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The Greater Vancouver Zoo announced the death of its 18-year-old African lion, Boomer, on Wednesday, April 8. The zoo said Boomer experienced a “rapid decline in his quality of life” in the days leading up to a euthanization decision due to end-stage renal disease. He had been receiving treatment for the condition since last year. […]

A B.C. Supreme Court Judge has released a scolding review of the Okanagan Indian Band’s conduct in its dispute with Parker Cove Properties Limited Partnership (PCPLP), while blocking the band’s attempt to cut off fire protection and emergency services to the development community on the west side of Okanagan Lake. Justice Neena Sharma’s Feb. 12

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre addressed his party’s defectors, high gas prices, war in the Middle East and other issues at a stop in Maple Ridge on Friday morning, April 10. Poilievre was hosted by Pitt Meadows Plumbing – which is actually in the City of Maple Ridge. He took questions from the workers, and was

At least eight people have been transported to hospital as a result of chlorine gas at Crystal Pool, according to Victoria Fire Chief Dan Atkinson at a press conference on Friday (April 10) afternoon. There was a shelter in place order for residents in the area, asking them to close their doors, shut their windows,

Tanner Fox shot and killed Chad Colivas of Abbotsford in March 2022 during a botched break-and-enter, the court heard on Friday (April 10). Details of the killing were revealed during proceedings at B.C. Supreme Court in Abbotsford in which Fox pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Colivas’s death. Fox, 25, had initially been charged with second-degree