After eight years as the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Arts Council’s artistic and executive director, Curtis Pendleton will be stepping away from her role with the non-profit organization at the end of April. Her departure follows the group’s loss of The ACT Arts Centre as a base of operations. “Curtis led our organization through […]

The big one is done. More than 300 games over five days, featuring 129 teams from across the province, came to a close Friday at the finals of the 50th annual Junior All Native Tournament (JANT 2026) at Langley Events Centre. It was the biggest Indigenous competition of its kind in B.C., the best-attended and

After a six-year hiatus, Golden Ears Writers is returning with Lobby Nights at The ACT. Golden Ears Writers held its last lobby night at The ACT in February 2020. At the time, the long-running group (closing in on a decade at that point) had no idea they wouldn’t be getting back together again for six

Update: 5 p.m. There were no injuries after an airplane made an emergency landing at the Vernon Airport Saturday afternoon. A privately registered twin-engine plane advised that it had a mechanical issue with the aircraft’s nose landing gear around 1:30 p.m. March 21, according to City of Vernon spokesperson Jessica Hewitt. As a safety precaution,