Surrey Police Board starts financial review of police for 2027 budget
The Surrey Police Board announced that it has started a financial review of the Surrey Police Service (SPS) for the 2027 budget. The board is currently retaining an independent accounting firm to conduct the review. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO...
More whales in Vancouver? Researchers say we have ‘great grub’
You aren’t seeing things – there are more whales visiting Vancouver waters and researchers say it is due to the season, “great grub,” and conservation successes. A new study states that transient killer whales are now seen in the Salish...
B.C. approves block-caving for Red Chris Mine, site where three workers were trapped
The British Columbia government has approved an amended environment assessment certificate for block-caving at the Red Chris Mine, the same site where three workers were trapped last July. The copper and gold mine in northwestern B.C. is already operating as...
Head-on collision caused by impaired driver in Lake Country
Lake Country RCMP responded to a two-vehicle collision on Glenmore Road and Shanks Road on June 16, around 9 p.m. When officers arrived, they determined that a southbound SUV didn’t properly make a turn around a curve on Glenmore Road,...
Federal and B.C. governments to pay $200M for Tumbler Ridge school and health centre
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal and B.C. governments are pledging $100 million each to build a new high school in Tumbler Ridge and modernize the community’s health care centre. B.C. Premier David Eby promised last month that students...
‘Incredible strides’: 12-year-old Tumbler Ridge shooting victim starts communicating with tablet
Maya Gebala’s family has some good news to share. The 12-year-old girl, who was badly injured in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting in February, has begun communicating with the use of a tablet. Maya’s mother, Cia Edmonds, says her daughter...
Man convicted of shooting at pop star AP Dhillon’s B.C. home is ordered deported
A man convicted of arson and firing a gun at Indo-Canadian pop star AP Dhillon’s Vancouver Island home in 2024 has been ordered deported from Canada. The Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada confirms that Abjeet Singh Kingra was found...
More illegal shooting along Forest Service Road in Mission
Mission RCMP have spent another busy weekend focusing on illegal shooting up the Lost Creek Forest Service Road (FSR). On June 13, around 6:45 p.m., a person reported a group of men shooting around the 7.5 km marker of the...
Canada and B.C. form partnership to accelerate homebuilding, lower costs, and build new local infrastructure
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier David Eby, announced a partnership between the Government of Canada and the Government of B.C. that will “transform, connect, and modernize communities across the province.” Over the next 10 years, Canada’s government is investing more than $5 billion in B.C.’s local infrastructure. CLICK HERE...
Emergency crews battle structure fire in Port Coquitlam
The City of Port Coquitlam says crews were sent to the scene of a structure fire on McChessney Street Thursday morning. In a post to social media around 8:30 a.m., the city said the blaze is located near McPherson Drive,...
