Maple Ridge national team softball stalwart Larissa Franklin has been named to the team for the upcoming Canada Cup Women’s International Softball Championship in Surrey next month. The outfielder and top-of-the-order hitter has been a member of the national team for 13 years, winning bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She came back from cancer […]

Vancouver Bandits coach Kyle Julius has been handed a three-game suspension by the league after an incident with a fan during the June 18 game against Winnipeg Sea Bears, a game that saw Winnipeg win 114-81. Julius was initially handed an indefinite suspension after the confrontation. A statement issued Wednesday, June 24 confirmed Julius would

The B.C. Court of Appeal will allow a class action brought by the province against opioid manufacturers to proceed, calling the companies’ repeated attempts to relitigate the class certification “unhelpful.” David Eby, then B.C.’s attorney general, filed the lawsuit in 2018 against opioid manufacturers to recover the health-care costs associated with the drugs’ alleged overprescription

Update, 5:55 p.m. The BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) is assessing a wildfire discovered south of Lillooet on Wednesday. According to their 5 p.m. update, there is one response officer and three helicopters assigned to the incident. “Airtankers did respond to this wildfire and while unable to action due to steep terrain and the location, they

Beyond breaking a couple ridership records during the first two Vancouver World Cup matches, TransLink says transit use has remained high through Metro Vancouver on non-game days. During the FIFA World Cup’s first week, TransLink says system-wide transit ridership has increased 7.8 per cent. “The increase suggests visitors are not only travelling to matches, but