Zellers announces opening day at Guildford Town Centre in Surrey

A Zeller’s store in St. Eustache, Quebec, in January 2011. (File photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz)
Store will open inside Hudson’s Bay on Tuesday (April 4)
Nechako Lakes MLA John Rustad is the new leader of the Conservative Party of BC, the party announced Friday. (Photo courtesy ofJohn Lehmann)

New BC Conservative leader John Rustad says nobody will ‘outwork’ him
Davin Cochrane, 31, was shot by police in North Cowichan on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. (Facebook photo)

B.C. man shot twice by RCMP while driving stolen skid steer critical but stable: father
Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training
Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting ‘high demand’ for camping

Parks Canada says reservation system appears to be meeting ‘high demand’ for camping

Alex Willness, accused of manslaughter in the death of Allan Young, testified in Nelson court on March 30. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

‘I wish I had walked away’: Accused man testifies in Nelson manslaughter trial
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland and B.C. Premier David Eby arrive for a news conference after touring Powertech Labs, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, March 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Freeland says budget lacked housing measures because 2022 funds still being spent
William Liu, a second-generaton co-owner of Kam Wai Dim Sum, poses for a photograph at the business in Chinatown, in Vancouver, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Chinatowns in Western Canada evolve and renew, both within and outside tradition
Police cars surround a TTC streetcar on Spadina Ave., in Toronto on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 after a stabbing incident. The Toronto Police Service says it is ending its police enhancement on city transit, more than a month after it began deploying officers on overtime shifts in response to high-profile incidents of violence in the system. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

Lack of data on transit violence amounts to ‘blanket of ignorance’: researcher
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Minister of Children and Family Development Mitzi Dean makes an announcement in Mission on Feb. 2. Dillon White Photo

B.C. announces increased rates for foster parents and kinship care providers

Bank impersonation is on the rise, and people should not be fooled if a caller knows the details of their banking information. Photo: Pexels

B.C. woman loses thousands after bank account hacked

A woman pauses at a makeshift memorial for Paul Stanley Schmidt, 37, who died after being stabbed on Sunday outside a Starbucks in downtown Vancouver, on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. Vancouver police say Inderdeep Singh Gosal, 32, has been charged with second-degree murder and investigators do not believe the suspect and victim knew each other. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Fatal stabbing casts a pall over downtown Vancouver neighbourhood as court date set

The Vancouver Police Department arrested 217 people in a three-week anti-shoplifting project. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Vancouver police arrest 217 people in 3-week crackdown on shoplifting

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The Canadian Pharmacists Association says protecting Canadian drug supplies from mass exportation to the U.S. market remains a priority in light of B.C.’s recent move to limit sales of the diabetes drug Ozempic, which has been hyped as a weight-loss treatment. Prescription drugs are seen on shelves at a pharmacy in Montreal on March 11, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Rush for diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic puts cross-border sales in spotlight

Large-scale American demand for cheaper Canadian drugs threaten country’s supplies

A gas station displays its prices in Bowmanville, Ont. on Monday Dec. 5, 2022. It will cost many Canadians a bit more to fill gas tanks or heat their houses next month as the national carbon price rises Saturday in the three prairie provinces and Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Doug Ives

House passes bill creating carve-outs for farmers in Canada’s carbon pricing scheme

Farmers exempted from paying for emissions from natural gas, propane used for certain farm activity

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A shredding event at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre March 25, 2023 raised more than $6,000 and 385lbs of food for Sources’ food bank. (Contributed photo)

$6K raised for food bank at South Surrey shredding event

Fundraiser also collected 385lbs of food and saved equivalent of 103 trees

The Environmental Extravaganza features several free group and self-guided activities. (Submitted photo: City of Surrey)

Spring is here, which means Surrey’s ‘Environmental Extravaganza’ is back

Seven-week series offers variety of family-friendly programs that celebrate nature

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Kashmir Singh Bains

Feb 3rd, 2023

Evan Stephen Sanyshyn

Feb 3rd, 2023

Lorene Susan Netherwood

Jan 30th, 2023

George Leonard Zaklan

Jan 26th, 2023

Roy James Brown

Jan 9th, 2023

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Dec 18th, 2022

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Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Vanni Sartini stands on the sidelines during second half MLS soccer action against Nashville FC in Vancouver on Saturday, August 27, 2022. Vanni Sartini believes his Vancouver Whitecaps have a “moral imperative” to come out strong in their first Canadian clash of the season on Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Pressure grows as winless Whitecaps prepare for Canadian clash with CF Montreal

Caps now 5 games into the young season and have yet to register their first victory

Danila Klimovich scored the game winning goal as the Abbotsford Canucks beat the Manitoba Moose 4-2 on Thursday (March 30). (Abbotsford Canucks photo)

Abbotsford Canucks collect crucial 4-2 win over Manitoba Moose

Abbotsford takes big step towards hosting first round of playoffs with win in Winnipeg

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Mickey Schienle was celebrated by friends at a luncheon for her 100th birthday. (Submitted)

Happy Birthday to Kelowna’s newest centenarian

Mickey Schienle turns 100 on March 30, 2023

A meatball made using genetic code from the mammoth is seen at the Nemo science museum in Amsterdam, Tuesday March 28, 2023. An Australian company has lifted the glass cloche on a meatball made of lab-grown cultured meat using the genetic sequence from the long-extinct mastodon. The high-tech treat isn’t available to eat yet - the startup says it is meant to fire up public debate about cultivated meat. (AP Photo/Mike Corder)

Elephant in the dining room: Startup makes mammoth meatball

Australian lab grows meat cultured from DNA of extinct mammoth, says it points way to meat’s future

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Gwyneth Paltrow speaks with retired optometrist Terry Sanderson,left, as she walks out of the courtroom following the reading of the verdict in their lawsuit trial, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Park City, Utah. Paltrow won her court battle over a 2016 ski collision at a posh Utah ski resort after a jury decided Thursday that the movie star wasn’t at fault for the crash. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool)

Gwyneth Paltrow scores court win that means more than $1

Actress wins her court case, but she also may have scored in the court of public opinion

The Fantasticks cast of players includes (at back, left to right) Emma Rose Gold, Kaden Chad, Scotia Browner and Oliver Gold, (foreground, left to right) Reginald Pillay, Adrian Shaffer and Peter Stainton. (Contributed photo)

White Rock Players present legendary long-running musical

The Fantasticks opens April 12 at Oceana PARC Playhouse

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    Kelowna’s Lakehouse Home Store has opened Lakehouse Kitchens Cooking School with Lakehouse’s culinary director, Chef Bernard Casavant. Darren Hull photo

    Romancing the stove

    Date night at Lakehouse Kitchens Cooking School

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    January 17, 2023 -Cory Landels and Laura Berlanda stand outside their Common Foundry stationary and pen shop on Wallace Street in Nanaimo . Don Denton photo

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    Nanaimo store offers curated collection of stationery treasures

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      Pedal for Hope: Tour De Cure rallies cyclists to transform cancer care

      2,000 riders, volunteers prepare for 200-km summer fundraising ride from Cloverdale to Hope

        The Surrey Hiring and Post-Secondary Education Event is coming to the Sheraton Vancouver Guildford Hotel from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 16.

        5 things to do at the Black Press Surrey hiring + education event

        Visit the Surrey Hiring and Post-Secondary Education Event, March 16 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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