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Pitt Meadows council honours hometown soccer pro’s championships

Pro athletes love to bring a trophy home, and Pitt Meadows council celebrated the success of a home grown soccer talent on Tuesday night, Jan. 27. Council welcomed Jaime Perrault of the professional Vancouver Rise FC to mark a milestone for women’s sport. In November, the Rise captured the inaugural Northern Super League championship in […]

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‘I’m grateful it’s over’: B.C.woman wins appeal over $110K B.C. tax bill

In May of 2025, Maureen Washington recieved a letter from the Ministry of Finance stating that she owed $110,076.91 in relation to the Speculation and Vacancy Tax (SVT). On Jan. 13, she received another letter confirming the debt had been fully cancelled following a successful appeal. Washington described the eight months between those two moments

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B.C. paramedics plan strike vote over 2-week period in February

The union representing more than 6,000 ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers says a strike vote will begin in early February. The Ambulance Paramedics of B.C. said in a news release Tuesday (Jan. 27) that the union has reached an impasse and a strike vote is “imminent.” Union president Jason Jackson said the union met with

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