April 2026

There’s a new buzz in the air about getting to know your neighbours, and it’s in the form of community dinners. Beehive Community Dinners, as they’ve been aptly dubbed, is a volunteer-run, not-for-profit pilot project that launched in March, sparked by one White Rock family’s experience nearly three years ago while more than 7,600 kilometres

Southbound border travel by B.C. residents took another drop in March, with new numbers showing travel has dropped by 55 per cent over the last two years at the four busiest crossings. New data from the Cascade Gateway Border Data Warehouse and Whatcom Council of Governments for the Peace Arch, Pacific Highway, Lynden and Sumas

Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue were called to a cyclist who found himself stuck in the banks of the Alouette River. Rick Laing, spokesperson for the Maple Ridge-based team, said they got a call on Saturday evening about the distressed rider. He had been riding on the dike system along the Alouette River, and went

FlexWork Sports is bringing Seattle Seahawks star Rashid Shaheed to Surrey for a youth football camp this spring. Shaheed, wide receiver and kick-return specialist, won the Super Bowl with Seattle in February, three months after a trade from New Orleans Saints. In March he signed a three-year, $51-million contract extension to stay with the Seahawks.

A Tofino man has been sentenced to 9.5 years in jail for multiple sex offences committed on Port Alberni youth. Loki Tchir was accused of meeting minors online and travelling to Port Alberni from Tofino multiple times to commit offences. Port Alberni RCMP began investigating Loki Tchir in early 2025 and worked to quickly get