More than 100 people put on their bathing suits and ran into Hayward Lake to welcome the New Year on Thursday, Jan. 1. The Maple Ridge Cold Plunge group held their inaugural New Year’s Polar Bear Swim at the lake with hot chocolate, coffee, and treats for everyone who turned out. Marcel Larouche came all […]

After a week’s worth of patiently waiting, a Kamloops couple has their good luck charm. Crystelle Jose Areuano, 23, and Paul Ibizugbe, 29, are overjoyed upon the arrival of their first child, a baby girl, who was born at 4:54 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1 at Royal Inland Hospital, making her the second 2026 baby born

A Maple Ridge neighbourhood was horrified when a couple was murdered in their home, allegedly by their neighbour, who then proceeded to commit suicide. Bruce Richards and Roxanne Davidson, aged 67 and 66, were killed just before 11 p.m. on July 23. Police were called to their house at the corner of 239 Street and

Quesnel’s first baby of 2026 has been born, and it’s a boy. Northern Health announced Quesnel’s first baby of the new year just after 11 a.m. on Jan. 1. Baby Ezren was born at G.R. Baker Memorial Hospital at 5:47 a.m. on Jan. 1 to parents Kendra and Reighven, of Quesnel. Ezren weighs in at

Kelowna has welcomed B.C.’s first baby of 2026. The baby, whose name and gender has not yet been revealed, was born at Kelowna General Hospital at 12:18 a.m., weighing six pounds and eight ounces, according to a post to X from the B.C. government. The Health Ministry said in a previous media advisory that the