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White Rock officials question if tourism relief will come soon enough

It remains to be seen how tourism dollars announced this week will help in White Rock. (Sterling Cunningham file photo)

For business, budget ‘feels more like a placeholder,’ says chamber head

by Tracy Holmes
1h ago

The Latest

Trudeau pledges to cut emissions by 40% to 45% by 2030, short of U.S. goal
- updated 7h ago
South Surrey, White Rock MLAs call Tuesday’s provincial budget ‘disappointing’
- updated 3h ago
Epilepsy-defence driver found not guilty in crash that killed Surrey teen Travis Selje
- updated 57 mins ago
Three young girls followed while walking home from school, Surrey police say
- updated 2h ago
Fire sends thick black smoke above Surrey industrial area
- updated 2h ago

MLA Shirley Bond, right, answers questions during a press conference at Legislature in Victoria, B.C., on February 19, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

Former B.C. gaming minister says she wasn’t told directly about dirty cash flowing to casinos

by The Canadian Press

50 mins ago

RCMP Constable Etsell speaks to tourists leaving the area at a police roadblock on Westside Road south of Fintry, B.C., Thursday, July 23, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Yvonne Berg

Vancouver Island could be at its worst point of overdose crises yet: medical health officer

by Jake Romphf

1h ago

Firefighters carry equipment from the scene of Monday’s Willoughby fire. The April 19, 2021 blaze turned the Alexander Square development at the corner of 208th Street and 80th Avenue to rubble. (Rob Wilton/Special to Langley Advance Times)

Langley Fire: The aftermath of the inferno

by Joti Grewal

updated 1 min ago

Scotia Wealth Management Senior Wealth Advisor, Dave Lee, offers Total Wealth Planning to clients in White Rock.

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After battling cancer, a family rallies to help others in need

VIDEO: Large, police-patrolled crowds gather at Vancouver beach for COVID protests

FILE – NDP Leader John Horgan, right, and local candidate Mike Farnworth greet one another with an elbow bump during a campaign stop in Coquitlam, B.C., on Friday, September 25, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. won’t be using random individual road stops to enforce travel rules: Safety Minister

In this image from NASA, NASA’s experimental Mars helicopter Ingenuity lands on the surface of Mars Monday, April 19, 2021. The little 4-pound helicopter rose from the dusty red surface into the thin Martian air Monday, achieving the first powered, controlled flight on another planet. (NASA via AP)

VIDEO: NASA’s Mars helicopter takes flight, 1st for another planet

Vancouver resident Beryl Pye was witness to a “concerning,” spontaneous dance party that spread throughout social groups at Kitsilano Beach on April 16. (Screen grab/Beryl Pye)

VIDEO: Dance party erupts at Vancouver’s Kitsilano Beach to the dismay of onlookers

AstraZeneca advice from national panel delayed by new data on COVID-19 and variants

NACI was minutes away Tuesday afternoon from providing an update to its advice that AstraZeneca shouldn’t be given to people under the age of 55 but the planned briefing was called off

by The Canadian Press

1h ago

BC Hydro released a survey Thursday, April 22. It found that many British Columbians are unintentionally contributing to climate change with their yard maintenance choices. (Pixabay)

Spend a lot of time doing yard work? It might be contributing to climate change

Recent BC Hydro survey finds 60% of homeowners still use gas-powered lawnmowers and yard equipment

by Sarah Grochowski

updated 1h ago

Montreal newspaper blasted for front-page photo of Trudeau in India
- updated 3h ago
Canada to halt direct flights from India, Pakistan for 30 days due to COVID variant concerns
- updated 2h ago
Discount airline expanding service to Canada with flights between Vancouver and New York
- updated 3h ago
Delta council meetings, public events to begin with Indigenous land acknowledgment
- 4h ago
Police report 15 gang-linked killings in Metro Vancouver in 2021 as tensions escalate
- updated 3h ago

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