July 2026

The B.C. government is attempting to seize two multimillion-dollar homes belonging to a White Rock man recently arrested in a significant U.S. federal investigation into Indian organized crime groups. The investigation, called “Operation Hard Ball,” has led to more than two dozen arrests of individuals connected to three Indian-based transnational organized crime groups: Lawrence Bishnoi, […]

The Conservative MLAs of the Cariboo are calling on the B.C. government to do more to secure the future of the rail line between Squamish and Prince George. On Wednesday, July 15, Cariboo-Chilcoltin MLA Lorne Doerkson and Prince George-North Cariboo MLA Sheldon Clare put out a joint statement criticizing the NDP for what they say

So far this year, there have been 93 cases reported of cyclospora in B.C., a parasite infection that causes explosive diarrhea, the B.C. Centre for Disease Control estimates. Those are typical numbers for this time of year, according to Dr. Mayank Singal, Public Health Physician for enteric, zoonotic, and vector-borne diseases at the BCCDC, who

B.C.’s Community Safety Unit has seized $8 million worth of unlicensed cannabis products in enforcement actions at four separate locations since May, the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General announced on Wednesday (July 15). The unit confiscated a “significant” amount of cannabis, including cannabis plants, dried cannabis and cannabis edibles, at warehouses in Richmond,

Dear Editor, Why is Maple Ridge footing the bill for a new pool that will surely be a shared amenity? Ie. 90 per cent of the Pitt kids living south of Lougheed Highway will be able to ride their bikes to the Hammond pool quicker than almost all kids from Maple Ridge. It is obvious