Tom Zillich

Surrey-raised musician Jazzy B with his StarWalk plaque on Granville Street in Vancouver during its unveiling in September 2016. (File photo)

New ‘StarWalk’ tour maps B.C.’s most celebrated entertainers for free on VanWalks app

‘People commemorated in the sidewalk have shaped not only Canadian culture, but worldwide entertainment’

Surrey-raised musician Jazzy B with his StarWalk plaque on Granville Street in Vancouver during its unveiling in September 2016. (File photo)
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.
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
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)
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)
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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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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)
”American Idol” contestant Tyson Venegas on the TV show Sunday, left, and as a seven-year-old in 2013 at the BC Junior Talent Search in Surrey.

Watch American Idol ‘Platinum Ticket’ singer wow crowd at a B.C. talent contest 10 years ago

Tyson Venegas thrilled contest judges with his voice Sunday, a decade after doing so in Surrey

”American Idol” contestant Tyson Venegas on the TV show Sunday, left, and as a seven-year-old in 2013 at the BC Junior Talent Search in Surrey.
Andrew Hammond in net for Ottawa Senators in 2015. (File photo: Andre Ringuette)

B.C.’s ‘Hamburglar’ retires from hockey after 10-year pro career that almost never happened

As a teen, Surrey’s Andrew Hammond thought about quitting the game that eventually earned him folk-hero status in the NHL

Andrew Hammond in net for Ottawa Senators in 2015. (File photo: Andre Ringuette)
“LEGO Masters” TV show contestants Dave and Emily Guedes in a “Brickminster Dog Show” episode that aired in October. (Photo: Tom Griscom/FOX)

LEGO-loving B.C. siblings build up to American reality-TV show’s final rounds, eye $100K prize

Guedes brother-sister duo among 3 Canadian teams in final four of ‘LEGO Masters,’ on FOX and CTV

“LEGO Masters” TV show contestants Dave and Emily Guedes in a “Brickminster Dog Show” episode that aired in October. (Photo: Tom Griscom/FOX)
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Love winter beers? BC Ale Trail boasts 100+ seasonally-inspired suds this season

Cake-inspired beer, Eggnog Cream Ale and Viking-era brew among new Trail highlights

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Cloverdale-raised Caedan Bankier in action with Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). (File photo courtesy Kamloops Blazers/Allen Douglas Photos)

4 B.C. hockey players have shot at making Canada’s World Juniors team roster

Starting Friday in Moncton, the camp will involve 4 goaltenders, 9 defencemen and 16 forwards

Cloverdale-raised Caedan Bankier in action with Kamloops Blazers of the Western Hockey League (WHL). (File photo courtesy Kamloops Blazers/Allen Douglas Photos)
A Canada Post worker and mail box. (File photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz)

Snowstorm halts mail delivery in some B.C. cities as Canada Post issues red, yellow alerts

Storm brings arctic chill, heavy snow and punishing winds to parts of coastal B.C.

A Canada Post worker and mail box. (File photo: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz)
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Gulf Islands resident auctioning off a ‘lifetime collection’ of musical instruments

448 items include guitars, horns, xylophones, banjos and more

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North Delta-raised football kicker Mitch Berger with the NFL’s Vince Lombardi Trophy as a Super Bowl champ with Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009. (File photo)

Super Bowl champ, 2 winning teams, trailblazers among latest BC Sports Hall of Fame inductees

Read about the 2023 class members, who ‘truly exemplify the best of sport in this province and beyond’

North Delta-raised football kicker Mitch Berger with the NFL’s Vince Lombardi Trophy as a Super Bowl champ with Pittsburgh Steelers in 2009. (File photo)
The Martel family – Mike, Maverick, Robin and Bailee Jo – in a photo posted to gofundme.com.

Parents killed, 2 kids survive head-on crash during move from Surrey to Shuswap

Martel family was going to settle in the Salmon Arm area when tragedy struck

The Martel family – Mike, Maverick, Robin and Bailee Jo – in a photo posted to gofundme.com.
Retired music promotions rep RayMan Ramsay, a South Surrey resident, with the two “Promo Monkey” books he’s authored. (Photo: Tom Zillich)

‘Promo Monkey’ a B.C. man’s glimpse inside the world of rock stars and record-selling

RayMan Ramsay writes about some of the world’s most famous musicians and B.C. music-biz insiders

Retired music promotions rep RayMan Ramsay, a South Surrey resident, with the two “Promo Monkey” books he’s authored. (Photo: Tom Zillich)
Screenshot of the video for Donna Hanson’s song “Devoted Heart, A Song for My Queen, Elizabeth,” on youtube.com.

B.C. woman’s birthday song for Queen Elizabeth becomes memorial video, 4 years later

Donna Hanson received 2018 letter saying queen ‘deeply moved’ by her song, the first she ever wrote

Screenshot of the video for Donna Hanson’s song “Devoted Heart, A Song for My Queen, Elizabeth,” on youtube.com.