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As the son of parents who both live with cerebral palsy, Victoria filmmaker Cory Thibert had never seen a family like his depicted in movies. So, he set out to make his own. His coming-of-age film, Mildlife, which premieres in Canada at the upcoming Victoria Film Festival, is based on that lived experience: growing up […]

A new report from B.C.’s human rights commissioner finds the creation of a media “exclusion zone” during the April 2023 police take-down of the East Hastings Street homeless camp in Vancouver was “unlawful.” “I conclude that the zone had the primary purpose of preventing safety concerns, including issues associated with the protests,” said Kasari Govender,

November 3, 1939 – January 19, 2026 Jim was a hard-working family man, raised on Northern Vancouver Island. He had a passion for hunting. He worked in many professions over the years, including as a Logger, Whaler, and Bridgeman. He spent his retirement as a Farmer in Maple Ridge. He was predeceased by his wife,

Canadians are known to be nice but what town is the nicest in the country? That question has now been answered. A nation-wide contest held by Coca-Cola Canada has named Peachland as Canada’s Kindest Community. On top of the honour, the Central Okanagan Foundation was awarded $100,000 by Coca-Cola and Coke Canada Bottling, from the

The third morning of a coroner’s inquest into the deaths of a Prince Rupert family in 2023 has revealed startling phone searches from the father, Christopher Duong, just days before the family of four was found dead. Inquest counsel, Steven Liu, shared two searches from Duong’s phone as evidence, with the first search being “painless