An admiring round of ‘oooh’s’ sounds from around a circle of humans at the BC SPCA in Victoria, even before Rambo ambles in. Hailing from Salt Spring Island with one brown eye, one blue and fresh off his breakfast, Rambo takes his time snuffling around the outstretched hands – all holding handmade, healthy treats. The […]

An 11-year-old boy from Pitt Meadows is rising through the ranks of the Canadian chess world. Over the Easter long weekend, Lucas Yao competed in a national tournament, against some of the country’s strongest competitors, placing 10th overall and securing multiple major title milestones along the way. In fact, Yao is the youngest competitor to

One of the City of Maple Ridge’s top administrators has died. Mayor Dan Ruimy gave a tearful tribute to deputy chief administrative officer Stephane Labonne at Tuesday night’s (April 14) council meeting, after Labonne passed away from pancreatic cancer. “Stephane was not just a colleague, he was someone who made an impact on this organization,

A Keremeos heavy equipment operator has filed a lawsuit against Interior Health and the doctors who allegedly failed to correctly diagnose an arterial blockage that led to the amputation of his leg. The civil claim, filed this April 1 in Vancouver by Steven Barker, alleges that multiple visits to the Similkameen Health Centre over issues