A White Rock hospital is set to shutter its maternity unit for the 12th time since December. Peace Arch Hospital will undergo another maternity diversion, this time, from 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 29 to 8 a.m. Monday, May 4. Maternity diversions have been happening at both Peace Arch and Ridge Meadows hospitals since December of […]
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Volunteers were piping fresh icing onto chocolate chip cookies on Monday, April 27, the launch day of the Tim Hortons’ Smile Cookie campaign. This year money raised from local cookie sales will be going to the Ridge Meadows Hospital Foundation. Samara Bunsko and Dana Hammoud, owners of the 20201 Lougheed Hwy. location of Tim Hortons
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Hockey broadcaster John Garrett has died suddenly at age 74. A longtime Surrey resident, “Cheech” worked as a colour analyst for Vancouver Canucks games, and was once a goaltender for the NHL team. He was “a cherished member of our family whose loss is deeply felt across our entire organization and community,” Canucks Sports &
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The Ferrabee wildfire near Hell’s Gate remains out of control at 36 hectares as of Monday night (April 27), according to BC Wildfire Service. The increase from 27 hectares on Saturday to 36 hectares reflects “slow growth across slope in inoperable terrain”, per the latest update. Crews conducted a small planned ignition on Monday afternoon
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On a hot August day, two men in two separate parties winding down on Durrance Lake in Saanich were starting to pack up and consider going home when a ruckus arose. Like most everyone around them, it seemed like things were under control as a trio of men floundered, then found footing and a pool
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