February 2026

Canada’s mountain guide and forecasting industries have detailed the rigorous safety training that heli-skiing operators undergo, amid the recent death of a guest skier in an avalanche near Revelstoke while on tour with a local company. On Thursday, Feb. 19, Revelstoke’s Selkirk Tangiers Heli Skiing (STHS) recovered and evacuated a member of a visiting tour […]

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A 25-year-old was arrested in Abbotsford on Tuesday (Feb. 24) for dangerous driving and refusing to provide a breath sample after allegedly travelling over 200 km/h in a 60 km/h zone. According to a social media post from the Abbotsford Police Department, a patrol officer clocked a grey pickup driving at 198 km/h in an

Tim Walters loves football but argues we need less of it. During the balmy afternoon of Monday, Feb. 23, inside the student lounge of Okanagan College’s Salmon Arm campus, the English professor and researcher shared with an attentive audience a public presentation on his ongoing work related to the climate cost the Fédération Internationale de

Members of law enforcement braved the cold waters of Alouette Lake on Thursday, Feb. 26, to raise money for Special Olympics BC. RCMP from Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows, and Coquitlam, along with staff from Alouette Correctional Centre for Women, the BC Conservation Officer Service, and the Metro Vancouver Transit Police, gathered in Golden Ears Provincial