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Paragliding tourist stuck in tree

A German woman is giving thanks to local search and rescue volunteers who staged "a spectacular and elaborate" rescue operation earlier this month after a paragliding crash stranded her 100 feet up in a tree.


 

Good showing for B.C. wines at spring release

AS often as not wine and politics in B.C. intersect.


 

On the links

Brian Bates and Mitch Lock, both of Abbotsford, finished fifth and eighth respectively in the Men's Mid-Amateur Championship at Ledgeview Golf Club in Abbotsford June 6.


 

Chiefs find their groove on Okanagan road trip

The Whalley Chiefs are getting into the swing of things of late.


 
Austin Pearson (left) and Aaron Parker

Sun Devils pair help BC win Border Bowl

South Delta Sun Devils football players Austin Pearson (left) and Aaron Parker helped B.C. capture the inaugural ABC Rising Stars Border Bowl with a 30-23 victory over Alberta.


 

Bantam Roadrunners avenge loss to capture Kelowna tournament

Richmond Roadrunners Bantam A2 lacrosse team turned in an impressive performance in Kelowna to capture the Joe Reddmann Bantam Tournament.


 

Ashamed of city over "despicable" act

Editor, the Times: -- An open letter to the Abbotsford city council:


 

Highlanders finish fifth at AAA rugby finals

THE West Vancouver Highlanders led a trio of North Shore teams with a fifth place finish at the AAA rugby provincial championships held last weekend in Abbotsford.


 
South Delta Sun Devils

Sun Devils squeezed out of BC title bid

A sixth place finish doesn't do justice of just how close the South Delta Sun Devils came to taking a serious run at their second ever provincial girls soccer championship.


 

Hyack flagged at B.C.s

New Westminster Hyacks all-star Jordan Chin was part of the Coquitlam Tiger Cats flag football team that won the under-19 provincial championship title at Hugh Boyd Park in Richmond last Sunday.


 
Doug Bing

Leave being considered

Pitt Meadows council will consider a motion next week to give MLA-elect Doug Bing a leave of absence to avoid triggering a by-election.


 

Yale takes provincial bronze

Yale Secondary made a bit of history Saturday as they claimed third place with a decisive win over perennial rivals Earl Marriott of Surrey in the BC Boy's Triple-A High School Rugby Provincials.


 

There's nothing better than ball

Spent the weekend in Kelowna with the Trudeaucats, our bilingual women's fastpitch team.


 
defenders Nadia Karmali (No. 10), Kelsey Green

Best, Fox push finalists to brink

The promise of an excellent season didn't fade as much as limped off.


 

Royals, Seyhawks fall short of medal repeats

THE Argyle Pipers senior girls scored the big headlines with their provincial championship win on home soil over the weekend but a couple of other North Shore teams were in the mix as well, battling to earn their way back onto the podium.


 

Star rises in Ridge

A Maple Ridge teen led B.C. to a win over Alberta in the inaugural ABC Rising Stars Border Bowl matchup last week in Kelowna.


 

Suspect charged after Abbotsford man abducted

A man is facing multiple charges of kidnapping, assault and extortion after another man walked into an Abbotsford bank Thursday afternoon and told a teller he had been beaten and forced to withdraw money against his will.


 
Argyle and Handsworth

Strong field ready to battle in North Van at high school soccer championships

THE best in B.C. are here for the AAA Girls Soccer B.C. High School Provincials running Thursday to Saturday at North Vancouver's Inter River Park.


 
Handsworth's Mackenzie Stewart

Digging for gold on home soil

THEY took very different paths to get to this point, but all of that is just preamble now as the Argyle Pipers and Handsworth Royals senior girls soccer teams get set to battle the best in British Columbia at North Vancouver's Inter River Park starting tomorrow.