It was a busy weekend of putting out illegal campfires and handing out fines for the B.C. Conservation Officer Service. Conservation officers conducted campfire ban patrols over the weekend of July 25 across several regions in B.C. “Unfortunately, numerous illegal fires were discovered,” the service said on social media Monday. Nineteen violation tickets were issued, […]

Surrey mayoral candidate Doug McCallum has dropped a political bombshell, demanding a federal investigation into alleged foreign election interference in Surrey, Delta and Vancouver. His Safe Surrey Coalition issued a press release July 28 concerning a “network” of at least six Facebook pages posing as local news in Surrey, Delta and Vancouver being operated out

Friends and family were invited to try it ‘Mike’s way’ at a soft opening of Jersey Mike’s first location in B.C. The American sub shop is expanding in Western Canada, with a new location on Banks Road in Kelowna opening to the public on July 29. “This being our first location in B.C. and being

The Kelowna RCMP recently executed a search warrant at a senior living complex, leading to the arrest of a man with an outstanding provincial-wide warrant. In early July, the Kelowna RCMP’s Target Team started to investigate a problem residence with the seniors housing building in the 800-block of Jones Street. The investigation began after multiple

A 10-month human-trafficking investigation involving a victim trafficked for more than a decade has led to multiple arrests, dozens of charges and connections to B.C. and Alberta. Halton Regional Police Service in Ontario announced Tuesday (July 28) that nine people were arrested and are facing 85 charges in Project Troubadour. Supt. Dave Constantini said there