April 2026

A man has been arrested for the attempted robbery of a jewelry store in ValleyFair Mall. Maple Ridge RCMP’s Street Enforcement Unit and the Lower Mainland Integrated Emergency Response Team took one man into custody on Thursday, April 16, after a search warrant was executed in Mission. Now police are trying to identify a second […]

A provincial court hearing in Revelstoke was abandoned after a judge found that a search warrant with a false address was used in a nighttime police entry that led to the arrest of two people accused of using bear spray. A release from Revelstoke RCMP in July 2024 recounts that officers forced entry into a

A former Rink Academy hockey coach pleaded guilty to two of five charges against him in Kelowna courts today, April 21. James Eccles pleaded guilty to assault and secretly observing/recording nudity in a private place. In December 2023, Eccles admitted to taking a photo of his now ex-wife while she was taking a shower, claiming

A new initiative launching at the Peace Arch Hospice Thrift Store in South Surrey in time for Mother’s Day will showcase the heartfelt talents of volunteers, staff and patrons to help boost funds raised at the shop in support of hospice programs and services. Handmade with Love was inspired by a volunteer who offered up

A Westwold rancher has been handed a nearly $30,000 penalty by the B.C. Supreme Court after he pleaded guilty to obstructing natural resource officers from performing inspections amid a contentious environmental order. Erik Buff was fined $29,900 in a March 26 provincial court decision for his summer 2023 contravention of the Water Sustainability Act, during