The Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign raised $22,889 for the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation. The Hammoud family, owners of franchises in Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, presented an oversized cheque to members of the foundation recently – proceeds from the April campaign. Since 2017, local Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaigns have invested more than $160,000 […]

The U.S. president’s new set of threatened tariffs will hit B.C.’s exports to the United States harder than any other province. That’s according to an estimate by University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe, who suggested 13.7 per cent of B.C.’s U.S.-bound exports would be subject to the tariffs. That’s higher than Quebec’s 10.8 per cent,

Two properties in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) are now on evacuation order due to the Riley Creek wildfire, while 14 properties along Lytton-Lillooet Highway 12 and Kirbys Flat Road are now on evacuation alert. The Riley Creek wildfire, which is burning out of control nine kilometres south of Lillooet, was discovered on June 24,

A letter and petition, along with the BC Conservatives, are calling on Premier David Eby to declare a state of emergency in the face of massive wildfires burning in the Southern Interior. The letter template has been shared in multiple Cariboo Facebook groups, with individuals chiming in both for and against the proposal, and some

The Guichon Creek wildfire (K21320) near Logan Lake is holding at an estimated 145 hectares as of Saturday morning (Aug. 1). The fire, which was discovered on July 29, is burning west of Logan Lake and is suspected to have been human-caused. The District of Logan Lake has issued an evacuation alert covering 49 properties