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The Province
2 hours ago
- The Province
Shambhala festival goers receive hundreds of tickets for impairment, vehicle defects, more
During the multi-day road check, police issued more than 800 tickets, towed dozens of cars, and issued dozens of orders to fix vehicle defects. Another 83 people also face drug-impaired charges. SALMO, B.C.: JULY 2025 - RCMP highway patrol is pictured during this road check near Salmo, B.C. where officers targeted impaired drivers and unsafe vehicles among festival goers headed to Shambhala in July 2025. Photo by BC HIGHWAY PATROL / HANDOUT The RCMP highway patrol issued hundreds of tickets for impaired driving and other infractions last month after setting up road checks heading into the annual Shambhala Music Festival in Salmo This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors From July 21 to 25, highway patrol officers conducted road checks along mountain passes heading into Salmo, including the Kootenay Pass, the Bombi Pass and Paulson Pass. During the multi-day road check, police issued more than 800 tickets, towed dozens of vehicles and issued dozens of orders to fix vehicle defects. Another 83 people also face drug-impaired charges. File photo from 2020 of Shambhala Music Festival. Photo: Handout The tickets issued included 360 speeding tickets, nine tickets for excessive speeding, 11 tickets for no insurance, and 11 notices and orders for unsafe or mechanically unsound vehicles. After the event wrapped up, highway patrol officers partnered with Nelson police to continue road checks as people left the festival. As a result, 60 cars were towed for mechanical safety or driver impairment, 59 people were handed 24-hour driving suspensions for impaired driving, and 24 individuals were investigated for drug use. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'The temperatures were high and a little uncomfortable for officers working long days in full uniform,' said Cpl. Michael McLaughlin. 'But it's clear this enforcement was necessary. Police officers were particularly concerned about getting impaired drivers and unsafe vehicles off the road, and they were right to be concerned.' The festival was started in 1998 with just 500 attendees and has since grown into a massively popular event, drawing thousands of electronic artists and fans to the banks of the Salmo River. sip@ Read More News Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Canucks Music World
The Province
2 hours ago
- Sport
- The Province
Canucks: Vitali Kravtsov back in the mix with one-year deal
The big Russian forward signed a one-year, two-way contract with the club on Tuesday after a productive season in the KHL Vancouver Canucks' Vitali Kravtsov (91) celebrates his goal against Chicago Blackhawks goalie Alex Stalock (32) in April 2023 Photo by DARRYL DYCK / THE CANADIAN PRESS The Vancouver Canucks are bringing big forward project Vitali Kravtsov back from Russia. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors The 6-foot-3, 186-pound left-shot winger signed a one-year, two-way contract with the club on Tuesday after a productive season in the KHL. 'Vitali had a strong season in the KHL and was an impact player for his team,' said general manager Patrik Allvin. 'In his two seasons in Russia, he has worked hard on his game, and we look forward to seeing where Vitali is at when he comes to training camp in Penticton.' Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Last season, the Vladivostok product registered 58 points (27G, 31A) in 66 games for Traktor Chelyabinsk. Kravtsov, 26, also went a plus-31. Kravtsov, a 9th-overall pick by the New York Rangers in 2018, was traded to the Canucks during the 2022-23 season for forward prospect Will Lockwood and a 7th-round draft pick. He largely struggled to get a footing in Vancouver, scoring once and adding an assist in 16 games before departing for the KHL. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Kravtsov, once touted as a top NHL prospect with his combination of size, skill and grit, has 12 points (6G, 6A) in 64 career NHL games, split between New York and Vancouver. mraptis@ Read More News Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Canucks Music World
The Province
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Province
See how a graffiti festival transformed this Downtown Eastside alley
The festival was renamed this year in honour of Trey Helton, the initial festival organizer who died earlier this year. The entrance to Never Grow Up 2025, an annual graffiti festival in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Photo by Nathan Griffiths / PNG Almost 70 graffiti and other artists from B.C. and abroad came together over the B.C. Day long weekend to cover an entire block of a Downtown Eastside alley in murals and enormous, full-colour pieces. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors It was the result of Never Grow Up 2025, an annual graffiti arts festival that started in 2023. Organizers estimated more than 3,000 people passed through the alley — north of Hastings Street, between Abbott and Cambie streets — over the course of the festival, from dedicated graffiti fans to curious locals and tourists. 'A lot of people just see (graffiti) as a nuisance, and then they come here, and they can really see how it's a beautiful art form, really an amazing way to express yourself,' said Maeve Simpson, one of the festival's organizers. 'It's just eye opening for a lot of people.' For Kyle Simpson, Maeve's partner and festival co-organizer, the event brought new life to the neighbourhood. 'It's actually kind of transformed (the alley) from a space that used to be in decline itself,' he said, noting that before the festival, the alley wasn't a place most people would feel comfortable walking through. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Originally called Clean Lines, the festival was renamed this year in honour of its founder, graffiti artist and Overdose Prevention Society manager, Trey 'Grow Up' Helten, who died earlier this year. Helton was deeply involved in the Downtown Eastside, Simpson said, and helped to organize the city's first legal graffiti art wall at 133 W. Pender St. Scenes from Never Grow Up, an annual three-day graffiti arts festival held in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, on Aug. 4, 2025. A sculpture by artist Lupo. Photo by Nathan Griffiths Read More @njgriffiths ngriffiths@ News Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Canucks World Music
The Province
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Province
Concert review: Tate McRae shows Vancouver fans why she's one of Canada's hottest pop brands
