The Pitt Meadows Shotokan Karate Club hosted the provincial championships on Saturday, with numerous members of the local club winning medals. The gymnasium at Pitt Meadows secondary was packed for the event, with 162 competitors from across the province and even Washington State, as well as their coaches and family. In three venues there were

British Columbia’s provincial snow pack is slightly below normal, according to the latest information from the province. The Snow Survey and Water Supply Bulletin from March 1, released on March 10, showed the average snow pack is 91 per cent of normal levels, which is considerably higher than one year earlier, when the snow pack

A fire at a seniors housing complex in Mission on Monday night (March 9) has left 142 residents displaced, according to Mission Fire Rescue Service. At a press conference on Tuesday (March 10), MFRS chief Mark Goddard said no serious injuries or fatalities were reported but 16 people were sent to hospital for smoke inhalation.

A potential threat made against Chetwynd Secondary School has been deemed unfounded, according to RCMP. On March 6, Chetwynd RCMP received a report of a potential threat to the school via an anonymous email. The email detailed vague and unsubstantiated claims of ignored reports of a student attending school with a knife, said Cpl. Marika

B.C. Premier David Eby is meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra in Victoria on Tuesday afternoon. It was Hoekstra who requested the meeting, but Eby said he plans to use the occasion to push trade-related issues that are important to B.C. Eby said the number one issue he plans to raise with Hoekstra