White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital is set for another maternity diversion — its eighth since December, and fifth diversion in 2026. The latest ‘temporary’ diversion is set to start this Thursday, March 12 at 8 a.m. and last nearly a week, until 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18. Maternity diversions have been happening at both […]

Police and School District 83 are responding to “threat-related behaviour” involving students of Pleasant Valley Secondary School (PVSS) in Armstrong. In a letter received Wednesday afternoon (March 11) by PVSS and Falkland Elementary School parents, school district Superintendent Donna Kriger said the RCMP have been in contact with the “families of students identified,” and that

Ten years after Brad Gushue captured the Elite 10 title in Colwood, major international curling is returning to Greater Victoria. From Oct. 13-18, the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre will host the Grand Slam of Curling (GSOC) Invitational. A heads up: our Grand Slam of Curling event locations for the 2026-27 season are now live! If you

Two people were taken to the hospital, one in serious condition, after a multi-vehicle crash involving two semi-trucks and two passenger vehicles on Highway 17 in Surrey on Wednesday afternoon (March 11), according to BC Emergency Health Services. A Black Press freelancer at the scene said one of the passenger vehicles was wedged under one

Team Canada is off to the second round of the World Baseball Classic for the first time. In a win-or-go home game, Canada beat Cuba 7-2 to finish first in Pool A and advance to the quarter-finals. Pitcher Cal Quantrill had an outstanding start, throwing five innings, allowing one run on two hits and a