White Rock’s own Grace Elliot is headed to Seattle as the next step in her hockey career. The 38th overall Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Draft pick, Seattle Torrent used their fourth-round pick to take the power forward in the live draft Wednesday (June 17) in Detroit. Elliot had an outstanding university sports career as […]
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A maternity diversion will, once again, be in place at Ridge Meadows Hospital. Fraser Health Authority made the announcement Tuesday, June 16. The diversion is set to begin at 8 a.m. on Thursday, June 18, and run until 8 a.m. on Monday, June 22. Fraser Health is advising women who are in labour or have
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Nearly one-quarter of British Columbians are currently on waitlists to see medical specialists, and according to a new survey of B.C.’s doctors, that number is growing by 10 per cent each year with little relief in sight. Meanwhile, because the province does not track specialist wait times province-wide, officials may understand a problem exists but
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Acting Surrey Police Board chairman Rob Stutt – a Surrey Connect councillor – called a recess to its Wednesday, June 17 meeting after it collapsed in chaos during a public question-and-answer session. The meeting, fraught with audio cutting in and out, saw directors walk out amid scathing criticism in the wake of former chief constable
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Nearly 10 per cent of all NHL head coaches now hail from Vancouver Island. That number jumped on Wednesday (June 17) when the Toronto Maple Leafs tapped Port Alberni’s Jim Hiller to take over their bench. Hiller was named the 41st head coach in the franchise’s history. He joins Victoria’s Spencer Carbery of the Washington
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