July 2026

B.C.’s Forests ministry is expanding a program that allows value-added manufacturers to access BC Timber Sales logs to include specialty “custom cutters” who supply unique wood products to buyers around the world. These manufacturers supply wood for everything from specialty windows and doors to Japanese temples. But unlike other value-added manufacturers that use BC Timber […]

The Baynes Sound shellfish industry generates approximately $180 million in economic activity for the province, providing year-round jobs to rural and Indigenous communities and food security for the region. Thanks to upgrades made at Ocean Network Canada’s (ONC) Baynes Sound ocean observatory, the shellfish industry will be benefit from more comprehensive monitoring of the effects

Vancouver FC has been eliminated from the TELUS Canadian Championship quarterfinals after back-to-back losses to CF Montréal. During game 2 at Stade Saputo on Sunday, July 13, Eagles were unable to exploit a man advantage after Montreal’s Efrain Morales was shown a second yellow card and sent off. Going into a scoreless second half, Montreal’s

No one was injured after a train struck a crashed car at a rail crossing in Deroche on Sunday (July 12). According to a news release from Mission RCMP, a witness called 911 at approximately 4 p.m. to report the initial crash at the Lougheed Highway and North Deroche Road crossing. “The car reportedly took

West Kelowna RCMP is investigating after a man presumably drowned during an outing on the lake. At around 11:53 a.m. on Saturday, July 11, the 45-year-old man was thrown into Okanagan Lake and did not resurface. Following this, a search was conducted for the man on Okanagan Lake with the Central Okanagan Search and Rescue