Cultus Lake – Effective immediately, the Cultus Lake Park trail system will be closed and the entrances to the trails will be barricaded/roped off due to the extreme weather conditions that the region is experiencing. The areas to be closed…
Cultus Lake – It should not be a surprise that as one heat wave ended and another on the way, that effective immediately, all fires, barbecues and the use of gas-fuelled cooking appliances in the public areas of Cultus Lake…
Chilliwack – The City of Chilliwack will open a new playground at Townsend Park In August thanks, in part, to a donation from the Rotary Club of Chilliwack Mt. Cheam. The Rotary Club of Chilliwack Mt. Cheam selected this project…
Hatzic Lake – The FVRD has received reports from residents at Hatzic Lake of sightings of algae blooms, discoloured water, and dead fish. Some residents have also reported symptoms of nausea, stomach cramps, itchy skin, and eye irritations after swimming…
Ottawa – Following Health Canada’s most recent release regarding a shortage of EpiPen (0.3 mg) and EpiPen Jr (0.15 mg) auto-injectors, Pfizer Canada has advised Health Canada that supply of EpiPen in the 0.3 mg format is expected to be…
Langley – While it is called a ‘challenge,’ when the task at hand includes seeking out seasonal salad ingredients, finding freshly-baked breads and treats, and buying beverages made in our own backyard, its terms are deliciously easy to accept, especially…
Fraser Valley/Vancouver – Another Welfare Wednesday come and gone and another record for overdoses. BC EHS Emergency Health Services say they responded to 130 overdoes on Friday July 27. In their twitter release, they did not say how many may…
Ottawa – Campbell Company of Canada is recalling Pepperidge Farm brand Goldfish Flavour Blasted Xtreme Cheddar Crackers from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled products described below. Recalled products Brand Name Common Name…
Victoria – The good news is that visitors to BC Parks and forestry recreation sites have another reason to celebrate Canada’s Parks Day, with the addition of 431 new campsites throughout the province. The bad news, there is a campfire…
Fraser Valley/Victoria – Twenty high-priority B.C. communities are receiving funding from government’s new Community Overdose Crisis Innovation Fund. The funding will support regions where the overdose crisis is the most prevalent and where local Community Action Teams (CATs) have been…