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A popular — and explosive — summer pastime for many in the Lower Mainland has been kiboshed. Vancouver Fireworks Festival Society (VFFS) has made the difficult decision to cancel the Honda Celebration of Light indefinitely, the society announed in a Wednesday (Nov. 26) release. The free fireworks events, which ran for more than three decades […]

Four years after the atmospheric river that caused widespread destruction throughout the Southern Interior, repairs to restore Highway 1 at Tank Hill, 14 kilometres east of Lytton, are now complete. The Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) mainline and the highway underpass at the site were severely impacted, closing the highway for more than two months.

In the wake of a letter from party officials calling for the resignation of BC Conservative leader John Rustad, one of his Langley-area MLAs expressed confidence in his leadership. “I think he’s doing a good job,” Langley-Walnut Grove MLA Misty Van Popta told the Langley Advance Times. A Nov. 18 open letter from Corey Brooks,

Concert-goers celebrated the country music career of Lisa Brokop at a hall in her Surrey hometown Monday, Nov. 24. The Newton-raised, Nashville-based Brokop and band performed a “Hometown Hall of Fame” concert to recognize her Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame induction two months ago in Kelowna. At Shannon Hall in Cloverdale, a jean jacket-wearing

Maple Ridge writer Jack Emberly has written a new book, and plans a launch event on Dec. 15 at Greystone Retirement Community. Titled “Goodbye Chums and Other Tales From My School House Daze,” the book reflects on Emberly’s years as an educator. “Anything can happen in Better Days Elementary,” says the author. “In the first