Balanced Measures Mandate to “support government’s key priorities to protect and strengthen critical services in B.C.’s public sector, to maintain labour stability
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B.C.’s business leaders gathered in Vancouver on Tuesday morning to sound the alarm on B.C.’s most recent budget, saying the province is hampering economic growth with new taxes, particularly the expansion of the provincial sales tax (PST). “It’s clear this government and the business community are not on the same page,” said Bridgitte Anderson, CEO
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A man was arrested in Maple Ridge and charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse and exploitation material by mail after a multi-jurisdictional investigation by the BC RCMP Integrated Child Exploitation, (ICE), Unit. On Wednesday, Feb. 18, the RCMP child exploitation unit — with the assistance of Ridge Meadows RCMP, the Lower Mainland Integrated