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Dear Editor, [RE: Bistro bashed for hosting Poilievre, The News, Jan. 16] It saddens me that someone can be punished for such a minor offence as expressing their freedom of expression. Canada is a democracy, and in any true democracy, the ability to express your own opinions is if not the key, one of the […]

Driver arrested for going 70 km/h over speed limit in Kelowna A vehicle caught travelling 120 km/h in a 50 km/h zone highlighted a successful day for the Kelowna RCMP’s Municipal Traffic Unit. Someone on Tuesday, Jan. 20, a member of the RCMP observed the vehicle “operating in an extremely dangerous manner”, travelling approximately 70

Female inequity is a likely underlying reason behind OB/GYN staffing shortages and the ongoing maternity diversions at local hospitals, including White Rock’s Peace Arch Hospital, says one top Fraser Health physician. Dr. Darren Lazare, Fraser Health’s co-program medical director for the Maternal Infant Child Youth program, said the current diversions at local maternity wards —

A Chilliwack high school teacher was reprimanded and briefly suspended from teaching in 2024 for showing a graphic film depicting an industrial accident to a Grade 11/12 metalwork class. Bradley Bootsma’s failure to “create a safe learning environment” was the subject of a report made to the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation, from his employer,

Big White’s Tess Critchlow is once again an Olympic athlete. On Thursday, Jan. 22, Canada Snowboard and the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) announced Team Canada’s roster for the snowboard cross, half pipe and parallel giant slalom events at the 2026 Winter Games. Critchlow, the 30-year-old was named to the snowboard cross team, making Milano Cortina