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People are attending from other police forces, fire departments, other emergency services, the military, and even sports organizations he supported. (Colleen Flanagan/Black Press Media)

Family, first responders pay tribute to Const. Rick O’Brien

A sea of red and blue filled the Langley Events Centre’s arena…

Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider, left, takes the ball from pitcher Jose Berrios during a pitching change in the fourth inning of Game 2 of an AL wild-card baseball playoff series against the Minnesota Twins Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

Twins win 2-0, eliminate Blue Jays in MLB wild-card series sweep

Toronto bows out of playoffs with two straight losses

Racers push off from the start line, competing in the men’s pair during a qualifying race on Friday morning on Quamichan Lake. The 2023 Canadian National Rowing Championships were being held on the lake over the weekend. (Sarah Simpson/Citizen)

BC rowers put on a show at Canadian National Championships in North Cowichan

2023 RCA National Rowing Championships a success

People rally on Parliament Hill on an International Day of Action to Search the Landfills, in Ottawa, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. The remains of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and another woman named as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, killed by an alleged serial killer, are believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Indigenous women, girls killed at rate 6 times higher than non-Indigenous: StatCan

Most Indigenous women and girls were found to be killed by someone they knew, report says

People rally on Parliament Hill on an International Day of Action to Search the Landfills, in Ottawa, on Monday, Sept. 18, 2023. The remains of Morgan Harris, Marcedes Myran and another woman named as Mashkode Bizhiki’ikwe, or Buffalo Woman, killed by an alleged serial killer, are believed to be in a landfill north of Winnipeg. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
RCMP members escorted the hearse at the regimental funeral of Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Dan Ferguson/Black Press Media)

Funeral underway in Langley for Ridge Meadows RCMP constable

Const. Rick O’Brien being honoured with procession and funeral which is being livestreamed

RCMP members escorted the hearse at the regimental funeral of Const. Rick O’Brien on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. (Dan Ferguson/Black Press Media)
Victoria General Hospital is listed by Island Health as having a COVID-19 outbreak that started Oct. 2. (Black Press Media file photo)

11 COVID-19 cases at B.C. hospital unit declared an outbreak

Eight patients with ‘mild illness’ remain in View Royal hospital

Victoria General Hospital is listed by Island Health as having a COVID-19 outbreak that started Oct. 2. (Black Press Media file photo)
Dixie Champ (left) with Dede Shave, both residents at Lake View Village in Nelson. A residential tenancy arbitrator has ruled that Golden Life Management’s rent increase on Champ’s apartment was illegal. The decision has implications for other residents, including Shave. Photo: Bill Metcalfe

B.C. senior wins dispute after landlord raises rent over legal limit

Decision involves seniors housing facilities

Dixie Champ (left) with Dede Shave, both residents at Lake View Village in Nelson. A residential tenancy arbitrator has ruled that Golden Life Management’s rent increase on Champ’s apartment was illegal. The decision has implications for other residents, including Shave. Photo: Bill Metcalfe
The Kelowna RCMP arrested two Oliver men who stole an ATV and drove recklessly around town, including driving into oncoming traffic and running through fences. (Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)

2 Oliver men take joy ride on stolen ATV, apprehended in Kelowna

The suspects crashed the ATV after zooming through traffic for over an hour

The Kelowna RCMP arrested two Oliver men who stole an ATV and drove recklessly around town, including driving into oncoming traffic and running through fences. (Vladvictoria/Pixabay.com)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

How Conservatives are trying to rebuild trust among Muslim communities in Canada

Poilievre has chosen to walk a careful path on the issue of ‘parental rights’

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Crown says former RCMP intelligence official improperly disclosed secrets

Cameron Jay Ortis had access to some of the country’s most closely held information

Cameron Ortis, a senior intelligence official at the RCMP, leaves the courthouse in Ottawa after being granted bail on October 22, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
An industrial accident at the Cypress Mountain Resort in West Vancouver has killed one person. Snow groomers and a closed chairlift are pictured behind two hikers at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, B.C. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Industrial accident leaves 1 dead at West Vancouver’s Cypress Mountain

Police say the operator of a front-end loader was caught under the rig as it overturned

An industrial accident at the Cypress Mountain Resort in West Vancouver has killed one person. Snow groomers and a closed chairlift are pictured behind two hikers at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver, B.C. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
The author and Rick O’Dell’s famous baby blue Plymouth back in the day at Western Speedway. (Wolf family photo)

WOLF: Since when did cars from the ’80s become ‘classics’?

