July 2026

B.C. shipyard ready to deliver on new navy submarines

After a lengthy battle between two companies for the contract to build 12 new submarine for the Canadian Patrol Submarine Project (CPSP), the federal government announced Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) will be the strategic build partner for the next era of Canadian military technology. In support of Canada’s defence industrial strategy, Seaspan and TKMS […]

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‘Tragedy is imminent’: Harrison-area First Nation bans jet boats on their reserve

The Sts’ailes First Nation is banning jet boats on the Chehalis River running through their land. According to a July 6 statement from Chief Ches-Kin-Xen Chadley Paul, there has been an alarming trend of jet boats on the Chehalis River for the past few summers, which makes the river unsafe for swimming and directly damages

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Vancouver Island rugby team crowned big winners at Abbotsford provincials

While the Fraser Valley rugby squads had their fair share of victories at the recent Provincial Regional Championships in Abbotsford, it was the Vancouver Island teams who emerged as the overall winners. These youth competitions took place at Rotary Stadium on July 4 and 5, with teams from four B.C. regions going head-to-head in three

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Vancouver Island golf superintendent achieves Canada’s highest industry honour

Only 31 Canadians have earned the highest professional designation available to golf course superintendents. T-Jay Creamer is now one of them. The sixth-year superintendent at Olympic View Golf Club has earned the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association’s (CGSA) Master Superintendent designation, recognizing excellence in management, leadership and professional development. “It’s been really neat to have a

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Home building in Pitt Meadows will become more streamlined

City of Pitt Meadows is one of 56 local municipalities to receive funding from the province to fast-track development approvals in order to accelerate the building of homes. The province gave the city $120,000 to support projects that streamline local government development approval processes. $9 million was handed out province-wide from the Local Government Develop

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