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Surrey cuts Grade 7 band program to help address $16M budget shortfall

Eliminating Grade 7 band is one in a list of cuts being made by the district to try and balance its 2025-2026 budget.

Impose a pipeline on Indigenous nations? Not so fast, say Indigenous rights lawyers

Two federal leaders were asked if they would impose a pipeline on Indigenous nations that don’t want it during Wednesday's French debate. Indigenous rights lawyers say any answer other than no would "be contrary to the Constitution."
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This atmospheric trend is devastating crops (and no one’s talking about it)

Scientists have coined a new term: thirstwaves. The phenomenon occurs during extended periods of unusually high evaporation — caused not from a lack of rain, but because the air is extra thirsty. Johanna Wagstaffe breaks down how thirstwaves could seriously affect farming and water supplies.

West Kelowna golf course operators want restitution after on-course fight

The owners of a golf course in West Kelowna say they are demanding restitution from those involved in a physical altercation on their course earlier this week — an incident they describe as a desecration of the property and a breach of community values.

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