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‘Aftershocks’ continue weeks after 7.0M earthquake at Yukon-Alaska border

Several earthquakes that struck near the Yukon-Alaska border late on New Year’s Eve are part of an ongoing series of aftershocks following one of the biggest earthquakes ever recorded in Canada. The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck on Dec. 6, 2025 was one of the largest recorded earthquakes in the country since seismologists started tracking these […]

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Tractor-trailer in multi-vehicle crash near Surrey-Langley border

A New Year’s Day collision near the Surrey-Langley border between a tractor-trailer and two passenger vehicles has sent three people to hospital – with at least two in critical condition. The multi-vehicle collision happened on Jan. 1 at about 5:20 p.m., according to a Surrey Police Service news release. The crash involving a tractor-trailer and

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First baby of New Year in Fraser Health born at Maple Ridge hospital

A baby born at Ridge Meadows Hospital is Fraser Health’s first baby of 2026. The baby boy named Beckett was born at 12:53 a.m. on Thursday Jan. 1, weighing eight pounds and three ounces, to parents Breanna and Pedro. British Columbia’s first baby arrived at 12:18 a.m. at Kelowna General Hospital weighing six pounds and

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Maple Ridge group’s inaugural New Year’s Day plunge attracts the brave and daring

More than 100 people put on their bathing suits and ran into Hayward Lake to welcome the New Year on Thursday, Jan. 1. The Maple Ridge Cold Plunge group held their inaugural New Year’s Polar Bear Swim at the lake with hot chocolate, coffee, and treats for everyone who turned out. Marcel Larouche came all

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