COLUMN: T-tops off, mullet flowing in the wind

The author and Rick O’Dell’s famous baby blue Plymouth back in the day at Western Speedway. (Wolf family photo)
A grizzly bear is seen in the Khutzeymateen Inlet near Prince Rupert, B.C., Friday, June, 22, 2018. Parks Canada says a grizzly bear that killed a couple and their dog in Banff National Park on the weekend was old, underweight and had bad teeth. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
A grizzly bear is seen in the Khutzeymateen Inlet near Prince Rupert, B.C., Friday, June, 22, 2018. Parks Canada says a grizzly bear that killed a couple and their dog in Banff National Park on the weekend was old, underweight and had bad teeth. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
The legislature building is photographed in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. British Columbia politicians are back in the legislature for the fall session, and the seating arrangement looks a little different. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
The legislature building is photographed in Victoria, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. British Columbia politicians are back in the legislature for the fall session, and the seating arrangement looks a little different. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
British Columbia couple Dave Chan and Janet Love pose with “Mama,” their 2,212-pound pumpkin that won the National Pumpkin Weigh Off in Wheatland, Calif., on Sept. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO

B.C. man takes 1-tonne pumpkin on road trip to win California weigh-off

‘Mama’ the pumpkin was grown in Richmond

British Columbia couple Dave Chan and Janet Love pose with “Mama,” their 2,212-pound pumpkin that won the National Pumpkin Weigh Off in Wheatland, Calif., on Sept. 30, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre leaves after speaking to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

‘Photography not allowed,’ Poilievre says of ceremony with Algonquin leaders

Conservative leader claims this the reason for wrongly identifying Inuit leaders as Algonquin

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre leaves after speaking to reporters in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Toronto Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette, left, is tagged out at home plate by Minnesota Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers after an infield single by Kevin Kiermaier during the fourth inning in Game 1 of an AL wild-card baseball playoff series Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
Toronto Blue Jays’ Bo Bichette, left, is tagged out at home plate by Minnesota Twins catcher Ryan Jeffers after an infield single by Kevin Kiermaier during the fourth inning in Game 1 of an AL wild-card baseball playoff series Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
The Squamish Nation has filed a request to the BC Geographical Names Office to change the name of Mount Garibaldi. (Unsplash/Ashwini Chaudhary)

Squamish Nation requests return to traditional name for B.C. mountain peak

Mount Garibaldi known as Nch’ḵay̓ prior to colonization

The Squamish Nation has filed a request to the BC Geographical Names Office to change the name of Mount Garibaldi. (Unsplash/Ashwini Chaudhary)
The Lacey family trailer sitting on the property of what was to be their brand new home in West Kelowna before a wildfire swallowed the build and destroyed many neighbouring properties. (Facebook/Patrick Lacey)

Wildfire takes home, thieves take hope for West Kelowna family

The Lacey family was two month away from completing their new home

The Lacey family trailer sitting on the property of what was to be their brand new home in West Kelowna before a wildfire swallowed the build and destroyed many neighbouring properties. (Facebook/Patrick Lacey)
Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman, who recently left BC United for the BC Conservative Party, poses for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in an orange shirt. (Facebook/Bruce Banman MLA Abbotsford South)

Abbotsford South MLA calls criticism of B.C. Conservative leader ‘hypersensitive, woke’

Bruce Banman says ‘far-left cancel culture’ is why he and others are leaving BC United ‘in droves’

Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman, who recently left BC United for the BC Conservative Party, poses for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in an orange shirt. (Facebook/Bruce Banman MLA Abbotsford South)