HARRISON - Harrison Hot Springs resident Ross Buchanan says the village is facing flood and wildfire risks and hopes residents can learn more about some of those challenges through a free documentary that will be shown at a local hotel next week. The documentary is titled, "Trouble in the Headwaters" and will...

FRASER VALLEY - For the first time in over 12 months, the Fraser Valley real estate market recorded a surprising year-over-year increase, as home sales rose month over month amid signs of renewed activity.The Fraser Valley Real Estate Board says it recorded 1,118 home sales on its Multiple Listing Service in April, an ...

CHILLIWACK - The Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation says the dedicated volunteers behind the Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary found a unique and heartfelt way to celebrate their 115th anniversary. The Chilliwack Hospital Auxiliary celebrated 115 years of service by donating $115,000 to the Fraser Valley Health Care Foun...

LOWER MAINLAND - A 40-year-old woman believed to be traveling to the Maple Ridge area and elsewhere in B.C. has been reported missing by the RCMP. According to a statement from Penticton RCMP spokesperson Constable Olivier Nelis, who is assigned to the Special Victims Unit at that detachment, 40-year-old Amanda King wa...

ABBOTSFORD - A B.C. Supreme Court judge is expected to deliver her verdict today in the first-degree murder trial of three young men accused of killing an Abbotsford, B.C., couple during a home invasion in 2022. The court earlier heard that 77-year-ol...

TORONTO - A Canadian union is asking the federal government and competition watchdog to scrutinize a takeover of one of the world's biggest video game makers by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund and a private equity firm owned by U.S. President Dona...

MAPLE RIDGE - Police in British Columbia have arrested 11 people in connection with an illegal gambling house in Metro Vancouver. Investigators say they began looking into the suspected gaming operation in Maple Ridge last November. The investigation r...

VICTORIA - British Columbia is giving midwives the ability to prescribe abortion pill Mifegymiso and other drugs, in an expansion of their scope of practice. The province says the changes will make it easier for people to access reproductive health ser...

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is investing up to $1 million on field-testing new technology from a Vancouver company that aims to both predict and prevent lightning that may trigger wildfires. Skyward Wildfire Technologies says it release...

VICTORIA - The school in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., where students were killed in a mass shooting in February will be torn down and rebuilt on a new site. Premier David Eby said Thursday that the decision by the local school board came after it consulted sur...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Canadian consular officials head to Canary Islands to meet hantavirus cruise ship Consular officials are on their way to the Canary Islands to meet with four Canad...

TORONTO - Consular officials are on their way to the Canary Islands to meet with four Canadians on board a deadly hantavirus-stricken cruise ship. The federal government says three people with connections to the cruise are isolating at home in Ontario ...

ABBOTSFORD - A B.C. Supreme Court judge is expected to deliver her verdict today in the first-degree murder trial of three young men accused of killing an Abbotsford, B.C., couple during a home invasion in 2022. The court earlier heard that 77-year-ol...

ST. JOHN'S - At the top of Signal Hill in St. John's, N.L., on Tuesday afternoon, a steady stream of people walked around a rocky cliff and gasped. Some cheered, some took out their phones to capture the moment - a rush of awe as an iceberg floated i...

TORONTO - Former U.S. president Barack Obama is in Toronto today to deliver a keynote speech at a Canadian think tank. The 44th president is set to headline Canada 2020's gala at the Fairmont Royal York. Obama made three official visits to Canada whil...

MONTREAL - For some Quebecers, watching the Montreal Canadiens take to the ice during the Stanley Cup playoffs is more urgent than seeking medical care. Hospital officials in the Montreal area say their emergency rooms generally saw dips in visits duri...

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - An Islamic State-affiliated group attacked villages in Congo near the border with Uganda, killing at least 40 people and burning and looting homes, a local civil society group said on Friday. The attacks were carrie...

LONDON (AP) - Partial results Friday from local elections in England showed big losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's governing Labour Party and gains for the hard-right party Reform U.K. The votes are being widely seen as an unofficia...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The Iran war's shaky ceasefire was further strained on Friday as the United Arab Emirates' responded to a missile and drone attack hours after the U.S. said it thwarted attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hor...

TORONTO - History will be made tonight when the Toronto Tempo host the Washington Mystics in their first-ever regular-season game. Toronto is one of two expansion teams joining the WNBA for its 30th season, coming in alongside the Portland Fire. Kia ...

MONTREAL - Domenico Perrazino, the famous Montreal barber better known as "Ménick," still remembers when Maurice Richard won five straight Stanley Cups with the Canadiens in the late 1950s. Years later, when Guy Lafleur led a dynasty in the 1970s, Méni...

BUFFALO - The Montreal Canadiens look to earn a split of the first two games of their second-round series with the Buffalo Sabres when the Atlantic Division rivals clash tonight at the KeyBank Center. The Canadiens trail a series for the first time in ...