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Nearly half of Surrey’s parking tickets – 46% – go unpaid. (Tom Zytaruk/Surrey Now-Leader)

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Nearly half the parking fines issued in Surrey go unpaid

Changes aimed at improving enforcement after report finds 46 per cent of penalties not collected

Jeweler and textile artist Naomi Bourque shows off two of the 10 ponchos she designed that were worn on runways at the Indigenous Fashion Arts festival in Toronto in 2024. She has graduated from three programs at Kootenay Studio Arts: jewelry, textile arts, and metal arts. (Tyler Harper/Nelson Star)

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Artists hope to craft new education future after Kootenay Studio Arts closure

B.C.’s ‘best little arts town’ of Nelson rolling up its sleeves after Selkirk College decision to shutter small…

Selkirk College is experiencing a reduction in international student enrolment. (Submitted)

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Plummeting international enrolment fuels cuts at B.C.’s Selkirk College

The 32 per cent decline follows caps handed down by federal government

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tom Willander, in action Monday, Nov. 3, 2025 against the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena. (https://x.com/Canucks photo)

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Boeser plays hero in OT as Vancouver Canucks trip Preds 5-4

B.C. side returns home Wednesday to host Chicago

Researchers from SeaDoc Society and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance spotted new southern resident calf J64 travelling among the J16s, Sept. 18. (SeaDoc Society/Facebook)

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Hope to heartbreak: Newest endangered B.C. orca calf missing, presumed dead

The newborn was first spotted in mid-September

The UVic Vikes women’s rugby team fell 15-13 to the UBC Thunderbirds in the U Sports national championship on Nov. 2. (Photo courtesy of Rich Lam/UBC Thunderbirds)

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UBC scores in dying moments to edge UVic for women’s national rugby title

Victoria side had not lost a game all season, including three victories over the eventual champs

Master Bombardier Ryan Houston from the Royal Canadian Horse Artillery’s First Regiment, left, gives the firing order to Gunner Joshua Caines during Operation PALACI at Rogers Pass on Nov. 22, 2019. (Photo by Master Cpl. Pierre Létourneau)

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Rogers Pass backcountry closing 3 days for howitzer practice

Parks Canada says East Rogers will fall off limits Nov. 6 to 8 during avalanche control testing

The Government of British Columbia has appointed Megan Olson, seen here at the Parents Legal Centre, to the provincial Court. (File photo)

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Province appoints Bulkley Valley lawyer as new judge in Smithers

Megan Olson’s appointment is effective Nov. 24

Brandon Davina has been charged with the second-degree murder of Brianna Jankauskas. He has pleaded not guilty.

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Murder trial starts for Kelowna man accused of killing date in 2023

Brandon Davina is accused of second degree murder in the death of Brianna Jankauskas

Canada Border Services Agency officers seized 4,300 litres of precursor chemicals at the Tsawwassen Container Examination Facility on May 13 and 15, 2025. (Canada Border Services Agency/submitted photo)

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Fentanyl precursor chemicals seized at B.C. inspection facility

CBSA officers found 60 jugs and 20 drums containing materials used to produce illicit drugs