3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (584+ words) Published 8:00 pm Wednesday, September 9, 2026 By Paul Kershaw/Special to The News Within eight kilometres of Pitt Meadows Airport are at least six schools, major community sports facilities, soccer fields, baseball diamonds, playgrounds and parks used by thousands of local children…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (46+ words) Published 9:00 am Sunday, September 6, 2026 Let’s see the community Through Your Lens. We want to see Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge as you see it. Do you have a picture you’d like to contribute? We’d love to see it. Please email to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (46+ words) Published 5:45 pm Friday, September 4, 2026 Let’s see the community Through Your Lens. We want to see Pitt Meadows & Maple Ridge as you see it. Do you have a picture you’d like to contribute? We’d love to see it. Please email to…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (727+ words) Published 8:37 pm Wednesday, September 2, 2026 By Emma Bolzner/Nelson Star Nelson’s WildSafeBC Community Coordinator, Lisa Thomson, has officially stepped down from her position after a month of emotional stress and online attacks. After a grizzly sow and one of her yearlings…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (581+ words) Published 5:15 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 The B.C. government is working to explain away a $1.5 billion natural gas royalty accounting blunder, blaming a spreadsheet error related to currency conversion. “I’m not pleased by this situation,” Premier David Eby said a few hours before…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (109+ words) Published 5:45 pm Tuesday, September 1, 2026 According to Davey Tree, the fungus appears around the base of trees that looks like a crust-like fruiting body that has wavy edges. When the fungus is young, the colouring is grey with white margins. When…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (631+ words) Published 11:20 am Monday, August 31, 2026 By Brendan Shykora/Vernon Morning Star Amid preparations to clean up an abandoned camp in the Lumby area, the Okanagan Forest Task Force (OFTF) is urging the province to aid its mission to make the backcountry…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (277+ words) Published 6:12 pm Friday, August 28, 2026 By Brittany Webster/Kelowna Capital News Despite slowed activity and no anticipated growth of the Bald Range wildfire, an area restriction order has been announced. BC Wildfire Service has issued a notice that an area restriction…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1082+ words) Published 5:02 pm Thursday, August 27, 2026 The federal government’s extended silence over the incoming open-net pen fish farm ban, set to begin in B.C. in 2029, is triggering widespread questions about whether intentions have suddenly changed under a new prime minister. When Federal…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (429+ words) Published 12:42 pm Thursday, August 20, 2026 An application for a commercial outdoor education and wilderness training operation within East Sooke Park is “incompatible with the existing conservation, recreation and stewardship objectives of the area,” according to a decision from the province. One…...