November 3, 1939 – January 19, 2026 Jim was a hard-working family man, raised on Northern Vancouver Island. He had a passion for hunting. He worked in many professions over the years, including as a Logger, Whaler, and Bridgeman. He spent his retirement as a Farmer in Maple Ridge. He was predeceased by his wife, […]

Canadians are known to be nice but what town is the nicest in the country? That question has now been answered. A nation-wide contest held by Coca-Cola Canada has named Peachland as Canada’s Kindest Community. On top of the honour, the Central Okanagan Foundation was awarded $100,000 by Coca-Cola and Coke Canada Bottling, from the

The third morning of a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of a Prince Rupert family in 2023 has revealed startling phone searches from the father, Christopher Duong, just days before the family of four was found dead. Inquest counsel, Steven Liu, shared two searches from Duong’s phone as evidence, with the first search being “painless

A tsunami is not expected after a 4.4-magnitude earthquake in Alaska Wednesday. The U.S. National Weather Service Tsunami Alerts posted to X that the earthquake hit at 7:25 a.m. on Feb. 4. It was originally listed as a 4.3-magnitude quake. Emergency Info B.C. said there is no tsunami threat to B.C. The earthquake hit about

A clinical trial underway in Victoria could help men with prostate cancer spend less time in hospitals and more time living life. The five-month-old pilot, called ADAPT-25, uses artificial intelligence and high-precision radiation to target cancerous cells – a process that affects healthy tissue less than typical radiation and reduces treatment from sometimes 40 visits