A pair of crashes has caused closures to two Cariboo highways on Wednesday morning, Jan. 7. Around 6:45 a.m., a multi-vehicle incident took place on Highway 5 about eight kilometres south of Clearwater. As a result, the highway is closed from between Hummingbird Road and Pumping Station Road for a 13.5 kilometres stretch. A detour […]

Three years after Aldergrove-based Vicinity Motor Corp opened a brand-new factory in Ferndale, Washington, the facility has been sold to regain some of the money the bankrupt firm owes creditors. A Dec. 19 order filed in B.C. Supreme Court approved the sale of the 62,000 sq. ft. plant and 148 all-electric VMC 1200 trucks for

One woman has died after a New Year’s Day crash in Surrey. Surrey Police Service said Tuesday (Jan. 6) that one woman, 23, a passenger who suffered life-threatening injuries in the Jan. 1 collision between a tractor-trailer and two passenger vehicles, has died. The crash, which happened near the intersection of 32 Avenue and 194

Police have confirmed a few more details surrounding the death of a snowmobiler in Silver Star Provincial Park. The B.C. Coroners Service said last week it was investigating a death that occurred on Sunday Dec. 28. Around 12:45 p.m. that day, Vernon North Okanagan RCMP officers responded to the parking lot at Aberdeen Summit Road

New local rules will change how Maple Ridge builds housing and sets aside parking spaces in future developments. City council recently approved two new bylaws: a new development procedures bylaw, and the off-street parking and loading bylaw. The development bylaw replaces four previous bylaws, one of them dating back to 1984, and is aimed at