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6 days ago | 
mapleridgenews.com | Tracy Holmes
A dedicated South Surrey woman was among "four really powerful self-advocates" to meet with B.C. Premier David Eby and Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction Sheila Malcolmson this week, as part of a delegation lauded as the first of its kind.
Krista Milne travelled to Victoria with UNITI director of development Jillian Glennie and the BC Self Advocate Leadership Network (BCSALN) for the April 14 gathering.
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2 weeks ago | 
mapleridgenews.com | Tracy Holmes
A South Surrey CrossFit gym finished tops in Canada in an annual competition that challenges athletes around the world to test their fitness and connect with other CrossFit enthusiasts.
Semiahmoo Athletic Club members participated in the 2025 CrossFit Open from Feb. 27-March 17, tackling a new workout each week to earn a place on a global leaderboard – and a shot at a spot in the CrossFit Games.
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2 weeks ago | 
mapleridgenews.com | Tracy Holmes
A request for freedom from a man who shot and killed a 21-year-old White Rock film student and a Delta cabbie 25 years ago has been denied.
In a decision rendered last month, Parole Board of Canada officials cite a psychologist's opinion that "any form" of release for Jagrup Singh Baidwan would, even now, be premature.
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2 weeks ago | 
peacearchnews.com | Tracy Holmes
A handful of Surrey and White Rock community leaders are gearing up to 'drag' themselves onto stage for a good cause tomorrow (April 5), as participants in this year's 'So YOU Think YOU Can DRAG III' fundraising gala.
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3 weeks ago | 
peacearchnews.com | Tracy Holmes
There's a whole lotta Canadian pride on display at Semiahmoo Shopping Centre this month, following a weekend build by the country's first LEGO Certified Professional builder.
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1 month ago | 
thenorthernview.com | Tracy Holmes
A B.C. man has been permanently banned from the province's investment market.
In a Feb. 25 news release, BC Securities Commission explains the permanent prohibition – which took affect Monday (Feb.
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2 months ago | 
thenorthernview.com | Tracy Holmes
A case that's ruffling some big feathers in the West Kootenays has hatched a strong connection to White Rock.
Lawyer Michael Carter said the outcome of his firm's challenge of a cull order issued by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to Universal Ostrich Farm could leave quite an impression – one that is potentially precedent-setting when it comes to avian influenza.
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2 months ago | 
thenorthernview.com | Tracy Holmes
WARNING: The following story contains details that some readers may find upsetting.
Surrey child-killer Shane Ertmoed has a "deviant pattern" of arousal to young females, identifies emotionally with children and poses a risk of "serious harm" to any non-compliant victim, should he reoffend sexually in the future.
These factors, according to a written Parole Board of Canada decision, were among reasons the 47-year-old was denied day parole, following a hearing Jan. 8 on Vancouver Island.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
castlegarnews.com | Tracy Holmes
Surrey carver Stefan Vukovic ended 2024 about halfway through 2017.
That is, just before this past Christmas, he finished creating granite markers for about half the names on a list of people who were laid to rest in 2017 without gravestones.
Rectifying the issue is the focus of a program that Vukovic has been a part of for years, through his family's Stonemarks Engraving business.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
interior-news.com | Tracy Holmes
It took more than two decades, but Jody Aspin finally knows why Shane Ertmoed chose to abduct and kill her young daughter in October 2000.
"I always wanted to know, why her?" Aspin said Thursday, the day after Ertmoed, who is serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of 10-year-old Heather Thomas, was denied day parole.
