FRASER VALLEY - A provincial funding stream supporting wildfire resilience in three First Nations communities within the Fraser Valley this year is set to open for the 2027 intake next month.The province will be accepting applications for its FireSmart Community Funding and Supports (FCFS) program starting October 1.&q...

CHILLIWACK - Arts and culture hubs in Chilliwack, Abbotsford and Mission are getting ready to host an assorted palette of events to mark this year's BC Culture Days.The two-week celebration begins Thursday, September 18, with over 50 free and pay-what-you-may events scheduled across the three communities."This yea...

VANCOUVER - Seven top players from Fraser Valley-area baseball teams have been invited to this week's Canadian Futures Showcase hosted by the Blue Jays Baseball Academy.The 12th annual event will bring 150 amateur ballplayers from across the country to MLB scouts and college recruiters from Thursday, September 17 to Su...

CHILLIWACK - A local surgeon and philanthropist has announced his candidacy for the upcoming general election in Chilliwack.Zeeshan Khan announced Friday (Sept. 11) that he will run for city council, citing his "years of experience" in healthcare, education, social services and community service as the founda...

When Kieran Michael MacNeill started going door to door in Richmond, B.C., serenading householders in Mandarin, he was worried they might think he was a "weirdo." But instead, they embraced the efforts of the 22-year-old student, who spent summer singi...

SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say a man is facing numerous charges after four shootings in the Metro Vancouver city, including three shots-fired incidents at the same home. The shootings at the home on 140A Street happened last December, with an ass...

VICTORIA - The newest member of a still-unnamed party acknowledged she and five other former provincial Conservative legislators are in for the "long-haul" if they want to throw out British Columbia's NDP government, while urging others to join them. T...

MONTREAL - Enforcement on cross-border cargo has ramped up enormously under the Trump administration, costing time and money and acting as a trade deterrent, shippers say. As a tariff wall rises along the 49th parallel, transport industry insiders say ...

SQUAMISH - Two drones played key roles in the nighttime rescue of a climber stranded 77 metres up a British Columbia cliff face this week, one helping deliver a rope and the other lighting the way. Squamish Search and Rescue says in a social media stat...

SURREY - New York first responders on Sept. 11, 2001, have spoken of the enduring bonds between Canada and the United States at a ceremony along the border between British Columbia and Washington state to mark the 25th anniversary of the attacks. They ...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is not looking to become a member of the European Union, but is seeking a "unique alliance" with the economic bloc. Carney was asked Sunday about a Wall Street Journal report that suggested he was explor...

MONTREAL - Quebec's new restrictions on prayer are changing the rules at public workplaces and university campuses, with employees and students facing new limits on where they can pray. New rules under Quebec's secularism law took effect Sept. 1, inclu...

In almost 100 fights, Canadian boxing titan George Chuvalo was never knocked out and never fell to the canvas. A five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight challenger, Chuvalo died Saturday in Toronto on his 89th birthday. A...

TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has an unprecedented opportunity to build up the economy as global investors descend in Toronto for a high-stakes summit, and teased that a number of deals have already been signed. Hundreds of executive...

OTTAWA - French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon next week to discuss energy and defence partnerships. The prime minister's office says Carney will travel to the French territory off the co...

PARIS - After nearly six years away from the concert stage, Céline Dion returned Saturday night with a fitting message: "On ne change pas"-- we don't change. The Quebec superstar opened her show before nearly 33,000 people at the Plenitude Arena in Nan...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A search in waters off the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu continued Monday for more than 30 people who officials said were missing after a passenger ferry sank. The ferry MV Matui was traveling between the...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alexander Zverev's best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries and other infrastructure used to produce and distribute diesel, saying the attacks are causing a glob...

MONCTON - Canada stretched its winning streak to three straight matches on Sunday, and punched its ticket to Tuesday's NORCECA men's continental volleyball championship semifinals in the process. Canada beat Mexico 25-15, 25-18, 25-20 on Sunday at the ...

ZAPOPAN - Canadian Bianca Andreescu started strong, but in the end was no match for sixth-seeded Cristina Bucsa of Spain in Sunday's opening round of the Guadalajara Open. Bucsa defeated the wild card from Mississauga, Ont., 6-4, 6-3 in a WTA 500 match...

VANCOUVER - As head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps, Jesper Sorensen is generally calm and collected. A chippy 2-1 loss to Austin FC on Sunday tested his Zen demeanour. The Danish manager picked up a yellow card late in the game, apparently for argui...