March 2026

Eight former members of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) have announced they will create their own independent league starting in 2026-27. The new Western International Junior Hockey League (WIJHL) will not be affiliated with the KIJHL, Hockey Canada or BC Hockey. The eight founding teams are the 100 Mile House Wranglers, Castlegar Rebels, […]

Columbia River-Revelstoke MLA Scott McInnis has introduced a private member’s bill aimed at increasing public access to information about Aboriginal title claims across British Columbia. The proposed Aboriginal Title Transparency Act would require the provincial government to publicly disclose claims filed against the Crown, notify affected communities, and provide annual updates to the legislature on

Provincial Housing Minister Christine Boyle says B.C. “should be treated as well as Ontario has been,” following a new $8.8-billion deal between the Carney and Ford governments. Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Toronto with Ontario Premier Doug Ford Monday to announce a new partnership between the two governments to build more affordable homes, infrastructure

B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma says she is urging the federal government to limit social media access for minors by introducing similar restrictions to those enacted in Australia last year. Australia banned young people under the age of 16 from holding a social media account, which is defined as an electronic service designed to enable

A Surrey provincial court judge has found a driver who claimed he’d fallen unconscious prior to a traffic crash that put a woman in a coma guilty of two counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Judge Jodie Harris found John Arthur Meeks guilty as charged in the crash, that happened at the intersection of