The Canadian government is continuing to pour money into the forestry sector as federal and provincial ministers meet this week in B.C. and try to stem the spiral of an industry in crisis. Federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson opened the Council of Canadian Forest Ministers in Langford on Wednesday (June 3) by […]
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Three generations of cyclists are hoping they’ll make it into the Guinness World Records having completed a long-distance cycling event. Gary Baker of Chilliwack, who turns 80 in two months, along with his 50-year-old son Mike Baker and 20-year-old grandson Ben Baker of West Vancouver, completed the Flèche Pacifique randonneuring event on May 23 in
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The man who stabbed a Kelowna cop in the face in 2022 has been lost his appeal of his sentence. Richard McCrae was convicted of aggravated assault of a police officer and on Nov. 28, 2025 sentenced to six years imprisonment plus three years on probation. McCrae appealed his sentence, arguing he should have received
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B.C. has received a ‘D’ grade from Food Banks Canada in its latest Poverty Report Card. Food Banks Canada released its annual Poverty Report Card Monday (June 1) and the country as a whole received a D+. The grade, according to the report, is driven “primarily by a sharp deterioration in perceptions about the adequacy
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The man who was stabbed to death in Maple Ridge last weekend has been identified as Lord Kevin Ayson Olaer. Police were called to the Port Haney Wharf on Saturday evening, May 30, for a report of a fight in progress. They arrived to find a 28-year-old who had been stabbed. Despite life-saving efforts by
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