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Under renovation: Bird boxes disappear from B.C. waterway

Boxes perched on poles adjacent to open water are such a common sight on the Island that when they disappeared in Tod Inlet, folks noticed. The sea of empty posts spurred a spiralling online conversation that, from John Creviston’s perspective, happily brought the purple martin back into the spotlight. Traditionally the largest swallow in North

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Maple Ridge Ramblers wrestlers compete at provincial championships

Maple Ridge secondary wrestling team captain Linden Sinow Horton led the Ramblers with a silver medal at the provincial high school championships held Feb. 19-21 at the PNE Forum. Ridge placed 11th in the team standings out of more than 100 schools, and although the results didn’t bring medals, it brought a young team valuable

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‘Largest gift in history.’: Record setting $10M donated to Okanagan College

A historical announcement was made at Okanagan College’s (OC) Kelowna campus on Feb. 23. The Hall Family Foundation is donating $10-million to OC’s school of business to ignite the spark in future entreprenuers. OC President Neil Fassina made the announcement during a reception at the campus’ Centre for Learning. “This is the largest gift in

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