Across B.C., emergency rooms are already under enormous pressure. But one preventable problem continues to send patients through hospital doors: untreated dental pain and infection. When people cannot access basic dental care, they often have nowhere else to go but the ER — where doctors can manage pain, but not the underlying problem. Throughout the […]

The vibes were high and the music was pumping as three dozen people worked out alongside Canadian Olympian Jenn Gardiner on Thursday (March 20). Orangetheory Fitness’s South Surrey location (15355 24 Ave.) hosted a Sweat & Social with the Olympic silver medallist. Gardiner, who grew up in Cloverdale, plays for the Vancouver Goldeneyes in the

British Columbia’s Transportation and Transit Minister Mike Farnworth told a Surrey business crowd on March 18 that there will be no road pricing on his watch. Road pricing involves charging motorists for using roads through tolls, or fees based on distance or time travelled, or imposing a congestion levy. Mike Farnworth was the guest speaker,

Universities across B.C. have been feeling the squeeze following the federal government’s cap on international students, with layoffs hitting dozens of these institutions, including the University of the Fraser Valley. A total of 45 faculty and staff members were recently laid off in an attempt to bridge the $20 million deficit impacting UFV in the

Art was born December 29, 1948, in Vancouver, passed away in Port Moody on March 11, 2026. A proud East Vancouver kid, Art attended Simon Fraser University before beginning a remarkable 40+ year career at HY Louie, where his adventures along the Hope-Princeton Highway to Penticton—affectionately known to him as “Tic”—became the stuff of legend