MISSION - The City of Mission's latest project is recognizing a longtime coach whose impact continues to ripple through the local lacrosse community.The upgraded outdoor lacrosse box at Centennial Park on Taulbut honours the late Brent Boutilier, who volunteered, coached and led generations of youth lacrosse players in...

ABBOTSFORD - A local senior has now been released from hospital after an early morning assault at Ellwood Park Thursday (July 16). The Abbotsford Police Department says at around 6:40 a.m., a woman in her 70s was in a public washroom at the park when an unknown suspect, who was believed to be a man, went in and attacke...

AGASSIZ - Staff have completed a lockdown and exceptional search at Mountain Institution, a medium-security federal prison in Agassiz. The lockdown started Monday, July 13, and has since yielded a number of contraband items, such as meth, THC concentrate, steroids, tobacco and cellphones. The seizures are estimated to ...

CHILLIWACK - Residents will have to get their mail in Chilliwack, as the Boston Bar area is now under evacuation due to the over-20,000-hectare Brunswick Creek wildfire complex. Canada Post has issued a red service alert for Boston Bar on Thursday afternoon, July 16, as the fires are affecting mail and parcel delivery ...

More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, the national wildland fire summary says. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control. The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec, as well as t...

The wildfire season in British Columbia has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the tally of blazes burning in the province past 100. But Attila Banhegyi remains unfazed after choosing to remain behind in his house in Boston Bar...

OTTAWA - Across Canada, plans are underway for a massive boom in construction of the huge new data centres needed for artificial intelligence technology. But opposition is also building as residents worry about how the facilities will affect their comm...

PRINCE GEORGE - The union representing 60,000 nurses in British Columbia says four days of mediated talks with the employers have been "productive" but it's "too early to know" if a deal can be reached. BC Nurses' Union president Adriane Gear says in a...

VANCOUVER - The Canadian Cancer Society says Canada's federal and provincial governments need to strengthen regulations of vaping products to stem more youth addiction to nicotine, as e-cigarette marketing practices are poised to be put on trial in a n...

B.C. Premier David Eby said would tell Prime Minister Mark Carney that no trade deal with the U.S. is better than a bad one at a first ministers' meeting where he would also push Ottawa for American-style anti-racketeering laws to go after organized cr...

More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, the national wildland fire summary says. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control. The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec, as well as t...

More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, the national wildland fire summary says. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control. The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec, as well as ...

Thousands of Canadian auto workers could secure three per cent wage increases every year for the next three if they agree to a new labour contract. Unifor released details of a proposed collective agreement between its bargaining leads and Ford Motor C...

Crews in Nova Scotia were in the air and on the ground as they continued efforts Saturday to fight an out-of-control wildfire northeast of Halifax. The province's Natural Resources Department said the fire, which started earlier this week and triggered...

The wildfire season in British Columbia has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the tally of blazes burning in the province past 100. But Attila Banhegyi remains unfazed after choosing to remain behind in his house in Boston Bar...

THUNDER BAY - Premier Doug Ford is asking people fleeing northern Ontario wildfires to not return to their homes, saying going back to evacuated areas could jeopardize firefighting efforts. The warning comes as one First Nation has said residents were ...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - At least a dozen attacks on health facilities and workers have been recorded during Congo's Ebola outbreak as safety fears restrict the response in the worst-affected region, authorities said Saturday. Many health wor...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Islamic militants and a separatist group ambushed a Malian army convoy in the country's hard-hit north on Saturday, resulting in the killing or capture of scores of soldiers, the rebels said. The Malian army confirmed ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The U.S. military on Saturday announced its first troop deaths due to direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war, with two killed and another missing in an attack on a base in Jordan after days of intensify...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have recalled two relievers from triple-A Buffalo. Right-hander Lazaro Estrada and left-hander Brendon Little both were made active for Saturday's game against the Chicago White Sox. In corresponding moves, Canadian left...

OSAKA - Canada's men fell 3-0 (25-22, 25-21, 29-27) against Cuba on Saturday, falling into position for relegation from competing in the Volleyball Nations League next season. After losing to Argentina and host Japan earlier in the week, Saturday was a...

LONDON (AP) - British runner Josh Kerr ran 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds to break the longstanding men's mile record at a Diamond League meeting in London on Saturday. Kerr broke Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj's mark of 3 minutes, 43.13 seconds, ...