May 2026

Sophie grins as she leaps through a hoop, giving a side-eye search for human Ron Wright. The 11-year-old miniature Australian shepherd is clearly having a good time, checking in with Wright every few paces through her backyard agility course. Practice means treats, unlike competition. Both are clearly enjoying themselves running about under the sun in

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The opening night of the 2026 Memorial Cup didn’t provide the Kelowna Rockets the start they hoped for. In front of a sold out crowd at Prospera Place, the energy was electric ahead of the first Memorial Cup game in Kelowna, but as the game went on, the Kitchener Rangers experience from their recent run

Maple Ridge honoured another of its great sports heroes on May 20, as national team lacrosse player Megan Kinna was this year’s Hometown Hero. Kinna said it was an honour to be selected at a celebration night at Samuel Robertson Technical school. “Thank you to the city of Maple Ridge where my lacrosse career first

A Kelowna man with more than 30 criminal convictions was recently sentenced to more time behind bars stemming from charges related to an incident of intimate partner violence in 2024. Klayton John Kearns, 46, was sentenced May 22 to 30 months in jail for break-and-enter and six months for assault, to be served concurrently, after