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The 2023 Amateur Photographer of the Year grand prize winner: Brian Sondergaard’s Midnight at Emerald, Yoho National Park. The 2024 contest is underway now!

Enter today: $6,000+ in prizing for 2024’s Amateur Photographer of the Year contest!

Keep your cameras at the ready as you explore and experience the…

 

BC Highway Patrol is looking for 68-year-old James Bertram Haneveld, who is wanted for numerous warrants for driving while prohibited. (BC Highway Patrol/Contributed)

Wanted 68-year-old man frequents Okanagan, Vancouver Island, Calgary

BC Highway Patrol is on the lookout for James Bertram Haneveld

 

5 B.C. Interior highways could experience 2-5cm of snow starting on Thursday, May 16. (Environment Canada)

5 Interior B.C. highways could see snow ahead of long weekend

2-5 cm of snow is expected on the Coquihalla, Rogers Pass and elsewhere

 

A scene from Stanley Kubrick’s movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Do you know the name of the computer on the spacecraft in this movie? (Photo contributed)

QUIZ: Looking towards the stars

How much do you know about the facts and fiction of space exploration?

A scene from Stanley Kubrick’s movie, 2001: A Space Odyssey. Do you know the name of the computer on the spacecraft in this movie? (Photo contributed)
The sun sets on the central coast of Oregon on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. (Jessica Peters/Chilliwack Progress)

COLUMN: An Easter weekend on the road leads to a new love for Oregon

‘I have been craving the seaside and needing the solitude,’ says Chilliwack Progress editor

The sun sets on the central coast of Oregon on Good Friday, March 29, 2024. (Jessica Peters/Chilliwack Progress)
A wooden bridge leading to the Heart Shaped Waterfall on the island of St. Helena on Feb. 21, 2024. The trek is one of the remote territory’s 21 scenic hiking trails of varying difficulty. (AP Photo/Nicole Evatt)

St. Helena: for those who really want to get away from it all (and Napoleon)

Tiny island in the mid-Atlantic is one of the world’s most remote destinations

A wooden bridge leading to the Heart Shaped Waterfall on the island of St. Helena on Feb. 21, 2024. The trek is one of the remote territory’s 21 scenic hiking trails of varying difficulty. (AP Photo/Nicole Evatt)
Cruises are surging back to popularity among Canadians this spring break, as more travellers look to try a mode of tourism they may have avoided since the COVID-19 pandemic. People use umbrellas to shield themselves from the rain as the Princess Cruises cruise ship Majestic Princess is seen docked at port, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Travel back on cruise control as industry rebounds from ‘floating petri dish’ rep

Cruises proving to be popular again for Canadians’ March break travel

Cruises are surging back to popularity among Canadians this spring break, as more travellers look to try a mode of tourism they may have avoided since the COVID-19 pandemic. People use umbrellas to shield themselves from the rain as the Princess Cruises cruise ship Majestic Princess is seen docked at port, in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Sept. 25, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Tofino families had a blast at Chesterman Beach on Saturday, Feb. 3. The beach was named the sixth best in the world on a list published by Lonely Planet. (Andrew Bailey photo)

B.C.’s best beach revealed and it cracks Lonely Planet’s list of world’s top 10

Two Canadian beaches crack travelling bible’s list of the best beaches on Earth

Tofino families had a blast at Chesterman Beach on Saturday, Feb. 3. The beach was named the sixth best in the world on a list published by Lonely Planet. (Andrew Bailey photo)
Since 1995, CanaDream has served multi-generational families, festival-goers, snowbirds and thrill-seekers with a fleet of over 1,500 RVs!

Calling all explorers! Don’t miss your chance to explore Canada’s most Iconic destinations

Contest offers a fully equipped RV rental of your choice for five nights!

  • Jan 8, 2024
Since 1995, CanaDream has served multi-generational families, festival-goers, snowbirds and thrill-seekers with a fleet of over 1,500 RVs!
Though the forecast looks favourable, airports and airlines are gearing up for the prospect of mucked-up travel as the holidays approach, ramping up staffing and flight schedules, readying updated facilities and doling out advice to passengers. People walk on the beach in Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Armando Solis

Canadians expected to join holiday travel rush bruised by recent years

Holiday travel angst lingers as airports, airlines gear up for busy year-end

Though the forecast looks favourable, airports and airlines are gearing up for the prospect of mucked-up travel as the holidays approach, ramping up staffing and flight schedules, readying updated facilities and doling out advice to passengers. People walk on the beach in Lazaro Cardenas, Mexico, Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Armando Solis
A man takes pictures of snow covered cars after heavy snow fall in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

A snowstorm brings Munich airport to standstill leading to travel chaos

The airport has announced flights will be cancelled until 6 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 3

