June 2026

The Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation rejected Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke’s request to defer dealing with the Transport 2050 and Access for Everyone Plan until after the October 17 civic election. The was during the council’s June 25 meeting. “I have real concerns with it for a number of reasons,” she told her fellow Metro […]

North Okanagan murder suspect Vitali Stefanski made his closing submissions in his own B.C. Supreme Court trial Thursday, when he maintained his innocence while offering a scattered account of the leadup to his ex-wife’s death, and told jurors why he should believed instead of the Crown. Vitali pleaded not-guilty last month to second-degree murder in

A social media trend has resulted in thousands of dollars in local property damage and RCMP reports from frustrated residents. Started in 2025, the “TikTok Door Kick Challenge” involves youth, primarily between the ages of 13 to 15, according to the Nanaimo RCMP, who are “aggressively kicking, pounding or striking residential doors doors during late

Princeton has joined hands with Merritt, Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Hope to secure funding from the federal government to rebuild after floods that devastated these communities. The West Coast Resiliency Partnership (WCCRP) is a collaboration between these five cities who have had their transportation, energy, food supply and economic corridor heavily impacted due to floods. Princeton

A wildfire burning northeast of Whistler is currently 6.5 hectares, B.C. Wildfire Service says. The Cougar Mountain wildfire, which is about 15 kilometres south of Pemberton, was discovered on Wednesday (June 24). It’s currently deemed as burning out of control. B.C. Wildfire Service says lightning is the suspected cause. There are two initial attack crews