A suspected drug-dealing operation was halted in Abbotsford on Monday night (March 23) after police arrested three people carrying 73 grams of cocaine and more than $4,500 in cash. The incident occurred at approximately 9 p.m., with Abbotsford police apprehending two men and a woman in their twenties in the area of Gillis Avenue and […]

Sarah, a trans woman in Victoria, was shocked and ‘disappointed’ to learn that B.C. residents who wish to undergo gender affirming lower surgeries (vaginoplasty) can no longer take the MSP-funded GrS Montreal pathway. This means longer waiting times, putting pressure on the trans community who are already waiting for a life-changing surgery. Hoping to make

Tenants have already moved into three new housing complexes opened on Katzie First Nation territory, as part of a project funded by both the federal and provincial governments. “This is more than just housing,” Katzie First Nation Chief Grace George told a group of about 18 who gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, March

The Revelstoke community can look forward to more comfy public places to lie and lounge, as a local entrepreneur commits to installing his signature hammock-style nets in the Illecillewaet Greenbelt. Nathan Baril, the 28-year-old founder of Nate’s Nets, has strung up approximately 35 of his trademark TreeNets over the last two years around Revelstoke and

An Earl Marriott Secondary grad from White Rock recently travelled to Malawi to help improve access to justice. Max Stone, now a second-year law student at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law in California, took part in the school’s Sudreau Global Justice Institute Prison Project. The Prison Project works to address prolonged detention and improve legal