B.C.’s police watchdog agency is investigating after a man died at East Kootenay Regional Hospital after being taken into custody following a police incident on June 27. According to the Independent Investigations Office, preliminary information provided by RCMP states that around 9:15 p.m. on June 27, 2026, officers responded to a call about a man […]
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A Surrey provincial court judge has sentenced Harinder Singh Sihota to four years in prison after he pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing bodily harm to two people, dangerous driving and failing to remain at the scene of a crash that occurred late at night on Sept. 16, 2023. With credit for time served, Sihota
Maple Ridge voters will decide whether the city can borrow $393 million for recreation projects, when they vote in local elections this October. The three projects are a new aquatics and recreation centre in Hammond, re-developing the Maple Ridge Golf Course into a 40-acre multi-use park, and adding two new sheets of ice at Planet
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The Coastal First Nations alliance is applauding the new agreement struck between the B.C. and federal governments to uphold the ban on heavy oil tankers docking in the region, regardless of whether a new pipeline gets built. “Today is a good day,” said Chief Marilyn Slett of the Heiltsuk Nation, one of six in the
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Mission’s Teresa (Gabriele) Kleindienst will be inducted into the Canada Basketball Hall of Fame this summer. Canada Basketball announced the 2026 class on Thursday (July 2) in a news release. Kleindienst will be recognized alongside nine others at a live induction ceremony in New Brunswick in August. The Heritage Park Secondary alumna boasts a long
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