It’s been a year since Canadians and Americans began gathering at Peace Arch Park in an across-the-border show of friendship and solidarity, in response to increasingly divisive comments coming out of the White House. With, sadly, no end in sight to the incentive behind Peace, Love and a Handshake, the determination of those who have […]

Sixty six bathtubs full of invasive Himalayan blackberry was pulled from a local waterway, making room for native trees and shrubs to restore salmon-spawning habitat. On Saturday, Mar. 7, 44 community volunteers, including a group from the 2nd Alouette Girl Guides, and one from the 1st Pitt Meadows Scouts, who joined the Lower Mainland Green

Kelowna residents who are experiencing mental health crises or know someone who needs help can now call a mobile crisis response program. ​Crisis Response, Community-Led (CRCL) is a crisis response helpline launched by the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Kelowna, which responds to mental health and substance use related crises. It begins taking calls on

Mission Fire Rescue responded to a large structure fire at Chartwell Carrington House on 7th Avenue on Monday night (March 9). Crews were called to the blaze at the seniors housing complex at about 6 p.m. According to a notification by the City of Mission, Mission Fire Rescue Service and all available emergency resources were

Abbotsford police responded to a shooting on Monday night (March 9) and the Emergency Response Team was deployed after several people allegedly barricaded themselves inside a home believed to be connected to the incident. Nine people were removed from the residence and detained by police but no arrests have been made, according to a media