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The annual Santa Flights, which deliver toys to children in hospitals across B.C., will not be happening this year, according to BC Emergency Health Services. Paramedic public information officer Brian Twaites told the Surrey Now-Leader that this is due to BCEHS’s contract ending with Helijet, who sponsored the flight. “We’re deeply grateful to Helijet for […]

Neither the City of Maple Ridge nor Arts On Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows know what is going to happen to a Capital Improvement Fund being collected at The ACT Arts Centre. Every time somebody purchases a ticket to a show at The ACT, patrons of the main arts centre in the city contribute to the fund

West Kelowna’s Mission Hill Family Estate has been recognized as one of the world’s 50 best vineyards. A voting academy made up of more than 700 select sommeliers, travel and wine tourism experts, and wine trade specialists from WilliamReed recented released its newest world’s 50 list, with Mission Hill being the only Canadian winery to

B.C.’s Boundary and Lower Thompson regions are bucking the provincial snow trend. The south-central areas around Grand Forks and Merritt are sitting well above both the provincial average — and in Boundary’s case its own record — for snowpack development, according to the first snow conditions report from the province. That contrasts dramatically with Vancouver

The Boston Fleet continued its undefeated streak with a 2-0 win over the Vancouver Goldeneyes. The Fleet hosted the Goldeneyes at Agganis Arena in Boston, Massachusetts Wednesday (Dec. 3). Boston rookie Abby Newhook scored just over five minutes into the first period. The Fleet dominated the first period, “outshooting Vancouver 19-2.” The Goldeneyes did not