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Vivienne Proulx, Barriere’s first baby of 2026, was born at 8:31 a.m. Jan. 3. (Submitted photo)

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Big sister thrilled as Barriere’s first baby of 2026 is a girl

Vivienne Proulx was born at 8:31 a.m. Jan 3

The Central Okanagan’s population growth in 2025 raised by 1.2 per cent. (Isabella Harmel/Capital News)

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Population growth slowing down in Central Okanagan: Statistics Canada

The region saw a 1.2 per cent increase in 2025

Dan Levitt, B.C.’s Seniors Advocate, speaks at The Gardens at Qualicum Beach on Jan. 12. (Kevin Forsyth photo)

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Affordability, respite shortfall, making life difficult for B.C. seniors: advocate

B.C.’s Seniors Advocate hears concerns in Qualicum Beach, one of B.C.’s oldest communities

The 18-year-old was named a preliminary player to watch by NHL Central Scouting in October ahead of the 2026 NHL Draft. (Photo courtesy of Kevin Light/Victoria Royals)

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Anything but ordinary: B.C. blueliner following unconventional path to the NHL

After choosing the WHL over the USHL, Timofei Runtso has wasted little time establishing himself

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

Louise Lodge with her “Camino brother,” Davor. (Louise Lodge photo)

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Barriere resident finds peace at the end of 800 km Spanish pilgrimage

Louise Lodge has learned that the Camino de Santiago begins when you’re finished walking

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