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Verbal sparring at Langley Township council as opposition councillor’s motion delayed

It’s unusual for municipal councils to spend much time on approving their meeting agendas, but that process turned into a 20-minute argument at Langley Township on Monday, Jan. 26. The current council is divided between five members of Mayor Eric Woodward’s Progress for Langley slate and four independent councillors. Independent Councillor Margaret Kunst had a […]

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Coastal First Nations condemn Fulmer for spreading ‘disinformation’ about group

Coastal First Nations President Marilyn Slett is pushing back on B.C. Conservative leadership candidate Yuri Fulmer’s assertion that the alliance is “just an advocacy organization,” calling his comments in a video and on social media, “disinformation.” “We’re a coalition, an alliance of communities that have very ancient and old relations amongst each other, that ties

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‘I feel alive’: Kelowna man receives kidney transplant after six months of waiting

After a long battle with health struggles, Kelowna resident Troy Chapman, is on the road to recovery from a kidney transplant. Chapman was one of 357 people to receive a kidney transplant in British Columbia last year, a new record BC Transplant announced on Wednesday, Jan. 28. In 2025, 525 B.C. residents received an organ

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PHOTOS: New departure lounge open to travellers at Kelowna airport

After nearly two-and-a-half years of construction, the new Kelowna International Airport (YLW) departures lounge is now open to the public. Travellers flocked to YLW in droves on Jan. 28, getting a chance to use the new amenities for the first time. The opening of the new lounge represents a key milestone in the Airport Terminal

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U.S. ICE wants to buy B.C.’s Jim Pattison Group-owned building in Virginia

The development arm of B.C.’s Jim Pattison Group won’t be commenting on the private transaction of the sale of one of its buildings to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A statement to Black Press Media Wednesday (Jan. 28) acknowledges the “conversation around immigration policy and enforcement is particularly heated, and has become much more

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