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After a long battle with health struggles, Kelowna resident Troy Chapman, is on the road to recovery from a kidney transplant. Chapman was one of 357 people to receive a kidney transplant in British Columbia last year, a new record BC Transplant announced on Wednesday, Jan. 28. In 2025, 525 B.C. residents received an organ […]

After nearly two-and-a-half years of construction, the new Kelowna International Airport (YLW) departures lounge is now open to the public. Travellers flocked to YLW in droves on Jan. 28, getting a chance to use the new amenities for the first time. The opening of the new lounge represents a key milestone in the Airport Terminal

The development arm of B.C.’s Jim Pattison Group won’t be commenting on the private transaction of the sale of one of its buildings to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. A statement to Black Press Media Wednesday (Jan. 28) acknowledges the “conversation around immigration policy and enforcement is particularly heated, and has become much more

The SkyTrain line between Whalley and Langley City is on track to be opened for service in late 2029. Gilles Assier, executive project director of the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain Project, presented an update to Surrey’s council-in-committee on January 26. He outlined “key progress” looking ahead that includes most guideway foundations and substructure being completed this year.

Environment Canada has issued a heavy rainfall warning for Metro Vancouver, including Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows. The yellow warning forecasts 80 to 120 mm of rain tonight (Wednesday) through Friday. A series of frontal systems will move across the South Coast over the next few days, said Environment Canada. Rain will become heavy this