Volunteers with Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child are gearing up for their spring bottle drive. The bottle drive raises money to help fill shoeboxes for their annual Christmas campaign where shoeboxes are filled with school supplies, toys, and hygiene items, and handed out to children in countries around the world who are experiencing famine, war, […]

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A Kelowna man is likely to face a hefty fine after being found guilty of interfering with a helicopter actioning the McDougall Creek wildfires in 2023. On Aug. 27, 2023, Derek Leippi was in his boat and operating a miniature drone just off the shore of Okanagan Lake Resort. Leippi was using the drone to

It is not every day that a traditional First Nations ceremony is held in Chilliwack General Hospital with a dignified procession, blanketed participants, cedar boughs, singing and drumming. But the history-making gathering in the café at CGH on Saturday (Feb. 21) was anything but an everyday occurrence. It was a ceremony to put things right,

As part of its new budget, the B.C. government is looking to introduce a $400 million fund to allow the province to invest in — and take an equity stake in — certain types of major projects. These could include defence-related initiatives, critical mineral projects and more. The goal is for the money — dubbed