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Automatic gunfire, armed soldiers in Vancouver this weekend for urban training

Automatic gunfire, armed soldiers in Vancouver this weekend for urban training

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver-based light infantry unit of the Canadian Army is asking residents to not be alarmed if they hear automatic gunfire this weekend around the site of the former Molson-Coors brewery.
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Richmond resident wins $2.5M in Lotto 6/49 draw

Richmond resident wins $2.5M in Lotto 6/49 draw

What would you do with $2.5 million?
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Efforts underway to stabilize slope threatening two dozen Penticton homes.

Efforts underway to stabilize slope threatening two dozen Penticton homes.

PENTICTON, B.C. — Residents of a mobile home park in Penticton, B.C., must wait another day to learn when they might be allowed to return to their homes.
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14 Prince George homes eyed for civil forfeiture

14 Prince George homes eyed for civil forfeiture

Daniel Brendan Prediger named as defendant in notice of claim that alleges five homes were drug houses and nine were purchased with drug money
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Vanderhoof shooter sentenced for assaulting Prince George taxi driver

Vanderhoof shooter sentenced for assaulting Prince George taxi driver

Paul Nicholas Russell committed offence eight days before opening fire on RCMP detachment
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Empty homes to be taxed in five more Vancouver Island communities

Empty homes to be taxed in five more Vancouver Island communities

Homeowners in Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland, Parksville and Qualicum Beach will be subject to the tax starting in 2025
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Too-tall cruise ship docks in Victoria to have its funnel removed

Too-tall cruise ship docks in Victoria to have its funnel removed

The Carnival Panorama had been headed to a Portland shipyard for repairs, but was too tall to get under a bridge over the Columbia River
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Dozens of Skwlax band members still displaced following Shuswap wildfire

Dozens of Skwlax band members still displaced following Shuswap wildfire

The Bush Creek East wildfire raged through the Little Shuswap Lake region in mid-August, destroying 31 Skwlax te Secwepemculecw homes
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Okanagan boy with brain tumour fighting for his life

Okanagan boy with brain tumour fighting for his life

The boy and his grandmother were airlifted to B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver on Nov. 12 with just the clothes on their backs.
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Kelowna student sets world record at Ironman triathlon in Arizona

Kelowna student sets world record at Ironman triathlon in Arizona

Zach Bernier, 19, finished 4th at the Ironman Arizona triathlon on November 19. He also set a new U20 Ironman Triathlon world record, with a time of 8 hours, 44 minutes and 56 seconds.
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