A forum on scam awareness and artificial intelligence is being hosted this month by Pitt Meadows-Maple Ridge MP Marc Dalton and the Ridge Meadows RCMP. The event is coming up on Feb. 28, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Maple Ridge Seniors Centre, and is a free session. Dalton told The News he […]

Wildfires can strike any community throughout the warmer months, even in places that might not experience wildfire season too often. To get ahead of wildfire protection before it happens, a Kelowna-based wildlife protection company is expanding to help Canadians on the Atlantic coast. WASP Wildfire is expanding as it announced the launch of WASP Wildfire

A St. Joseph’s Mission residential school survivor hopes to celebrate a historic step in education and reconciliation with upcoming high school graduates across the province this spring. Phyllis Webstad helped inspire a national movement nearly 13 years ago when she shared her story in Williams Lake of her shiny orange shirt purchased by her grandmother

The queens of the floor put on a powerful performance in Vernon. RISE Gymnastics Academy hosted the annual Queen of Hearts rhythmic gymnastics competition Jan. 23 to 25 at the Vernon Recreation Complex, a competition that brought 175 athletes from 10 clubs around the province to the North Okanagan. “Hosting an event of this scale

The Association for Mineral Exploration (AME) is welcoming the Government of British Columbia’s announcement of fixed permitting timelines and $3 million in new spending for mineral exploration. The announcements were made during the AME Roundup 2026 in Vancouver last month. “AME has been calling on the government to allocate more capacity funding for permitting and