Conservation officers in British Columbia say they handed out more than $100,000 in fines to people who violated campfire bans this summer.The BC Conservation Officer Service (BCCOS) says officers on weekend patrols between July 1 and Sept. 9, issued 98 tickets under the Wildfire Act worth $1,150 each, for a total of $...

CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack say three men have been arrested following a reported fight in the Little Mountain area of Chilliwack this past week.According to a weekly police recap provided by Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Carmen Kiener, officers responded to multiple reports of a fight involving several individual...

SURREY - Police in Surrey are appealing to the public for help in locating a 16-year-old teen who last seen over three days ago.In a statement, Surrey Police Service Sgt. Ali Gailus says Marissa Wilson was last seen at approximately 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 19, 2026, near 140 Street and 76 Avenue in Surrey. She ha...

FRASER VALLEY/HOPE - A First Nation band in Hope and the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) meant to formalize and strengthen their intergovernmental relationship. In a statement from the regional district, the agreement between Chawathil (Chowéthel) First Nati...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say they are investigating the city's sixth homicide this year. Officers were called to CRAB Park in the city's Downtown Eastside early Wednesday after someone reported a man in medical distress. The man was treated by emer...

EDMONTON - A viral post on the social media platform X this week shared a claim that mail-in voting for Alberta's Oct. 19 referendum is "open to anybody" without verification of whether applicants live in the province. Other social media users posted s...

EDMONTON - A viral post this week on the social media platform X shared a claim that mail-in voting for Alberta's Oct. 19 referendum is "open to anybody" without verification of whether applicants live in the province. Other social media users posted s...

Steven Shearer, the Vancouver artist whose work spans painted portraits, photo collage and online images of people sleeping, has won one of Canada's top art prizes. Shearer made a rare public appearance Wednesday to accept the $100,000 Audain Prize fo...

VANCOUVER - Both sides of British Columbia politics are racing to redefine the B.C. Conservatives as the province goes to the polls on Oct. 24 in the wake of Kerry-Lynne Findlay's divisive leadership of the Opposition party. NDP Leader David Eby says t...

SURREY - A 45-year-old man has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of another man in Surrey, B.C., in August 2023. Surrey police say Paul John Martin was convicted Friday in B.C. Supreme Court in New Westminster, and the conviction ...

EDMONTON - A viral post on the social media platform X this week shared a claim that mail-in voting for Alberta's Oct. 19 referendum is "open to anybody" without verification of whether applicants live in the province. Other social media users posted s...

A Newmarket, Ont., court is hearing from loved ones of people who took their own lives using products purchased from Kenneth Law. More than 70 victim impact statements are set to be presented at a sentencing hearing for Law, who has pleaded guilty to ...

Defence Minister David McGuinty says it's very concerning that the suspect in Sunday's shooting outside a Belleville, Ont., synagogue was a former soldier. Sean Ward, who died in hospital after a shootout with police outside the Sons of Jacob synagogu...

OTTAWA - The federal government will not reverse a decision to close several agricultural research facilities across the country, a move the opposition Conservatives are calling a threat to Canada's food security. In May, the House of Commons committee...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis said the federal government is defying its own labour laws after the head of the Bank of Canada admitted to using replacement workers during a strike involving security officers. In 2024, Canada passed legislation to ban f...

OTTAWA - The city council in Canada's national capital has started the process of renaming a street bearing the last name of U.S. President Donald Trump. Coun. Riley Brockington introduced a motion that was carried Wednesday to rename Trump Avenue, in...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A judge on Wednesday dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and its former pollster of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race, rejecting the president's claim that the newspaper's poll...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A judge on Wednesday dismissed Donald Trump's lawsuit accusing The Des Moines Register and its former pollster of misrepresenting the state of the 2024 presidential race, rejecting the president's claim that the newspaper's poll...

Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown plans to accept a plea deal on an attempted murder charge in Miami that avoids prison, as part of an agreement that his lawyer said Wednesday was too good to turn down. Brown is scheduled to app...

MONTREAL - George Gillett Jr., the former majority owner of the NHL's Montreal Canadiens, has died at 87. The Canadiens confirmed Gillett's death in a release Thursday. A cause of death was not given. Gillett bought the Bell Centre (then Molson Centre)...

BALTIMORE (AP) - Pete Alonso hit his 41st home run of the season, Chris Bassitt took a shutout into the sixth inning and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Wednesday, eliminating the defending Ameri...

It's been a long way back for Nathan Rourke and the B.C. Lions. B.C. opened its season by losing its first three games and five-of-six overall. But since then, B.C. (7-6) has reeled off six wins in seven contests, including a 48-29 home decision versus...