Following multiple emergency room closures over the Christmas holidays in the B.C. Interior, both local politicians and Interior Health agree that there needs to be a change. The 100 Mile District General Hospital’s Emergency Room has been no stranger to frequent temporary service interruptions over the last few years. In the past few months, however, […]

Most-read stories across Canada 1. Driver fined $4,500, banned after twice ignoring Rogers Pass closure The provincial court hearing only happened toward the end of 2025, but the most-read story across Black Press Media sites was about a driver receiving a fine and getting banned after ignoring a B.C. highway closure – twice. 2. Victoria

Yukon Expedition Sleds is preparing to introduce what it says will be Canada’s first welded‑plastic all‑terrain landing craft, a project founder Ryan McGillivray described as a northern‑built response to shrinking ice seasons and changing access needs across remote regions. “So, right now, with climate change, the amount of time that people could drive their vehicles

A community-led initiative is calling on Canadian Blood Services to establish a blood plasma centre in northern B.C. Our Blood Counts is addressing the urgent need for blood products, as the North is the only region in the province that does not have a blood donor centre. The group is also calling for more support

The murder and attempted murder trial of Nicholas Bellemare, accused of killing a Ridge Meadows Mountie, is now scheduled to run until early April. Bellemare was in New Westminster Supreme Court again on Monday, Dec. 29, as defence lawyers continued cross-examining witnesses over bullet and bullet hole evidence taken from the scene of the fatal