Just outside Penticton, a proposal is taking shape for what may become the largest solar facility the province has seen. The Regional District of Okanagan Similkameen’s board of directors is being asked for their support for Alberta-based Ascetes Power’s Investigative Use Licence to develop a 1,374-hectare solar power array in the mountains northeast of Okanagan […]

The Ridge Meadows Flames are up two games to one in their playoff series against the Delta Ice Hawks after weekend action. The reigning Stonehouse Cup champions know they have to contain the Delta Ice Hawks’ top scorer to have the best chance of winning their best-of-seven second round series in the Pacific Junior Hockey

The president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of B.C. is sounding the alarm over what she calls a maternity crisis in British Columbia, in the wake of another maternity diversion at White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital. The most recent maternity diversion at Peace Arch Hospital — from Thursday, March 12 through Wednesday, March

A heli-skiing company based in Golden is confirming that a guest snowboarder died Saturday, while on a guided expedition in the Columbia Mountains, due to a tree well incident. In a release sent to Black Press Media, Great Canadian Heli-Skiing (GCH) reported that the single fatality occurred March 14 in the northern Selkirk Mountains. Wells

Langley-Abbotsford MLA Harman Bhangu has withdrawn from the B.C. Conservative leadership race and announced his endorsement of candidate Caroline Elliott. In a social media post on Monday (March 16), Bhangu said he is supporting Elliott, a political commentator and former B.C. United vice-president based in North Vancouver. “She shares our values, she can unite Conservatives,