Singer and dancer Tate McRae performed the first of back-to-back concerts in Vancouver on Monday night TORONTO, ONTARIO - FEBRUARY 03: Singer, songwriter and dancer Tate McRae performs prior to the game between Team Matthews and Team McDavid during the 2024 Honda NHL All-Star Game on February 03, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario. Photo by Cole Burston / Getty Images Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Tate McRae is one of the hottest brands in Canadian pop music at the moment. Opening night of the Canadian leg of the Miss Possessive tour at Vancouver's Rogers Arena showed why she's where she is. From the opening fog and flashing lights, this was one of the most social media-savvy stadium shows on tour today. In fact, the concert sort of began before you even entered as the singer gazed down at you from giant billboards hawking Neutrogena, a product the 22-year-old Albertan is definitely in no need of at this particular time in her career trajectory. Beauty to a Science proclaimed another ad from the campaign bordering the stage. There was indeed science at play. The concert was a calculated to the decimal to deliver maximum delight for fans. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The technical savvy on display was slick enough that Disney should take notice. It used to be musicians from the Mouse factory were the ones you could depend on to have the dancing, singing, acting and other chops to carry a whole show focused on them. McRae is cut from that same cloth, but from Calgary. Going to Tate McRae's second Vancouver show? Here's what to know before you go. Every facet of the performance made effective use of blocking, strategically placed cameras and back lighting to ensure that there wasn't a single moment in the evening that you couldn't capture a perfect selfie with a multi-storey McRae pouting at you. Estimating the data drain from a performance like this could overwhelm ChatGPT, but for the ecstatic fans capturing the moment in history repeatedly was part of the sheer joy in the room. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Having the date and time code flash up on screen added that element of proof that you were legit there, too. Very nice touch that, as were the mentions of tour support for both the Trevor Project and the Global Fund For Women. In four acts and 21 tunes, fans sang along to every period in McRae's relatively short career. There was a distinctly first show vibe to the choruses verging on screams in songs such as Guilty Conscience, a dramatic Siren Sounds and Like I Do and complete abandonment of melody for ear-shattering shrieks during Exes. Without doubt, that single is the best song in her set, with the rockier She's All I Wanna Be gunning for second place. But for all of McRae's dance chops, her shows rely more on connecting with the crowd during moments such as when she heel struts down the runway to strike a pose while the impressively physical backing dancers drop another athletic routine around her, or when she arrived at the separate B stage. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. There, she played a succession of ballads such as Nostalgia and You Broke Me First, as well as diving back to the YouTube channel songs she posted weekly starting at age 13. A surprising number of those in the room knew all of these songs, as well as the newer megahits and doubtlessly will be clicking back on songs such as That Way and One Last Time in the next few days. For today's artists who reach their listeners via avenues such as this, those original tracks keep on delivering long after the latest single has left the commercial charts. It's the new music biz model breaking talents everywhere and McRae certainly has mastered the method. As to her dance chops, they are less a part of the performance than her racy videos might suggest. Wishing that she had been free to leave the mic behind on occasion to just cut loose seems unfair to the design of the experience. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Miss Possessive is about packaging the moment in time. At this moment, that means giving people all the songs they want to hear and this show does that with bells on. It will be interesting to see what the future holds as McRae's song catalogue racks up more variety than it presently showcases. Her collaboration with Morgan Wallen on What I Want might be a strong indication of what might come next. Here's the Tate McRae Miss Possessive set list The show includes four acts and 22 tunes with many video and musical interludes. You'll even get a genuine extended guitar solo here and there. Act 1 • Miss Possessive • No, I'm Not In Love • 2 Hands • Guilty Conscience • Act 2 • Like I Do • Uh Oh • Dear God • Siren Sounds Act. 3 • Greenlight • Nostalgia • That Way/Chaotic/One Last Time/Feel Like S–t • You Broke Me First • Run For the Hills This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. • Exes • Bloodonmyhands • She's All I Wanna Be • Revolving Door • It's OK, I'm OK • Encore • Just Keep Watching • Sports Car • Greedy sderdeyn@ Read More Love concerts, but can't make it to the venue? 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The Province
5 hours ago
- Business
- The Province
Carney announces support measures for softwood lumber industry
The move comes as the U.S. ratchets up duties on Canadian softwood lumber as bilateral trade tensions rise. Published Aug 05, 2025 • Last updated 19 minutes ago • 1 minute read The move comes as the U.S. ratchets up duties on Canadian softwood lumber as bilateral trade tensions rise. Photo by TIM_KROCHAK / tim krochak KELOWNA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday the federal government will grant a series of financial aid measures to Canada's forestry sector. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Carney is promising an aid package for the industry that includes $700 million in loan guarantees and $500 million for long-term supports to help companies diversify export markets and develop their products. The move comes as the U.S. ratchets up duties on Canadian softwood lumber as bilateral trade tensions rise. The U.S. Commerce Department recently announced it intends to hike anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood to just over 20 per cent. That's a marked increase since the last time the U.S. reviewed the rate, which previously was just over 7 per cent. Carney also says the government will introduce a training program for workers which will include some $50 million for the forestry sector. On Monday, Carney toured the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges facility near Nanoose Bay outside Nanaimo with officials from the Canadian Navy. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. He toured the Royal Canadian Navy vessel Sikanni accompanied by Navy commander Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee and commanding officer Craig Piccolo from the testing facility. Carney on Sunday met with B.C. Premier David Eby and officials from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, but the meeting with the premier was closed to reporters. Carney also made a surprise appearance at the Pride parade in downtown Vancouver that day, where he was greeted with cheers from crowds that lined the parade route. The Prime Minister's visit to the province comes amid renewed tensions in the softwood lumber dispute with the U.S., which has placed anti-dumping duties on softwood lumber products that the B.C. Council of Forest Industries has condemned as 'unjustified and punitive trade actions.' More to come Read More World Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver Canucks Music News
