May 2026

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Behchoko RCMP have arrested multiple individuals but at least one suspect remains outstanding following reports of shots being fired earlier in the day, police stated shortly after 4 p.m. on Friday. The community remains under lockdown. “Officers have contained several residences in the community in relation to the investigation,” the Mounties stated. Members of the

B.C. Forests Minister Ravi Parmar announced on Thursday that the federal government is pitching in $21 million to support retraining and retooling forestry workers and operations in the province. The money comes as part of Ottawa’s more than $2 billion commitment to support the sector as it faces tariff tradewinds, stiff foreign competition and a

Frustrated developers appeared before Maple Ridge city council on Tuesday night, to appeal city staff’s refusal to approve a new apartment building at 22190 Cliff Avenue. They would like to build a six-storey, 44-unit apartment building next to the Haney Bypass, with two levels of underground parking. City staff and council want assurances the residents

While the government works to overhaul the rules around freedom of information (FOI) requests, Information and Privacy Commissioner Michael Harvey says the system is experiencing an “unexpected surge” in review requests, and he believes it is because people are relying on artificial intelligence (AI) to write up their disputes for them. “In conversations we’ve had