A U.S. Customs and Border Protection vehicle is shown parked on Northwoods Road in Lynden, Wash. on Oct. 8 as three people illegally cross the border into Abbotsford. (BC RCMP photo)

News

Four arrested after jumping border from U.S. to Abbotsford

Group turned over to Canada Border Services Agency

Machinery and a camp are set up at the Ximen Mining Corporation’s gold mine site near Vernon.

News

Gold mining operation opposed by Okanagan Indian Band

Watershed protection efforts gain support of Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

B.C. Premier David Eby, right, walks with federal Minister Responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade Dominic Leblanc in Vancouver on Monday, Nov. 3, 2025. (Photo courtesy B.C. Government)

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B.C. Premier David Eby backs down on anti-tariff U.S. advertising campaign

B.C. was set to release ads in the United States critical of softwood lumber tariffs and duties

Karim Abu Khadra getting a point at the WKU World Karate Championships in Trier Germany. (Sam Raven)

Sports

Smithers’ Shogun Dojo shines at world karate championships

Bulkley Valley athletes make up largest portion of Team Canada in Germany

The man accused of killing Ridge Meadows RCMP Const. Rick O’Brien, Nicholas Bellemare, is standing trial. (Ridge Meadows RCMP/Special to Black Press Media)

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Trial begins for man accused of killing Maple Ridge Mountie

Nicholas Bellemare charged with first-degree murder in death of Const. Rick O’Brien

The UVic Vikes women’s field hockey team dropped the U Sports national championship game 1-0 to the York Lions on Nov. 2. (Photo courtesy of Yan Huckendubler/Field Hockey Canada)

Regional News

Unlucky 7: field hockey heartbreak for UVic as national title run ends at 6

Women’s field hockey streak ends with late York goal

Kitsumkalum Chief Negotiator Gerald Wesley (at podium) addresses the Nation while Chief Negotiator Alex Bolton (middle) and Chief Councillor Troy Sam look on during the Treaty and Constitution ratification event on Nov. 1, 2025. (Kitsumkalum)

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Northwest B.C. First Nation overwhelmingly ratifies Treaty, Constitution

Kitsumkalum votes 90 per cent in favour of deal with B.C. and Canada

Two containment booms have been placed in Kamloops Lake at the spot where a CPKC freight train partially derailed on Nov. 1. (Michael Grenier/Facebook)

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Clean-up continues at site of train derailment near Kamloops

Rail traffic has resumed along the corridor after one locomotive and 17 cars derailed on Nov. 1

A B.C. Ambulance. Black Press Media File Photo

News

B.C. has fewest drug deaths for the month of September since 2020

Some positives signs in B.C.’s latest drug death stats, but 5 people still dying per day

AC/DC in concert. (courtesy Columbia Records)

Entertainment

AC/DC to ‘Power Up’ in Vancouver for summer 2026 concert

Foo Fighters also set to play BC Place Stadium, among other concerts