Help-Portrait gearing up for year 13 in Maple Ridge

Help-Portrait Ridge Meadows is back for its 13th year, offering free, professional family photos for anyone in need. Each year volunteers come together including: hair stylists, makeup artists, photographers, editors, framers, and other general volunteers, to put together the event. Those who show up for a portrait will get a mini makeover before posing for […]

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‘We are not garbage’: B.C. motel tenants evicted, judged and heartbroken

“We Are Not Garbage — We Are People” – Voices From Inside the Tiki Village Eviction. Sherry Campbell, 56, is one of those voices. Campbell is one of about 40 residents of Vernon’s longstanding Tiki Village Motel – the ‘Gem of the Valley’ it still reads on its marquee at the corner of 25th Avenue

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Chilliwack stabbing sends man to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

A man was stabbed in Chilliwack early Thursday morning (Nov. 20) and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Chilliwack RCMP said officers were called to Ruth and Naomi’s Mission for reports of the stabbing at approximately 2:30 a.m. The man was taken to hospital via ambulance upon arrival. Police say the man was uncooperative and

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Neighbouring homes evacuated after explosive device found in Prince George search

Several residences were evacuated after an explosive device was found during a police search warrant in Prince George, today, Nov. 19. According to Prince George RCMP, the device was located during the execution of a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a house on the 1600-block of Eighth Avenue. Police say the Explosive

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Help on the way for small B.C. hospital battling repeated ER closures

After months of regular ER closures in Burns Lake, there may be some light at the end of the tunnel for frustrated Lakes District patients. In response to a Facebook post expressing that frustration, Northern Health Communications said it has hired four new physicians. The ER has been closed dozens of times in 2025, due

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