Tom Zillich

Defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo speaks to Hamilton Tiger-Cats reporters in a video posted to ticats.ca on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.

‘Disconnect’: B.C.-raised Kongbo didn’t last long with BC Lions, who quickly traded him

‘We signed him, we wanted him and it wasn’t going to work out,’ Lions coach Campbell says

Defensive lineman Jonathan Kongbo speaks to Hamilton Tiger-Cats reporters in a video posted to ticats.ca on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
Surrey firefighters work to extinguish flames in a field after ultralight plane crashed in the 6900-block of 152 Street in Surrey on Friday, June 2, 2023. (Tom Zillich photo)

Small plane crashes in Surrey field, starts fire and injures pilot who’s ‘angry as a hornet’

The pilot is ‘doesn’t really know what went wrong,’ says fellow pilot who watched it happen

Surrey firefighters work to extinguish flames in a field after ultralight plane crashed in the 6900-block of 152 Street in Surrey on Friday, June 2, 2023. (Tom Zillich photo)
The Sea to Sky Swinger ride at Playland. (Photo: facebook.com/PNE.Playland)

Playland opens for summer June 3 with the wooden roller coaster still not rolling

Refurbishment work continues on the iconic ride, with a new ‘launch coaster’ a year away

The Sea to Sky Swinger ride at Playland. (Photo: facebook.com/PNE.Playland)
Canadian band Blue Rodeo, shown here in 2016 in Edmonton, will perform during this summer’s PNE fair in Vancouver. (File photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken)

PNE concerts for Blue Rodeo, Billy Idol & more, plus a big ‘Summer of 69’ jam to break record

‘Big Guitar Rock Out’ and comedy shows are new to the Vancouver fair this summer

Canadian band Blue Rodeo, shown here in 2016 in Edmonton, will perform during this summer’s PNE fair in Vancouver. (File photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken)
The bowl of Rogers Arena in Vancouver, as pictured on rogersarena.com/tours.
The bowl of Rogers Arena in Vancouver, as pictured on rogersarena.com/tours.
B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie speaks in Campbell River in July 2022. (Black Press file photo: Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

‘Fierce advocate’ set to retire as the voice for B.C. seniors after 9 years on the job

Isobel Mackenzie has had ‘an extraordinary career committed to making life better for seniors’

B.C. Seniors Advocate Isobel Mackenzie speaks in Campbell River in July 2022. (Black Press file photo: Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
Police man Sting is among the Concert Week shows promo’d by Live Nation. (Photo: facebook.com/sting)
Police man Sting is among the Concert Week shows promo’d by Live Nation. (Photo: facebook.com/sting)
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Cowboy hats and hits aplenty as Shain Twain brings ‘Queen of Me’ tour to Vancouver

Her 2023 concert tour started in Spokane last week and ends in Vancouver next fall

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Raymond Saunders in front of Helmut Gruntorad’s photograph of Gastown’s famous steam clock at Newton Cultural Centre in Surrey on April 22. Saunders was commissioned to make the steam clock in 1977. (Photo: Anna Burns)

Gastown Steam Clock maker visits B.C. gallery, recalls time living in Surrey

Raymond Saunders worked at Woodward’s years before he made his most famous clock

Raymond Saunders in front of Helmut Gruntorad’s photograph of Gastown’s famous steam clock at Newton Cultural Centre in Surrey on April 22. Saunders was commissioned to make the steam clock in 1977. (Photo: Anna Burns)
Actors Chelsea Rose (as Rosalind) and Oscar Derkx (Orlando) star in “As You Like It,” produced by Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival in Vancouver starting in June. (Photo: Emily Cooper)

Beatles music, a wrestling ring and return of a hit at Vancouver’s Bard on the Beach festival

Newton’s Rose stars in a reborn ‘As You Like It,’ to play Kitsilano stage starting June 8

Actors Chelsea Rose (as Rosalind) and Oscar Derkx (Orlando) star in “As You Like It,” produced by Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival in Vancouver starting in June. (Photo: Emily Cooper)
A view of “Frida Kahlo: The Immersive Biography," coming to the PNE Agrodome. (Photos courtesy of Frida Kahlo Corporation)
A view of “Frida Kahlo: The Immersive Biography," coming to the PNE Agrodome. (Photos courtesy of Frida Kahlo Corporation)
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, left, and guitarist John Frusciante at BC Place in Vancouver on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (Photo: twitter.com/ChiliPeppers)

CONCERT REVIEW: Flea shines as Red Hot Chili Peppers kick off stadium tour in Vancouver

BC Place Stadium will be a venue for several more concerts this year

Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, left, and guitarist John Frusciante at BC Place in Vancouver on Wednesday, March 29, 2023. (Photo: twitter.com/ChiliPeppers)
Actor/singer Gippy Grewal in a movie promo photo posted to imdb.com.

Gippy Grewal, other performers coming to new South Asian Family Festival on PNE grounds

Inaugural festival this spring will feature live music, a fashion show, rides and more

Actor/singer Gippy Grewal in a movie promo photo posted to imdb.com.
pepper spray. (BPM file photo)

Movie-goers at B.C. theatre pepper-sprayed on Saturday afternoon, with kids in crowd

‘We are aware of two other recent similar incidents in other provinces,’ Surrey RCMP say

pepper spray. (BPM file photo)
Two scenes from “Pretty Women: The Musical” and four costumes worn by Adam Pascal and Jessie Davidson in the Broadway Across Canada production. (Photo: Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)
Two scenes from “Pretty Women: The Musical” and four costumes worn by Adam Pascal and Jessie Davidson in the Broadway Across Canada production. (Photo: Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)
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B.C. woman’s world record-setting spice painting now crumpled in a cardboard box

‘I was prepared for this because I can’t preserve it, but it is a bit disheartening,’ Surrey artist Preethi Vijay says

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New movie poster-style ads aim to ‘flip the script’ on gangsters in Metro Vancouver

Launched in Surrey, Crime Stoppers campaign wants partners of criminals to tell them info

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Monster Jam driver Colt Stephens with his new ThunderROARus in a video about the creation of the monster truck.

Watch the creation of new ThunderROARus truck ahead of Monster Jam in Vancouver

‘Mechanical beast’ to challenge for Monster Jam supremacy at Pacific Coliseum

Monster Jam driver Colt Stephens with his new ThunderROARus in a video about the creation of the monster truck.
Dancers in front of the stage at the 2017 FVDED in the Park music festival at Holland Park in Surrey. (File photo: Gord Goble)

Cancelled: Another popular B.C. music festival ‘on pause as we plan what’s next’

Refunds for FVDED in the Park’s 2023 dates in Surrey ‘automatically processed,’ fest organizers say

Dancers in front of the stage at the 2017 FVDED in the Park music festival at Holland Park in Surrey. (File photo: Gord Goble)
Jeremy Kennedy at the Bellator 291 event in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo courtesy Bellator)

MMA title fight looms for B.C.’s Kennedy, now a top featherweight contender in Bellator

In Ireland, the Surrey-raised fighter beat Pedro Carvalho at Bellator 291 event Saturday

Jeremy Kennedy at the Bellator 291 event in Dublin, Ireland, on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo courtesy Bellator)