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Frankie’s Pizza offers a range of fresh high quality pizzas in a cone (Frankie’s Pizza).

‘No one goes hungry in our town;’ B.C. pizza place promises food for evacuees escaping wildfires

Frankie’s Pizza, based in Sorrento, made a Facebook post on August 18 offering pizza to those in need

Frankie’s Pizza offers a range of fresh high quality pizzas in a cone (Frankie’s Pizza).
A lush bush plant, captured during the 2023 Terrace Riverboat Days’ Garden Tour, exemplifies the natural beauty and variety of greenery in the region. (Dave Gordon/Facebook)

Terrace Garden Tour blooms again after a 10-year hiatus during 2023 Riverboat Days

Tour captivated gardening enthusiasts, successfully raised over $1,200 for Terrace Community Garden

A lush bush plant, captured during the 2023 Terrace Riverboat Days’ Garden Tour, exemplifies the natural beauty and variety of greenery in the region. (Dave Gordon/Facebook)
Families gather to pick blueberries and blow bubbles at Shames Mountain during the Blueberry Festival on Aug. 12, marking the event’s revival after two decades. The festival, organized by the Shames Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club as part of the 2023 Terrace Riverboat Days, celebrated the club’s 50th anniversary and offered a joyful day of community connection. (Angie Healey photo)

Blueberry Festival revived at Shames Mountain for 2023 Terrace Riverboat Days

Shames Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club brings back the festival for the first time in two decades

Families gather to pick blueberries and blow bubbles at Shames Mountain during the Blueberry Festival on Aug. 12, marking the event’s revival after two decades. The festival, organized by the Shames Mountain Ski and Snowboard Club as part of the 2023 Terrace Riverboat Days, celebrated the club’s 50th anniversary and offered a joyful day of community connection. (Angie Healey photo)
Terrace Rotary Club President Chad Sallenback revels in a pile of rubber ducks, celebrating the success of the 2023 Terrace Rotary Club Wild Duck Race on Aug. 7, a beloved part of Terrace’s Riverboat Days festivities. (Terrace Rotary Club photo)

Terrace Rotary Club’s Wild Duck Race makes a splash at 2023 Riverboat Days celebrations

Residents raised $39,000, as Colin Mohr won the $25,000 grand prize

Terrace Rotary Club President Chad Sallenback revels in a pile of rubber ducks, celebrating the success of the 2023 Terrace Rotary Club Wild Duck Race on Aug. 7, a beloved part of Terrace’s Riverboat Days festivities. (Terrace Rotary Club photo)
Join this year’s Terrace Standard Readers’ Choice Contest and make your voice heard — your vote could lead you to a $200 Petro-Canada gas card.

2023 Terrace Standard Readers’ Choice Contest returns

Readers stand a chance to win a $200 Petro-Canada gas card

Join this year’s Terrace Standard Readers’ Choice Contest and make your voice heard — your vote could lead you to a $200 Petro-Canada gas card.
Satsi Naziel, a two-spirited Wet’suwet’en and Chilean artist, is a featured artist at the 2023 Skeena Salmon Arts Show. Known for crafting pieces that fuse tradition, identity, and heritage, Naziel’s work has become a profound voice in the world of Northwest Coast art. Their pieces often explore themes of healing, reconnection, and the power of cultural resilience. (Contributed photo)

A closer look at 2023 Skeena Salmon Arts Show featured artist Satsi Naziel

Naziel’s work in Northwest Coast art offers connection to their Wet’suwet’en heritage

Satsi Naziel, a two-spirited Wet’suwet’en and Chilean artist, is a featured artist at the 2023 Skeena Salmon Arts Show. Known for crafting pieces that fuse tradition, identity, and heritage, Naziel’s work has become a profound voice in the world of Northwest Coast art. Their pieces often explore themes of healing, reconnection, and the power of cultural resilience. (Contributed photo)
Ignus, the 10.5-foot steel and aluminum sunflower art installation created by Terrace artist Jordie Laidlaw and his team. Inspired by his experiences as an ICU nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic, the piece is set to embark on a 2,500-kilometre journey to Burning Man, symbolizing resilience, connection, and creativity. (Vilk Studios photo)

Terrace man to bring ValhallaFest art installation to Burning Man

ValhallaFest organizer and ICU nurse seeking community support through a GoFundMe campaign

Ignus, the 10.5-foot steel and aluminum sunflower art installation created by Terrace artist Jordie Laidlaw and his team. Inspired by his experiences as an ICU nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic, the piece is set to embark on a 2,500-kilometre journey to Burning Man, symbolizing resilience, connection, and creativity. (Vilk Studios photo)
Lynn Cociani, an acclaimed artist whose work is taking centre stage at this year’s Skeena Salmon Arts Show. (Contributed photo)

A closer look at 2023 Skeena Salmon Arts Show featured artist Lynn Cociani

Cociani’s work is rooted in connections to our shared environment and keystone species salmon

Lynn Cociani, an acclaimed artist whose work is taking centre stage at this year’s Skeena Salmon Arts Show. (Contributed photo)
Sarah Osborne and The Magic Buttons deliver a captivating performance at the River Stage during the Kispiox Valley Music Festival on July 29. (Hunter Wild/Black Press Media)

