A 13-year-old Maple Ridge artist is a finalist in a global art competition for a portrait he did of his great uncle. Declan O’Connell, a Grade 8 student at Westview Secondary in Maple Ridge, drew the portrait after his great uncle passed away in March 2025, after his uncle battled long and hard from a […]

A social media trend that encourages young people to ingest dangerous amounts of Benadryl tablets has impacted some students in the Shuswap and North Okanagan, and the school district is warning parents to prevent their kids from taking up the so-called ‘Benadryl Challenge.’ K̓wsaltktnéws ne Secwepemcúl’ecw School District 83 issued a letter to parents Wednesday,

Organizations working in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows are receiving funding from government seizures of proceeds of crime. Grants have been announced for groups across B.C. totalling $8 million, to support local projects promoting crime prevention, Indigenous healing, restorative justice and solutions to gender-based violence. The province’s Civil Forfeiture Grant program uses the proceeds of

The City of Quesnel was as surprised as anyone to learn that Pacific Coastal Airlines is suspending its Quesnel-to-Vancouver service this June. In a news release published on May 27, Pacific Coastal Airlines announced it will suspend its regular scheduled flight service between Vancouver International Airport’s South Terminal and Quesnel Airport within the next three

The Victoria Police Department says they have successfully extradited a man who was wanted on child pornography charges from the U.S. On Thursday (May 28), officers escorted William Tate, 82, on a flight back to Canada following his extradition. He failed to report to the Vancouver Island Regional Correction Centre in late 2025 after he