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White Rock set to host diamond-anniversary sea festival

There’s a noteworthy sparkle to this year’s White Rock Sea Festival, as the city gears up to host its 75th return. The diamond-anniversary iteration will once again take over the Marine Drive waterfront for the B.C. Day weekend, July 31 and Aug. 1-2, offering three days of family-friendly fun and entertainment. “Seventy-five years is a […]

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Norm Pelton

September 13, 1933 – June 24, 2026 Norm Pelton passed away peacefully at the age of 92. Born in Queen Charlotte City, Haida Gwaii, Norm spent his early years along the northern coast of British Columbia, growing up in a floating log home. Around 1943, the family moved to east Maple Ridge. The second oldest

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Sooke pilot dies in helicopter crash while battling Colorado wildfire

A veteran firefighting pilot from Sooke has died after the helicopter he was flying crashed into a Colorado reservoir while battling a wildfire. The Gunnison County Sheriff’s Office identified the pilot as Nicholas Dale, 56, of Sooke. Dale was flying a Kaman K-1200 K-MAX helicopter conducting aerial suppression work on the Gold Mountain Fire when

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Man arrested in Kamloops for violent offences in Cranbrook, Chilliwack

Police have arrested a man in Kamloops for serious violent offences that took place in Chilliwack and Cranbrook. Zachary Ortloff, 24, was arrested on two warrants, on June 24 at about 11:30 a.m. Kamloops RCMP stated that an officer with their Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) “observed, identified and confirmed” it was Ortloff, and he was

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