June 2026

WORLD CUP: Canada overpowers Qatar with massive 6-0 victory

5:01 p.m. Let the celebrations begin, Vancouver! The host nation wraps up its first-ever victory on the World Cup stage with a massive 6-0 win. Switzerland awaits… A bit of chaos down on Granville pic.twitter.com/7xVIkYRAsA — Lauren Collins (@laurenpcollins1) June 19, 2026 4:53 p.m. Total domination!! David completes his hat trick and makes it 6-0 […]

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Federal government kicks in $5 billion for B.C. housing, infrastructure

B.C. has struck a deal with the federal government for Ottawa to provide more than $5 billion for housing and infrastructure in the province over the next 10 years. Funding will include $2.5 billion for transit, such as SkyTrain development, $1.6 billion to lower development cost charges, $600 million for health-care infrastructure, a $284-million one-time

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LETTER: MP needs to help those with no dinner

Dear Editor, Recently, three Conservative MPs held a roundtable in Maple Ridge about theoretical threats to property rights. The room included developers, realtors, and cattlemen. Conspicuously absent: constituents, homeowners, or any Indigenous representation. The message: be afraid of a court ruling about land in Richmond. Earlier last month, as reported in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows

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FBI assist RCMP with investigation of threat directed at Salmon Arm school

An individual was arrested after the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation assisted RCMP in identifying a threat directed towards a Salmon Arm school. That individual remains under house arrest and is being closely monitored by the RCMP, said School District 83 Supt. Donna Kriger in a June 18 letter received by parents of J.L. Jackson

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