Kispiox Valley Music Festival delights hundreds in its 27th year

The festival took place near Hazelton on July 28-30

Sarah Osborne and The Magic Buttons deliver a captivating performance at the River Stage during the Kispiox Valley Music Festival on July 29. (Hunter Wild/Black Press Media)
Thornhill residents are seen congregating around the pastries table at the community fundraiser held at Thornhill Elementary School on July 25, highlighting the communal spirit in support of local school secretary Tammy Boehm. (Owen Merrill photo)

Thornhill community rallies in support of local school secretary after stroke

Community raises over $8,000 for Thornhill Elementary School secretary Tammy Boehm

Thornhill residents are seen congregating around the pastries table at the community fundraiser held at Thornhill Elementary School on July 25, highlighting the communal spirit in support of local school secretary Tammy Boehm. (Owen Merrill photo)
The Penticton Regional Hospital provides health care service in British Columbia’s South Okanagan. Which hospital in Canada is the oldest still operating hospital? (Black Press file photo)

QUIZ: A tribute to first responders

When things go wrong, police, firefighters, paramedics, doctors and nurses are ready to help

The Penticton Regional Hospital provides health care service in British Columbia’s South Okanagan. Which hospital in Canada is the oldest still operating hospital? (Black Press file photo)
Ana Booth and her team from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) engage with locals at the Happy Gang Centre in Terrace on July 10, offering support, advice and adaptive technologies for visually impaired individuals. (Staff photo)

Tech breakthroughs levelling playing field for blind

Technological advances have greatly expanded opportunities for the visually impaired

Ana Booth and her team from the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) engage with locals at the Happy Gang Centre in Terrace on July 10, offering support, advice and adaptive technologies for visually impaired individuals. (Staff photo)
Canadian pop star Justin Bieber performs at a concert marking the end of Formula One, in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. How did he get his start in music? (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Amr Nabil)

QUIZ: Are you ready for some sounds of summer?

Music festivals and outdoor concerts abound at this time of the year

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber performs at a concert marking the end of Formula One, in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. How did he get his start in music? (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Amr Nabil)
Students at Sandy Hill elementary in Abbotsford created banners to welcome in the participating athletes to the 55+ BC Games on Aug. 23. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)

VIDEO: 55+ BC Games opening ceremony to feature artistic touch from Abbotsford youth

Sandy Hill elementary students handpainted signs to be used at August event

Students at Sandy Hill elementary in Abbotsford created banners to welcome in the participating athletes to the 55+ BC Games on Aug. 23. (John Morrow/Abbotsford News)
Former West Kelowna Warrior and Nanaimo Clipper Skyler Cameron (left) is financial help after both his parents died within weeks of each other earlier this year. (Skyler Cameron/Facebook)

West Kelowna, Nanaimo BCHL alumni needs help after death of parents

The parents of former Warrior, Clipper Skyler Cameron died within weeks of each other

Former West Kelowna Warrior and Nanaimo Clipper Skyler Cameron (left) is financial help after both his parents died within weeks of each other earlier this year. (Skyler Cameron/Facebook)
Jaime Garcia climbs out of his tub at the beach at Maffeo Sutton Park at the end of the Great International World Championship Bathtub Race. In which Canadian city did bathtub racing originate? (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)

QUIZ: How much do you know about water-related activities?

On hot summer days, many people enjoy time at the lake or on the beach

Jaime Garcia climbs out of his tub at the beach at Maffeo Sutton Park at the end of the Great International World Championship Bathtub Race. In which Canadian city did bathtub racing originate? (Greg Sakaki/News Bulletin)
Campbell River’s Discovery Pier, Friday, July 14, 2023. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror

VIDEO: Pod of orcas, including calves, swarm Vancouver Island pier

A group of people who got the thrill of a lifetime July 10

Campbell River’s Discovery Pier, Friday, July 14, 2023. Photo by Alistair Taylor/Campbell River Mirror
The City of Mission installed a pair of wildlife crossing signs on Dewdney Trunk Road in the Stave Falls area that feature a dinosaur instead of a traditional moose, deer or bear. /City of Mission Photo

T-Rex battles wrecks: City enlists dinosaurs on street warning signs

Signs installed on Mission road after wildlife fatalities and near misses

The City of Mission installed a pair of wildlife crossing signs on Dewdney Trunk Road in the Stave Falls area that feature a dinosaur instead of a traditional moose, deer or bear. /City of Mission Photo
Fictional Kings performs at the 2022 Farm Fest in Thornhill. (Courtesy of Sarah Zimmerman)

Thornhill’s Farm Fest 2023 draws powerhouse regional music acts

Headliner is punk-inspired rock band July Crowd; Terrace-based The Stanfields also performing

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Fictional Kings performs at the 2022 Farm Fest in Thornhill. (Courtesy of Sarah Zimmerman)
Marie-Christine Claveau’s “Kleanza” at the 2022 Skeena Salmon Art Show. The Skeena Salmon Art Show is getting ready for the 2023 art show after receiving 100+ artist submissions. (Courtesy of Stephanie Patsula/Skeena Salmon Art Show)

Skeena Salmon Arts Fest celebrates 100+ artist submissions, preps for annual art show

The 2023 Skeena Salmon Art Show will explore the relationships between humans and salmon

Marie-Christine Claveau’s “Kleanza” at the 2022 Skeena Salmon Art Show. The Skeena Salmon Art Show is getting ready for the 2023 art show after receiving 100+ artist submissions. (Courtesy of Stephanie Patsula/Skeena Salmon Art Show)