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B.C.’s yearly increase in its minimum wage will bring the hourly pay for the province’s lowest-paid workers from $17.85 to $18.25 per hour on June 1. The wage increase is tied to B.C.’s monthly average inflation rate, which was 2.1 per cent in 2025. The same percentage increase applies for resident caretakers, live-in home support […]

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The wildfire situation in the Rock Ridge area of Maple Ridge has improved from a status of “held,” to now “under control.” The City of Maple Ridge reported the BC Wildlife Service updated the status on May 25 at 5 p.m. The fire was first reported on Friday night at approximately 6:30 p.m, and on

The province’s police watchdog is investigating after a man was shot by police in Surrey Monday. Shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday (May 25), SPS officers attended a residence in the 12200-block of Southpark Crescent — in Surrey’s Boundary Park neighbourhood — for a report of a suspicious man. Police arrived on scene and the man

The operator of Canada’s second largest open-pit copper mine and the largest private sector employer in the Cariboo could be getting a name change. Shareholders will consider approving the renaming of Taseko Mines Limited to Trekor Metals Limited at an upcoming annual general meeting in Vancouver on Wednesday, June 24. The proposed name change, according