Tartan Day is coming soon. The nice thing about Tartans and Tartan Day is that we can all wear tartan anyday, without fear, and you need not be Scottish. After Scottish forces were defeated by the English in 1746 at the Battle of Culloden, the wearing of the tartan was banned. Bagpipes were classified as […]

New Democrats overwhelmingly passed a resolution opposing any attempt to do away with the coastal oil tanker ban when they met in Winnipeg this past weekend to elect Avi Lewis as the new leader of the federal wing of the party. Sponsored by the New Democratic Party’s electoral district association for the federal riding of

It was a heartbreaking decision for family and friends of Harry Jones Jr., the Splatsin Elder struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing Highway 97A in Enderby on Canada Day in 2023. Following the pedestrian fatality at the marked crossing, Vernon man Marvyn George Machura was charged with driving without due care and attention.

TransLink has laid out a comprehensive plan to welcome the world to Vancouver as the city hosts seven FIFA World Cup matches this summer at BC Place, with added security, more buses, longer and more frequent transit services in the works. Sixteen cities in Canada, Mexico and the United States will host the Fédération Internationale

Michael Sather, who was a two-term MLA representing Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows, died on March 27. Sather was elected in 2005, and re-elected in 2009, as a member of the BC New Democratic Party. He is described by his family and friends as an environmentalist and outdoorsman, who was zealous about farmland conservation. He was born