Elsie Hellstrom thought she would die “freezing in a fire”. For two hours on March 9, the 105-year-old resident of Chartwell Carrington House in Mission was left behind in the second floor stairwell while the seniors complex was engulfed in flames around her. Firefighters managed to rescue Hellstrom from the burning building, but she died […]

A man has been arrested after allegedly bear-spraying cricketers and breaking the arm of a player in Vancouver, police say. The department is investigating the alleged assault that took place at 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 20 at Connaught Park in Kitsilano where a 45-year-old man allegedly bear sprayer a group of cricket players and

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Anahim Lake’s Carey Price has been named as one of the 2026 inductees in the Hockey Hall of Fame. The selection committee announced Price as one of the six individuals elected on Monday (June 22). Price was among five in the player category, with one in the builder category. “Hockey has taught me a lot

The Competition Bureau of Canada has been granted expanded orders to investigate the parent company of Safeway, IGA and FreshCo to assess whether its practices harm competition in the retail grocery industry. The Federal Court issued orders for the Competition Bureau to advance its investigation into Empire Company Ltd.’s use of property controls in Canada,