A man takes pictures of snow covered cars after heavy snow fall in Munich, Germany, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Accessibility advocates are speaking out about unreliable assistance in air travel, pointing to regulatory gaps and scattershot enforcement that can leave travellers with disabilities injured, stranded or demeaned. A woman makes her way through Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

‘It’s like I was parked luggage’: disability travel horror stories abound

‘Gaping holes’ in rules demean — and injure — travellers with disabilities: advocates

Accessibility advocates are speaking out about unreliable assistance in air travel, pointing to regulatory gaps and scattershot enforcement that can leave travellers with disabilities injured, stranded or demeaned. A woman makes her way through Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
Air India planes are parked at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Canada’s transport minister and the RCMP say an investigation is underway into what they call “threats” against Air India, after an online video warned people not to fly on the airline on Nov. 19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Manish Swarup

Canada investigating ‘threats’ against Nov. 19 Air India flights

Organizer of unofficial referendums on Sikh independence calling for a ‘global blockade’

Air India planes are parked at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Canada’s transport minister and the RCMP say an investigation is underway into what they call “threats” against Air India, after an online video warned people not to fly on the airline on Nov. 19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Manish Swarup
To plan your visit to Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country,including destinations like Phantom Creek Estates, pictures here, head to oliverosoyoos.com. Photo courtest Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country

Why every season is right for exploring B.C.’s Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country

When is the best time to venture into the heart of British…

  • Nov 6, 2023
To plan your visit to Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country,including destinations like Phantom Creek Estates, pictures here, head to oliverosoyoos.com. Photo courtest Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country
FILE - People pass through Salt Lake City International Airport, June 27, 2022, in Salt Lake City. The cost of travel has fluctuated sharply in recent years, but travelers expecting high prices now might be in for a pleasant surprise. Data show that many travel expenses, including airfare, have decreased recently. Domestic flights in particular have been less expensive, and while international airfare remains elevated, it too is coming down as airlines slowly add more capacity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file)

Complicated market dealing travellers a mixed hand

Some travel costs flying against general inflation trends

FILE - People pass through Salt Lake City International Airport, June 27, 2022, in Salt Lake City. The cost of travel has fluctuated sharply in recent years, but travelers expecting high prices now might be in for a pleasant surprise. Data show that many travel expenses, including airfare, have decreased recently. Domestic flights in particular have been less expensive, and while international airfare remains elevated, it too is coming down as airlines slowly add more capacity. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file)
Two Victoria Clipper vessels pass each other. One is on the way to Seattle and the other is about to dock at the Belleville Terminal, which is set to be redeveloped. (Black Press Media Photo File)

$303M redevelopment of Victoria/Washington State ferry link moves forward

Request issued for design and construction of downtown Belleville terminal

Two Victoria Clipper vessels pass each other. One is on the way to Seattle and the other is about to dock at the Belleville Terminal, which is set to be redeveloped. (Black Press Media Photo File)
With temperatures typically in the 20s in late spring and early summer, beach time and water sports are favourite activities around Shuswap Lake. Twin Anchors Houseboats photo

Cruise into adventure – Shuswap-style!

Recreation and relaxation unite on a houseboat vacation

  • Oct 26, 2023
With temperatures typically in the 20s in late spring and early summer, beach time and water sports are favourite activities around Shuswap Lake. Twin Anchors Houseboats photo
Daryl Berden and his 11-year-old son, Cayden, from Langley have been sharing their adventures around North America with the world through their Youtube channel since April 2020. (Special to Langley Advance Times)

B.C. father and son sharing North American adventures around the world

Daryl and Cayden Berden, with faithful pug Tosha, share adventures on Vancity Adventure channel

Daryl Berden and his 11-year-old son, Cayden, from Langley have been sharing their adventures around North America with the world through their Youtube channel since April 2020. (Special to Langley Advance Times)
The residential gruup “Núñez Chinchilla” is located north of the great plaza of Copan, an ancient Maya site in western Honduras, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)

How are ancient Roman and Mayan buildings still standing? Scientists are unlocking their secrets

In the quest to build better for the future, some are looking…

The residential gruup “Núñez Chinchilla” is located north of the great plaza of Copan, an ancient Maya site in western Honduras, Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
FILE - People cool off at a fountain in front of the Pantheon, in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, where temperatures were expected to reach as high as 37 Celsius (98 Farenheit). This was the hottest summer on record across the globe, forcing many tourists to rethink how and where they travel. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, FIle)

Climate change could upend global travel — destination and calendar

After the dog days of summer show their bite, travellers starting to consider a new approach

FILE - People cool off at a fountain in front of the Pantheon, in Rome, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, where temperatures were expected to reach as high as 37 Celsius (98 Farenheit). This was the hottest summer on record across the globe, forcing many tourists to rethink how and where they travel. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, FIle)