8+ hour, 37+ min ago   (237+ words) Published 5:45 pm Saturday, September 12, 2026 A long-time member and Girl Guides leader has been hard at work printing off orange heart stickers, which she is giving to the community for free in honour of National Truth and Reconciliation Day. Celina Woycheshen…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (487+ words) Published 9:00 am Thursday, September 10, 2026 Another new face has entered the race for school board trustee representing Maple Ridge. Crystal Warner describes herself as a community organizer, labour leader, and a lifelong champion for strongpublic services, who believes that every child…...

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…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (194+ words) Published 9:00 am Saturday, September 5, 2026 [RE: City of Maple Ridge considering new $393M recreation proposal, mapleridgenews.com] I have lived in the Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows area for close to 45 years and have always supported the funding and development of recreational…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (620+ words) Published 12:56 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 A mosque in Surrey, B.C. was vandalized over the weekend with someone writing “hateful and threatening” words on the building and leaving pieces of raw bacon. The RCMP Surrey Provincial Operations Support Unit (SPOSU) is investigating whether…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (477+ words) Published 12:46 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 By Brendan Shykora/Vernon Morning Star A day after Secretary of War Pete Hegseth shared a post mocking Vernon cadets on social media, Vernon-Lake Country-Monashee MP Scott Anderson censured the senior U.S. official in a social media…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (607+ words) Published 3:34 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 By Jordy Cunningham/Kelowna Capital News While recognizing Kelowna City Council’s concerns with the Outreach Urban Health Centre safe consumption site, Interior Health’s (IH) chief medical health officer Dr. Sue Pollock said the site is ultimately…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (302+ words) Published 12:47 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 By Jennifer Smith/Vernon Morning Star B.C.’s Premier is astonished by the United States’ military leadership’s “attack” on Vernon’s cadets. — Pete Hegseth (@PeteHegseth) September 1, 2026 With nearly 10 million views and nine million comments, the post is seemingly…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (540+ words) Published 8:12 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Delta South MLA Ian Paton confirmed to Black Press Media that the RCMP is scheduled to interview him at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday to discuss allegations that B.C. Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay offered him a paid job in exchange…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (479+ words) Published 7:44 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 By Brittany Webster/Kelowna Capital News The mayor of Kelowna has penned a letter on behalf of city council to the federal Ministry of Health requesting that the 2027 renewal of a downtown supervised consumption site be…...