Search and Rescue volunteers assist hikers who were stranded in Golden Ears Park on Saturday, Nov. 22. (Ridge Meadows Search and Rescue/Special to The News)

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Prepared and calm, young Scouts help rain-soaked hikers in B.C. park

SAR team salutes youngsters for their actions helping trio stranded while hiking in Golden Ears Park

The Columbia Shuswap Regional District has been lobbying the province for support in using Remote Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) drones for the application of larvicide in its mosquito control program. (City of Winnipeg photo)

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Drone attack on B.C. mosquitos failing to create a buzz in provincial legislature

Columbia Shuswap officials say province swatting aside more cost-effective methods of bug control

The Goo Goo Dolls announced a string of Canadian shows for 2026, which includes stops in Abbotsford, Victoria, and Kelowna. (Fr. Jeff Lorig/Wikimedia Commons)

Entertainment

Grammy-nominated Goo Goo Dolls announce trio of spring B.C. shows

The hit ’90s band is playing Victoria, Abbotsford and Kelowna in March

Court room at the Quesnel Courthouse. (John Deacon/Quesnel Courthouse)

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Charges stayed, youth cleared in assault case for former Quesnel River Rush players

Charges against the players had stemmed from a 2024 house-party incident

Big White village on Nov. 24.

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Lack of snow delaying ski season in B.C.’s Interior

Conditions postpone opening day at Revelstoke, SilverStar and Big White resorts

Whitecaps FC players celebrate at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (facebook.com/whitecapsfc photo)

Regional News

Whitecaps to play for MLS West title in San Diego on Saturday

Road playoff game for Vancouver soccer team

Revelstoke-based Indigenous painter Delreé Dumont, who earned the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Award for illustrated books in young people’s literature for her artistic contribution to This Land Is a Lullaby. (Photo courtesy Orca Book Publishers)

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Revelstoke-based Indigenous painter earns Governor General’s Literary Award

Onion Lake Cree Nation member illustrated children’s story about knowledge-sharing

The province is collecting chronic wasting disease samples by culling urban deer in Cranbrook and Kimberley from Feb. 18-28. (Barry Coulter/Cranbrook Townsman)

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Chronic wasting disease suspected in deer near Enderby

Hunters in B.C. and especially in the Okanagan are asked to submit deer samples after a case of…

Nuxalk Nation launches GoFundMe campaign for those attacked by a grizzly bear on Nov. 20 in Bella Coola. (Nuxalk Nation photo)

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Nuxalk Nation launches support effort after grizzly bear attack in Bella Coola

Children and adults remain in recovery while Conservation Officer Service continues its investigation

Three horses in distress had to be euthanized from Armstrong in 2024. (BC SPCA photo)

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Animal cruelty leads to ownership ban for Armstrong woman

Horse owner pleads guilty of causing distress after 3 had to be put down in 2024