4+ hour, 55+ min ago  (301+ words) Published 9: 00 am Sunday, May 24, 2026 Editor's Note: The following story was included in a special section celebrating the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt. The special section was published on May 15, 2026 in the Hope Standard....

14+ hour, 35+ min ago  (193+ words) Published 8: 42 pm Saturday, May 23, 2026 Screenshot from BC Wildfire of a May 23 wildfire near Boston Bar. A wildfire spotted Saturday morning near Boston Bar was quickly under control by firefighters. The fire was discovered the morning of May 23, and by the…...

16+ hour, 32+ min ago  (160+ words) Published 8: 00 pm Saturday, May 23, 2026 By Hope Standard Staff Screenshot from a Hope Search and Rescue post from May 23, 2026, after a woman was rescued from Serpent's Back Trail. Hope Search and Rescue crews were called out on May 23 to help a…...

23+ hour, 26+ min ago  (853+ words) Published 6: 25 pm Saturday, May 23, 2026 By Tony Trozzo and Olivier Laurin Former Westshore Rebels receiver Kieran Poissant makes an 18-yard catch in fourth-quarter action for the B. C. Lions at Starlight Stadium. (Tony Trozzo/Goldstream Gazette) B. C. Lions players welcome fans and warm up…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (283+ words) Published 10: 45 am Saturday, May 23, 2026 Fire crews were on the scene overnight in Maple Ridge. (City of Maple Ridge/Special to The News) Firefighters are battling wildfire in the Rock Ridge area of Maple Ridge. (City of Maple Ridge/Special to…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (367+ words) Published 7: 30 pm Friday, May 22, 2026 Klayton John Kearns. (Central Okanagan Crime Stoppers) A Kelowna man with more than 30 criminal convictions was recently sentenced to more time behind bars stemming from charges related to an incident of intimate partner violence in 2024. Klayton…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (259+ words) Published 4: 52 pm Friday, May 22, 2026 A routine online order pickup at a Langford liquor retailer escalated into an alleged assault after a customer spat on an employee who asked to see identification. West Shore RCMP responded to the report of an…...

2+ day, 9+ min ago  (362+ words) Published 1: 06 pm Friday, May 22, 2026 Long-time Abbotsford councillor Les Barkman has announced he will seek re-election this fall. Barkman is the first of the current council members to announce he is putting his name on the ballot in the municipal election…...

2+ day, 26+ min ago  (195+ words) Published 12: 31 pm Friday, May 22, 2026 A destructive fire claimed the lives of approximately 165, 000 chickens, damaged several barns and sent one firefighter to hospital with heat exhaustion on Thursday (May 21) afternoon. It's believed to be the deadliest fire for poultry in more…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (489+ words) Published 10: 45 am Friday, May 22, 2026 B. C. s Director of Civil Forfeiture is going to court in an attempt to seize one of the sixth-floor condos in this Langley building, after a police raid allegedly turned up drugs, cash, and precious metals there…...