Dear Editor, I appeared before mayor and council in 2025 to plead with them to keep our taxes low. And, I will again be appearing before them to reiterate the need to keep our municipal tax burden has low has possible in 2026. This is due to the Trump’s unjustified tariffs, which is greatly affecting […]

Police in Surrey are hoping the public can help them find a woman who has been missing since last October. Surrey Police Service and the RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit are renewing an appeal to the public to assist in locating 39-year-old Yvonne Jackson. Jackson has been missing since Oct. 6, 2025, and police

A toxic drug advisory was issued by Fraser Health on Thursday (Jan. 8) after a potent sedative with effects irreversible by naloxone was detected in the unregulated opioid supply. “Friends, family, and community members using unregulated substances may face increased harms of unknowingly taking different substances than intended,” Fraser Health said. According to the advisory,

Wei Wai Kum First Nation is charting a new course as the majority owner of one Vancouver Island’s largest new power sources following decades of exclusion from energy projects in their own territory. The Yə̓yus Energy, formerly known as the Brewster Wind Project, is a $600-million, 197-megawatt wind farm with 30 turbines that will be

A small dog survived on her own for more than two weeks after her owner died over the holidays. Chenelle is an eight-year-old miniature pincher cross Chihuahua. RCMP found her while conducting a wellness check at a Vernon home Jan. 3 and found her owner had passed away. Police contacted the Regional District of North