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A view of the inside of the de Havilland Mosquito at Kelowna’s KF Centre for Excellence. (Brittany Webster - Capital News)

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VIDEO: Aviation enthusiasts treated to Mosquito engine run in Kelowna

The plane is housed at the KF Centre for Excellence

The “3rd Lower Mainland Freedom Convoy” arrived in South Surrey Feb. 12, 2022 after starting in Chilliwack earlier in the morning. It coincided with the Freedom Convoy that converged on Ottawa in late January 2022 that led to the government invoking the Emergencies Act. (Lauren Collins/Black Press Media)

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Court says feds’ use of Emergencies Act ‘unreasonable’ as Ottawa loses appeal

There were concurrent ‘Freedom Convoys’, blockades in B.C., Alberta, Manitoba

The plum blossoms have already started appearing on the trees in Victoria’s Beacon Hill Park, and experts explain that global warming causes the dormant trees to flush earlier. (Nishadini Fonseka/Victoria News)

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Experts point to climate change as root cause of Victoria’s January blossoms

Warmer temperatures trigger trees to grow in the winter and a spring frost could kill them

The recreational and sportfishing community is up in arms over a potential change to how the province allocates Pacific salmon stock, which proposes eliminating the principle that salmon are a public resource. (Black Press file photo)

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B.C.’s sport fishing industry balks at salmon re-allocation that could put it last

Adovcates say proposal would hurt industry which contributes $1.3B in economic activity in B.C.

Political commentator Caroline Elliott is entering the race to become the next leader of the B.C. Conservative Party. (Photo courtesy Facebook)

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Political commentator Caroline Elliott enters B.C. Conservative leadership contest

Elliot is known as a critic of B.C.’s reconciliation efforts

Ahmed Yousef

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Four sex assault charges laid against Maple Ridge city councillor

Ahmed Yousef already facing charges of assault, firearms offences

Many boxes of records were auctioned off Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, from the owner of the now closed store, Krazy Bob’s Emporium. The second half of the stock will be auctioned in February. (Able Auctions Facebook)

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300,000 records being auctioned off from iconic B.C. store in vinyl free-for-all

First of two auctions held to sell out the stock from Langley’s Krazy Bob’s Emporium

Siobhan Kirby recently pleaded guilty to three of the 13 child sexual abuse charges she faced.

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Woman pleads guilty to 3 child sexual abuse charges in Abbotsford

Siobhan Kirby initially faced a total of 13 charges

The Surrey Union of Drug Users meets every Monday at 5 p.m. at the Black Arts Centre (10305 City Pkwy #105). The meeting is open to people who are currently or formerly using unregulated drugs. (SUDU/ Contributed to Surrey Now-Leader)

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‘Policy kills’: Drug users advocacy group slams B.C. government reversal

Provincial government’s three-year pilot ends Jan. 31

The average rental asking price in B.C. was 5.8 per cent cheaper in December 2025 than in December 2024. (Brandon Tucker/Abbotsford News)

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Abbotsford keeps title of B.C.’s cheapest city to rent in

Average rental asking price climbed by 4% in 2025