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Darrell Jones makes bid for B.C. Conservative leadership

Former Save-On-Foods president Darrell Jones is officially in the running for the B.C. Conservative leadership. Jones, who grew up in Cranbrook, is probably most well known in B.C. for his years of being the face of Save-On-Foods and its commercials. He’s worked in nearly two dozen Save-On-Foods across the province. “I remember so vividly that

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Lloyd Cowie

Lloyd, affectionately known as Papa, passed away peacefully on January 9th, 2026, surrounded by his family. He leaves behind his devoted wife Sarah Patricia, with whom he shared 65 years of marriage built on love, loyalty and deep companionship. Lloyd is lovingly remembered by his son Steve (Debbie), granddaughters Stephanie (Dan), Ashley (Sam), Ayla (Grant)

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B.C. issues Eskay Creek mine environmental certificate in deal with First Nation

B.C. is issuing an environmental assessment certificate for the Eskay Creek Mine using, for the first time, a consent-based agreement with the local Tahltan First Nation. The province announced the granting of the certificate in Vancouver on Tuesday, Jan. 27. The mine is located southwest of Bob Quinn Lake off the Cassiar Highway in northwestern

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Drug alert: Medetomidine linked to increasing overdose cases in B.C.

The BC Centre for Disease Control issued a provincewide alert for opioids (down) as the number of overdoses in B.C. are rising and the sedative medetomidine is believed to be the cause. “Medetomidine can cause harmful effects and make an overdose worse by: lowering the heart rate, causing, prolonged sedation (not waking up for a

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