Townline puts a daily guide to local life in 17 BC towns, from Kelowna to Victoria

Most people still piece together their town from a weather app, a community Facebook group, a ticket site and whatever turns up in the mailbox. Townline, the ARQS community site for British Columbia, is built on the idea that one warm, well-organized page can do that job better.

Townline's home at https://www.arqs.ca/townline/ now opens city editions for 17 BC communities. The Okanagan is covered in depth, with editions for Kelowna (https://www.arqs.ca/townline/kelowna/), Vernon, Penticton, Lake Country, Peachland, Summerland, Armstrong and Salmon Arm, alongside Kamloops, Revelstoke, Golden, Merritt, Nelson, Hope and Chilliwack. On the coast there are editions for Vancouver (https://www.arqs.ca/townline/vancouver/) and Victoria.

Each edition starts from the same promise printed on the front page: your town, right now. That means weather, events, places and community in one view. A daily morning page at https://www.arqs.ca/townline/daily/ gathers what matters today, and Townline's news page at https://www.arqs.ca/townline/news/ connects readers to fuller reporting from West Coast News.

Townline also covers the parts of town life that usually fall through the cracks. A community events guide at https://www.arqs.ca/townline/community-events/ lists what is on this week. A newcomer section at https://www.arqs.ca/townline/newcomers/ helps people who have just arrived in a BC town find their footing, with a language and newcomer guide. And there are local games: Summit Checkers, an Okanagan-inspired board game, and the Townline Chess Club, which keeps private saves and game records so friends can pick a match back up later.

Sports is where Townline links most tightly to the rest of ARQS. The Townline sports page at https://www.arqs.ca/townline/sports/ connects to Sports Compass, with live scores and standings, saved teams and a free pick'em game at https://www.arqs.ca/intelligence/sports/live/. A ticket hub at https://www.arqs.ca/townline/ticket-hub/ points fans to upcoming games and events.

Civic information sits alongside the fun. Townline carries a review of the 2025 federal election results, showing who won in each riding and how close the finishes were, presented clearly as historical results rather than live counting. On a week when an election south of the border has dominated the news, that kind of plain, local record of who represents your community is worth having close at hand.

Townline is part of ARQS, the technology company behind West Coast News, ARQS AI Academy and the Compass family of research sites. The goal is straightforward: help people in smaller BC communities get the same quality of daily local information that big-city residents take for granted, without having to hunt through half a dozen apps to find it.

Readers can start with their own town at https://www.arqs.ca/townline/ and follow the wider region on West Coast News at https://www.arqs.ca/west-coast-news.