B.C. Premier David Eby says legislative amendments are in the works after a court judgment invalidated part of a provincial law because it fails to adequately align with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). Eby warns the judgment could put the courts in the “driver’s seat” for determining what must be […]

Chilliwack’s second annual Tuba Christmas brought some holiday cheer to an otherwise dreary Saturday. About two dozen tuba and euphonium players gathered in District 1881 to play an hour of Christmas music. Organizers set up tents to keep the musicians mostly dry as they worked through their set. The free concert is one of several

A school bus driver and three students have been taken to the Fraser Canyon Hospital for observation after the bus hit two parked cars in Hope. Hope RCMP were on scene Monday, Dec. 8, after 3 p.m. after a school bus, transporting students from Silver Creek Elementary School (SCES) to Coquihalla Elementary School, hit a

A 21-year-old man has been charged in connection with an extortion-related shooting in South Surrey on Nov. 12. Avtar Singh faces one charge of unlawfully discharging a firearm in connection with the Nov. 12 shooting in the 17000-block of 32 Avenue. A rural mansion was hit by gunfire at about 7:35 p.m. that night –

Metro Vancouver-area soccer fans had plenty to chew on last weekend with Whitecaps FC losing the MLS Cup to Inter Miami and 2026 FIFA World Cup matches announced for BC Place Stadium next summer. The Whitecaps battled viliantly Saturday (Dec. 6) but fell 3-1 in Florida to the Lionel Messi-led Miami squad at Chase Stadium.