2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (874+ words) Published 1:36 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) marked its 10th anniversary by reflecting on community forests across the province. The reflection came in a Sept. 9 press release, titled “A Decade of Impact: Investing in Community Forests for…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (245+ words) Published 2:09 pm Thursday, September 10, 2026 By Tricia Leslie/Peace Arch News A man has been arrested and charged after allegedly assaulting someone at a South Surrey park. On Wednesday (Sept. 9), Surrey Police Service was called to Redwood Park near 179 Street and…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (866+ words) Published 7:47 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 A mostly cordial debate ended with an exclamation mark when NDP candidate Pam Alexis implied that one of her opponents doesn’t know the Abbotsford-Mission community at all and is there to sow division and hate. She…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (376+ words) Published 7:39 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Southbound trips from B.C. into Washington State took another sharp drop during the Labour Day weekend, new figures show, with half as many on this side of the Canada-U.S. border making the trip. Numbers for the Peace…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (192+ words) Published 3:44 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 MAHIMAHI: Receiver Kieran Poissant’s nickname is ‘Fish’ because of the French word that resembles his last name but now the nickname has gone to another level. Special teams co-ordinator Dennis McKnight has decided that any species…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (506+ words) Published 12:27 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 A former Abbotsford high school vice-principal has received a three-week suspension of his teaching certificate for frequently messaging female students on social media. A ruling posted Tuesday (Sept. 8) on the website of the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (394+ words) Published 10:22 am Tuesday, September 8, 2026 A new facility designed to give some of B.C.’s most vulnerable animals a second chance opened its doors on Vancouver Island this week. The BC SPCA officially celebrated the grand opening of its Vancouver Island Animal…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (601+ words) Published 8:00 pm Friday, September 4, 2026 An elderly woman was displaced from her home following a fire in Maple Ridge Thursday afternoon, Sept. 3. Firefighters were called to 21617 Exeter Ave. at around 4:21 p.m., after attending two other fires earlier in the day. When they…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (727+ words) Published 8:37 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 By Emma Bolzner/Nelson Star Nelson’s WildSafeBC Community Coordinator, Lisa Thomson, has officially stepped down from her position after a month of emotional stress and online attacks. After a grizzly sow and one of her yearlings…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (249+ words) Published 10:00 am Wednesday, September 2, 2026 More than 100 impaired drivers were removed from the streets of Maple Ridge over the summer. This was according to the data released by the Maple Ridge RCMP on Tuesday, Sept. 1, as they reminded drivers they will…...