June 2026

B.C. is continuing its push for more power with planned upgrades to several dams throughout the province that the energy minister says will provide as much as 1,000 megawatts of new capacity, a seven-per-cent boost. “The least expensive thing to do is squeeze every electron out of the network of dams, substations, transmission and distribution […]

The Yukon and Western provinces could be looking at a warmer winter next season as scientists around the world have officially declared the formation of an El Niño weather pattern. On June 11, the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared an El Niño year following earlier predictions by the World Meteorological Organization and

A new study led by researchers at the University of Victoria has added to growing evidence that alcohol consumption can increase the risk of developing pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest forms of the disease. The research, conducted by the university’s Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR), found a dose-response relationship between alcohol use

Emotions still ran high for Gwen Balmer early Monday morning, June 15. “I can’t that fix that,” she exclaimed to Black Press Media, before weeping after a suspect threw an object breaking the window of one her vans used to deliver water in Williams Lake setting it on fire a few days earlier. The owner

A barn fire in Maple Ridge shut down a stretch of Dewdney Trunk Road Tuesday evening. Firefighters responded to the call just before 8:30 p.m. on June 16 in the 24400 block of Dewdney Trunk Road. The road was closed in both directions, with traffic being detoured, as firefighters had to run a water supply