B.C. Interior locals supporting Nordic skiers behind the scenes at Paralympics

For Jess Kryski, an exercise physiologist who’s lived in Nakusp for five years, traveling with Team Canada to Italy next Sunday, Feb. 22, will mark the start of her third Paralympics. While not competing as an athlete at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, running from March 6 to 15, Kryski will play an

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‘Margaritaville’ in Surrey as new band plays Jimmy Buffett’s island-vibe songs

Tribute concerts are nothing new at Bell Performing Arts Centre in Surrey, but none have ever celebrated the music of Jimmy Buffett, the American singer-songwriter known for “island escapism” songs and Parrothead super-fans who love a good Hawaiian shirt. Now along comes Volcano, an eight-member band launched in 2025 to recreate the tropical-rock vibes of

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McDavid, MacKinnon lead Canadian men to 5-1 Olympic win over Switzerland

Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon each had a goal and an assist, as Canada continued its chase for gold at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games with a 5-1 win Friday over Switzerland. Thomas Harley, Macklin Celebrini and captain Sidney Crosby also scored for Canada, which moved to 2-0 in Group A preliminary action

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Company fined $63K after worker passes out from carbon monoxide on Langley site

After a worker passed out from carbon monoxide exposure while working on a Langley construction site, a Surrey-based company has been fined by WorkSafeBC The incident took place at an excavation site where an employee was using a gas-powered saw to remove a pipe in a confined space. The WorkSafeBC investigation found that the employee

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