Hundreds of members of the Canadian Armed Forces will be in the Chilcotin area west of Williams Lake this week. The 39 Canadian Brigade Group will be conducting Exercise Cougar Fortress 26 in the Chilcotin Training Area near Riske Creek between Friday, March 13, and Sunday, March 22. According to a news release, approximately 350 […]

Land off the Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke has been initially approved for rezoning to fit 60 campsites, which the regional district says could “fill a void” for visitors needing a place to stay. At a Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) board meeting Feb. 19, area directors voted in favour of rezoning land in Area

A group of authors under the publishing company Wharfinger’s Press will be at Bean Around Books on March 14. Jaimen Shires, Jordan Bray, Sarah Gamer, Aidan MacAulay, and Shirley White, will be at the cafe reading from their works. Shires, who currently lives in Maple Ridge, has two books, “Vote Bob” and “Bird Droppings”. The

Bensyn spent more than half of his first year on earth in the hospital, far from his home in Fort St. John. He was born on October 31, 2024, with Down syndrome and complex heart defects. His parents knew that their baby’s journey would be a difficult one after finding out, while pregnant, that Bensyn

B.C.’s River Forecast Centre has issued high streamflow advisories for all of coastal B.C. The centre issued the three advisories Friday (March 13) at 11:30 a.m.: for the north and central coasts, Vancouver Island and the south coast. A strong atmospheric river is forecast to hit coastal B.C. beginning midday on Sunday (March 15) and