Terrace Art Gallery unveils new exhibit by local artist Tracie Stewart

"Loon Dives Deep" by Terrace-born artist Tracie Stewart, part of the "Under the Surface" mixed-media exhibit at the Terrace Art Gallery, on display from June 2 to July 15. (Courtesy of Tracie Stewart)
Stewart’s says the mixed-media installation’s theme is the unseen aspects of life and nature
Air tankers are heading to Harrison Lake to help fight a wildfire that is burning out of control east of the Chehalis River on Saturday afternoon. (Screenshot/Kamscan)

Out of control wildfire reported north of Agassiz-Harrison
Calgary police say a father and his son have been arrested and charged after multiple teenage girls were sexually exploited, assaulted and extorted for several months. A Calgary Police Service officer is seen in Calgary on April 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Father and son charged with sexual exploitation, assault of teenage girls in Calgary
Cannabis price ‘race to the bottom’ hurts market’s future: OCS CEO

Cannabis price ‘race to the bottom’ hurts market’s future: OCS CEO
Visiting Mount St. Helens is inspiring and alarming all at once

Visiting Mount St. Helens is inspiring and alarming all at once

Regina Pats centre Connor Bedard poses for photographs with the trophies he received at the Canadian Hockey League awards ceremony, in Kamloops, B.C., on Saturday, June 3, 2023. Bedard, the presumed No. 1 pick of this year’s NHL draft won the CHL Top Prospect, Top Scorer, and David Branch Player of the Year awards. It’s the first time since the Top Scorer award was introduced in 1994 that a player has won all three in a single season. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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Firefighters arrive at a command centre within the evacuated zone while taking a break from battling the wildfire burning in Tantallon, N.S. outside of Halifax on Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Fighting wildfires in forested areas is a different exercise than battling blazes in urban dwellings, although experts say more places are seeing a crossover as people build houses on the fringes of wooded zones. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Urban sprawl on wooded lands presents unique challenges when fires spread: experts
A person holds up an intrauterine device, IUD, outside of the B.C. legislature. B.C. made several types of contraception free to residents with Medical Services Plans April 1, and healthcare workers are seeing an increase in requests for IUDs or information about them. (AccessBC)

Healthcare workers see rise in IUD interest 2 months into B.C. making contraception free
ICBC is implementing a new discount for vehicles driven less than 10,000 kilometres in a year. (ICBC)

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The provincial government announced June 1, 2023 that it’s giving $1.1 million to expand counselling services at Looking Glass Foundation that helps people with eating disorders. Anorexia nervosa is the leading cause of death for young women between the ages of 15 and 24. (Unsplash)

B.C. group gets $1.1M to expand counselling services for people with eating disorders

Police are investigating after someone threw black paint on the front entrance and a window of Ladner United Church in the early morning of Wednesday, May 31, 2023. Police are treating the incident as a hate crime as the locations are where Pride flags were hanging inside the building. (Ladner United Church/Facebook photos)

Vandal again targets Pride flags at B.C. church

Provincial Environment Minister George Heyman announces $10 million in funding for the BC Parks Foundation outside Goldstream Nature House in Goldstream Provincial Park on June 1. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

B.C. gives $10M to parks foundation to expand programs

Marie Clements, creator of the film “Bones of Crows,” poses for a photograph during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin

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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III speaks at the 20th International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia’s annual defense and security forum in Singapore, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Cardinal Mauro Bassetti, right, celebrates a penitential rite in front of the altar of the confession inside St. Peter’s Basilica, Saturday, June 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

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Polish man approached the basilica’s high altar at closing time, undressed and jumped up on the marble altar

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Jessica is running more than 900 kilometres from Nelson to Victoria as part of “Aubrey’s Run Across B.C. to End Toxic Drug Death,” passing through the Okanagan and stopping in communities for events along the way. She is running in memory of her son Aubrey, who died from toxic drug poisoning on Aug. 30, 2022. (Bill Metcalfe photo)

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A community pole in honour of carver Larry Hnidan is transported to the place it will be raised in Sik-e-dakh on April 21. (Elizabeth Larsen photo)

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Obituaries

Edris Ann ‘Mickey’ Williams

Mar 21st, 2023

William “Bill” Dumont

Jan 25th, 2023

Patricia Marjorie Codrington White

Jan 4th, 2023

Ernst (Ernie) Sergej Niord Widell

Aug 21st, 2022

Lawrence Bell

Jul 22nd, 2022

Donna J. Crist

Apr 6th, 2022

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