LYTTON - Organizers are not letting this year's wildfire woes stop them from honouring the Lytton River Festival during the upcoming Labour Day long weekend."We in Lytton know all too well the challenges that wildfires bring, but we also know the importance of coming together as a community," said Jessoa Ligh...

MAPLE RIDGE - Health authorities have issued a toxic drug advisory for a veterinary drug being detected in brown chunks sold as down across Maple Ridge.Carfentanil, which is primarily used for large animals, is 50 to 100 times more potent than fentanyl.A user may need "multiple doses" of naloxone to reverse i...

ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department is recommending "a slew" of charges against a 30-year-old man after a recent theft from a local business.The suspect and his accomplice were seen leaving a parking lot in the 1900 block of Vedder Way after committing a theft from a nearby retailer late last month....

MISSION - Police in Mission are now hoping to find out more about the abandoned pickup truck that took a swim in the middle of Weatherhead Creek, near Davis Lake. RCMP say a backcountry explorer called in the report on the evening of August 3. After using ATVs to reach the location, officers found a grey 2019 Dodge Ram...

MAPLE RIDGE - Conservation officers in British Columbia say a black bear that was killed by RCMP officers last Sunday was, "in fact," responsible for an attack that had left a three-year-old girl with injuries. Conservation officers took to social med...

CLINTON - At the age of 52, Steve Larabie is facing the daunting task of rebuilding his home and business from scratch after losing everything when ferocious wildfires roared into the outskirts of Clinton, B.C., last month. "It's all gone. I have noth...

VANCOUVER - Helen Benallick said she was fast asleep with her husband at their home in Summerland, B.C., last week when she was woken up by neighbours ringing her doorbell. They told the couple they needed to escape the Bald Range wildfire that was rac...

SURREY - Homicide investigators in British Columbia say two men have been arrested and charged in the gang-related killing of another man inside a taxi in Langley last year. Police say in a release that 35-year-old Jared Douglas Polischuk and 29-year-o...

After 20 seasons as a migrant worker in Canada Manuel Hernandez Cruz says he and others like him are in a "critical" situation as a wildfire in the Okanagan forced them to flee the jobs they depend on with no word on when they will be able to return or...

The B.C. Conservatives have lost one of their leading moderate voices, with Peter Milobar citing a lack of "ideological alignment" with leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay for his decision to sit as an Independent. He announced his exit from the opposition Con...

MAPLE RIDGE - Conservation officers in British Columbia say a black bear that was killed by RCMP officers last Sunday was, "in fact," responsible for an attack that had left a three-year-old girl with injuries. Conservation officers took to social med...

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has approved a historic $31.5-million settlement for sexual assault claimants in a class-action lawsuit against the Quebec City archdiocese. The agreement ends a years-long legal saga for claimants who say they ...

MEDICINE HAT - Tanner Svenson says winning gold in bocce at this year's Special Olympics Canada Summer Games has capped off a life-changing week in southeast Alberta. He was down zero to five before mounting a comeback to win 12-5 over Trevor Campese o...

MONTREAL - The $2.3-billion Port of Montreal expansion project has officially set sail along the banks of the St. Lawrence River, with construction now underway for a new wharf. Following preparatory work on the site in Contrecoeur, just downriver from...

OTTAWA - Five years after the Taliban capture of Kabul, advocates are urging Canadians not to ignore the oppression of women in Afghanistan. "From outside, it's possible for the world to take action," said Murwarid Ziayee, senior director of the Calgar...

DES MOINES - Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley said U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to hit an array of Canadian goods with new tariffs should serve as a "wake-up call to Canada to make some changes." "I think the president is probably using them as a lever...

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. Russia's Ministry of Defense said that it had destroyed 822 drones overnight, with 600 headed toward...

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - A passenger bus traveling on a highway in Hungary early Sunday went off the road and into a ditch where it overturned, killing 12 and injuring others, police said. The bus, which carried Polish license plates, was...

Indiana authorities said at least five people have died as a result of severe storms and flooding across the state this week, as first responders used boats to rescue more people Saturday from rising waters in neighborhoods along the White River in Ind...

Saturday's Scoreboard MLB American League Toronto 4 N.Y. Yankees 1 Texas 5 Athletics 3 Chicago White Sox 4 Detroit 3 Baltimore 4 Tampa Bay 3 (10) Seattle 10 Houston 5 L.A. Angels 1 Kansas City 0 National League Milwaukee 4 L.A. Dodgers 1 St. Louis 8 Ch...

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Lani Pallister of Australia stunned Katie Ledecky with her first international loss in the 800-meter freestyle at the Pan Pacific Championships on Saturday night. Pallister was under world-record pace for much of the...

MONTREAL - On a night when CF Montreal celebrated retro night and their old Impact name, the party was spoiled when the visiting D.C. United scored against the run of play to salvage a 1-1 Major League Soccer draw. Prince Owusu opened the scoring for M...