1+ week, 1+ day ago   (706+ words) Squamish Windsports Society (SWS) hasn’t held a large-scale wind sports competition since 2019. But on Aug. 29, the community made a formal resurgence. Around 50 competitors fought hard to place in three disciplines, wingfoil, kitefoil and kiteboarding, on Howe Sound at the North…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (252+ words) A woman was attacked by a bear while hiking near Whistler on Friday evening. The Conservation Officers Service (COS) says that on Sept. 4, a group of three people were in the backcountry near Conflict Lake. "At approximately 5 pm, a group…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (275+ words) A Texas woman is suing a Whistler-based outdoor tour company and the provincial government, alleging she was seriously injured in a fall on stairs at the Callaghan Base Camp in 2024. Kimberly Lanae Gabrysch filed a notice of civil claim in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (711+ words) Áʼa:líya Warbus was once a star member of the BC Conservatives. But she left Monday, saying she no longer recognized the party she’d once joined. “The party is redefining itself,” Warbus said. And not, to her mind, in a good…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (490+ words) BC Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay announced Tuesday she has been acclaimed by the party executive to run as its candidate for Abbotsford-Mission following Saturday’s resignation of MLA Reann Gasper. Gasper’s resignation gives Findlay an opportunity to enter the B.C....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (628+ words) B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service is urging the public to avoid the Richard Juryn Trail network in North Vancouver's Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve after a black bear scratched a man’s leg Monday. Around 8 a.m., a man was walking solo along…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (337+ words) This morning's new wildfire is now being held, according to the BC Wildfire Service (BCWS). This means that based on fuel and weather conditions and resource availability, the fire is expected to remain within the current perimeter. The District of…...