The Musqueam Indian Band is trying to offer reassurance about the impact on property rights as details emerge about a Feb. 20 agreement between the First Nation and the federal government – while B.C.’s premier is forced to explain what he knew about the deal, and when. The nation acknowledges heightened fears for property rights […]

The federal courts have rejected an application by 13 drug-user advocacy groups to set aside a previous decision that resulted in the rollback of B.C.’s drug decriminalization pilot project. The groups, which include the Matsqui-Abbotsford Impact Society and the Surrey Union of Drug Users, had applied for a judicial review of the 2024 decision. The

A 24-year-old man has been charged after a Good Samaritan was bitten while trying to stop two men from assaulting a woman in Surrey. Just after midnight on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14), a man witnessed two men allegedly assaulting a woman at a business in the 10200-block of City Parkway in Surrey. The man intervened,

A West Kelowna resident who was fired by Interior Health (IH) for refusing to get the COVID-19 vaccine has had his appeal dismissed by the Attorney General of Canada. In a Mar. 3 decision, Darold Sturgeon’s appeal was dismissed without costs after he didn’t continue to file a Notice of Constitutional Question and initiate the

• WARNING: THIS STORY CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS THAT MIGHT BE UPSETTING TO SOME READERS A new charge of second-degree murder has been levelled against Mylie Andre Barron, in the death of Jessica Cunningham. Sgt. Freda Fong, media relations officer with the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT), confirmed the newest charge was laid against Barron on