Small Wildfires
Minimal growth on wildfires in Hemlock Valley area
HARRISON MILLS - The BC Wildfire Service says the two fires that sparked near Hemlock Valley this weekend have seen little change overnight.V11496, located 25 kilometres northeast of Stave Falls, was discovered on Friday evening (Aug. 7) and sits at 15 hectares at the time of writing.Its behaviour is currently at rank ...
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Partial Evacuation
Over 200 inmates relocated from Abbotsford prison after pipe burst
ABBOTSFORD - Staff have relocated inmates from an Abbotsford federal prison after significant flooding and damage from a pipe burst on Saturday (Aug. 8), according to the Correctional Service of Canada. The CSC says the incident affected three units in the medium-security Matsqui Institution, which required the partial...
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Scores and sports schedule for Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026
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Summer holiday
Think Kelowna is just wine tours? The locals would like a word
Bear attacks three-year-old girl playing on deck outside home in Maple Ridge, B.C.
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Fraser Valley
Curbside Cart Choice
City of Mission gears up for new automated curbside collection program
MISSION - Curbside customers are encouraged to pick the right cart size for their homes as the City of Mission prepares to launch its new automated collection system.Starting in the first week of May 2027, the City's new cart-based collection program will be launched to improve collection crew safety by cutting heavy l...
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Healing and Horticulture
Langley recovery home continues supporting addiction treatment with gardening program
LANGLEY - A live-in recovery centre in Langley continues to help women plant new chapters in their lives - two years since it first opened its doors.Union Gospel Mission is currently supporting 15 women through Cedar Haven, a 57-acre rural property that accommodates women seeking sobriety.The facility combines addictio...
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Power Outage
Power out to thousands in Mission due to substation fault
Update: Power had been restored shortly before 8:30 a.m., according to BC Hydro. Original story below: MISSION - More than 15,000 Mission residents may have woken up without the familiar buzz of their electronics due to problems at the local substation this morning (Aug. 9). BC Hydro reports that power went out at 6:40...
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Most Wanted
CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of August 9, 2026
CHILLIWACK - Here are two people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers. Name: Sebastien Chamberland Age: 34 Height: 6'0" ft Weight: 170lbs Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Wanted: Assault Warrant in effect: August 4, 2026 Parole Jurisdiction: Chilliwack Name: Wade Arthur...
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British Columbia
First Nations chiefs in B.C. call on Carney, Smith, to halt pipeline advancement
A group that represents numerous First Nations across British Columbia is calling on Ottawa and Alberta's government to halt efforts to advance the West Coast pipeline, saying expanding the oil industry will accelerate climate change and disasters. "Th...
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Photo Gallery: B.C. wildfire forces thousands to flee
The Bald Range wildfire, west of Summerland, B.C., exploded in size to more than 100 square kilometres by Saturday afternoon, forcing thousands to flee as it roared toward communities on the western side of Okanagan Lake, consuming homes in its wake. W...
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Confusion and anger in wake of tainted evidence and a failed B.C. murder case
AGASSIZ - Gena Edwards, president of the BC Native Women's Association, said that when Frederick Charlie was acquitted of second-degree murder last month in the killing of Vanessa Terry, there were gasps. It felt like "a punch to the stomach," she said...
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Woman dead in B.C. wildfire as grim video reveals village in ruins
PENTICTON - The wildfire raging near Okanagan Lake in British Columbia's southern Interior claimed the life of an 80-year-old woman as she tried to escape the flames, police said on Sunday, as video footage and grim accounts emerged of nearby devastati...
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Man injured in overnight shooting in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say they are investigating an overnight shooting that left one person injured. They say in a news release that officers responded to reports of shots being fired near a home in the Whalley neighbourhood just before midn...
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The latest on the wildfire burning near Summerland, B.C.
Thousands of residents in the British Columbia communities of Summerland and Peachland have been chased out of their homes by an explosive wildfire that sprang up Friday. Here is the latest on the wildfire that forced 20,000 to flee (all times PT): 4...
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Canada
Bear attacks three-year-old girl playing on deck outside home in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - A young girl is in hospital after police and conservation officials say she was attacked by a bear outside her family's home in a city east of Vancouver. British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says in an online statement that the...
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Porter Airline flight cancelled due to child refusing to fasten seatbelt
VICTORIA - Porter Airlines says a flight was cancelled after a child refused to buckle up. An airline spokesman says in an email that its plane left the terminal in Victoria on Thursday and was headed to the runway for departure to Toronto, but a young...
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First Nations chiefs in B.C. call on Carney, Smith, to halt pipeline advancement
A group that represents numerous First Nations across British Columbia is calling on Ottawa and Alberta's government to halt efforts to advance the West Coast pipeline, saying expanding the oil industry will accelerate climate change and disasters. "Th...
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Montreal LGBTQ+ community sees competing Pride parades
MONTREAL - Geneviève Gagnon says she has been attending the Montreal Pride parade with her children for many years. She came to watch the parade downtown on Sunday with her daughter, Florence, who was wrapped in a Pride flag and came out as pansexual w...
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Lawyers concerned by proposed changes to access to information system
OTTAWA - Lawyers and organizations working on environmental issues and migrants' rights are concerned about changes to the Access to Information Act proposed by Prime Minister Mark Carney's government. One of the amendments that concerns them most is t...
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Confusion and anger in wake of tainted evidence and a failed B.C. murder case
AGASSIZ - Gena Edwards, president of the BC Native Women's Association, said that when Frederick Charlie was acquitted of second-degree murder last month in the killing of Vanessa Terry, there were gasps. It felt like "a punch to the stomach," she said...
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World
Suspected Irish crime boss lands in Dublin after extradition from Dubai to face allegations
LONDON (AP) - The alleged leader of an Irish organized crime gang was extradited to Ireland from Dubai on Sunday to face allegations that he ran an international drug smuggling and money laundering empire with tentacles that stretched to Britain, Spain...
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Jorge Messi, Lionel Messi's father and longtime agent, dies at 68
ROSARIO, Argentina (AP) - Jorge Messi, the father of soccer star and Argentina captain Lionel Messi, died Saturday at a hospital in the central Argentina city of Rosario. He was 68. The Rosario-based Club Atlético Newell's Old Boys announced his death ...
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Iran makes new strait demands, the UAE says a ship was targeted and other Middle East news
Iran issued dramatic new demands around the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and the United Arab Emirates said one of its ships was targeted by an Iranian missile. Yemen's military attacked the country's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. And Turkey's Kur...
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Sports
Scores and sports schedule for Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026
Sunday's Scoreboard MLB Interleague Philadelphia 7 Toronto 6 (12) Atlanta 2 N.Y. Yankees 1 (10) San Diego 7 Houston 2 Chicago Cubs 10 Kansas City 2 Miami 12 L.A. Angels 3 Detroit 3 San Francisco 1 (10) Milwaukee 4 Minnesota 3 (10) American League Tampa...
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Michael Brennan wins Wyndham Championship and qualifies for PGA Tour postseason
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Michael Brennan had another Sunday opportunity and delivered in a big way. He made five straight birdies to pull away from Beau Hossler and close with a 6-under 64 to win the Wyndham Championship and reach the PGA Tour's lucrati...
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Schwarber hits 2 HRs, Hill delivers RBI single in 12th inning as Phillies beat Blue Jays 7-6
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber hit two home runs, Derek Hill singled with the bases loaded in the 12th inning and the Philadelphia Phillies avoided a three-game series sweep with a 7-6 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Starting pitcher Jesú...
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