Regional News

The Centre for Whale Research has released new images of the Southern Resident orcas with a new baby orca. The black-and-white calf was spotted among the whales when TV stations in Seattle aired footage of the pod in Puget Sound on January 10.

At a time of the year when many of us are recommitting to good habits, this is the perfect moment to resolve to curb the amount of plastic we invite into our lives.

There is an obvious environmental impact from the latest string of boats to sink in our area, but I would like to focus on the historical impact as well. All boats have a story to tell and the J.S. Polhemus is no exception. The J.S.

An escaped convict, spotted in the Yorkton area last week, has turned himself in to authorities. Steven Briggs went missing from the Saskatchewan Penitentiary in Prince Albert, Sk. on New Year’s Eve, being found missing at around 10:00 p.m.

The travel advisory warns people to exercise a high degree of caution in Mexico as a result of high levels of criminal activity

That’s not something you see every day. A Delta police officer came across quite a creepy scene recently, spotting a group of mannequin heads sitting in and on top of a dumpster in Ladner.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced support for the new geothermal power facility near Estevan.

In the end there was no stopping Team Bottcher at the Meridian Canadian Open. The Alberta team of skip Brendan Bottcher, third Darren Moulding, second Bradley Thiessen and lead Karrick Martin scored a 6-3 win over John Epping’s team from Ontario.

The Meridian Canadian Open wrapped up in North Battleford with a win by the Rachel Homan team to capture the women’s title. Homan won over the Silvana Tirinzoni team by a final of 4-3.

A once grand farmhouse sits long-abandoned in a field just east of Theodore. The history of the forlorn structure is known to only a few today, how it once housed one of the most influential families in the earliest years of the area.