ABBOTSFORD - Communities across the Fraser Valley are continuing to mark Intimate Partner Violence Awareness Month this October as Abbotsford kicks off its own Purple Lights Nights campaign today (Oct. 3). The launch is set for 10 a.m. at the Abbotsford Farmers Market in Jubilee Park, with AbbyPD's Victim Services Unit...

By Shaelee Dombrowski The Chilliwack Chiefs and Surrey Eagles faced off for the second time this season on Friday night for TGIF Night. The last time these two teams met, Surrey got the better of Chilliwack and took the win on their home ice. This time around, the Chiefs looked to use home ice [...]

ABBOTSFORD - A community leader and attorney in Abbotsford has been selected as the NDP candidate in the Abbotsford South riding.According to a statement from the B.C. NDP, Leah Ballantyne (Mikisew Iskwew) is the first member of her Cree Nation to become a lawyer. Her family resides in the Abbotsford South riding. She ...

CHILLIWACK - A registered nonprofit charity in Chilliwack has received new federal funding to support low-cost housing while minimizing environmental impact.Inclusion Chilliwack Society has received $30,000 from the Green Municipal Fund's Sustainable Affordable Housing initiative to plan new net-zero homes, which will ...

VANCOUVER - One of several accusers of former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway says she now understands her conduct toward him was "serious and harmful" as she apologized just days before a defamation trial in the case is expect...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a driver has been arrested after his pickup truck crashed into a nursing home, split in half and then burst into flames. Police say the crash happened at Renfrew Street and East 22nd Avenue at around 1:30 a.m. Friday. ...

KELOWNA - Police in Kelowna, B.C., are investigating after the victim of an alleged kidnapping escaped and asked for help. Kelowna RCMP say their serious crime team has taken over the case since police were initially contacted Monday by a person repor...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's major party leaders took their election campaigns to the Okanagan Friday to talk about fire safety and the high cost of groceries. Interim Conservative party leader Lorne Doerkson is promising to spend half a billion doll...

VICTORIA - A British Columbia man who defaced a historic synagogue in Victoria with "unquestionably hateful" statements has been sentenced to eight months in jail. B.C. provincial court Judge Micah Rankin's ruling released this week says Arthur Robert...

Police in British Columbia say four people are dead after two separate crashes on provincial highways on Thursday. Chase RCMP say they were called to Highway 1 west of the village on Thursday afternoon after a crash between a Mercedes SUV and a Honda ...

VANCOUVER - One of several accusers of former University of British Columbia professor Steven Galloway says she now understands her conduct toward him was "serious and harmful" as she apologized just days before a defamation trial in the case is expect...

An Ontario air ambulance carrying six people, four of them Canadians,
has gone missing off the coast of the United States. The U.S. Coast Guard said it launched a search mission after the Federal Aviation Administration lost contact with the plane earl...

EDMONTON - On any given day, says Aengus Bridgman, if you ask a popular artificial intelligence chatbot and a search engine whether taxes in an independent Alberta would be higher, it might say yes. A few hours later, it could be no. Responses from Goo...

OTTAWA - Quebec correspondent "Geneviève Tremblay" - who has been reporting on multiple news stories a day lately - seemed to be experiencing a glitch. She wasn't the only one. All of We News' reporters and editors seemed to be malfunctioning on Friday...

MONTREAL - Quebec's political parties are making a final push for undecided voters as the provincial election campaign enters its last weekend before Monday's vote. The leaders of the five main parties made multiple appearances in the province Saturday...

OTTAWA - Michael J. Fox says the state of the Canada-U.S. relationship is "sad" and "pointless" but he believes ties between Americans and Canadians on the "human level" remain strong. "It's really sad. It's so pointless. And I have to tell you, it doe...

Cornell's president called the alleged gang rape of a student at a fraternity house in 2024 "deeply disturbing" Saturday and said it would weigh on the university for years to come, as he pledged greater transparency amid mounting outrage over the scho...

Nolo strengthened into a major hurricane Saturday far out in the Pacific Ocean, well to the west of Hawaii's main islands. The storm's maximum sustained winds rapidly intensified to 115 mph (185 kph), the Miami-based National Hurricane C...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The head of Tennessee's prison system is resigning after the failed execution of Christa Pike, Gov. Bill Lee announced Saturday. Lee said that Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada will step down this ...

MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens defenceman Lyle Odelein, who won a Stanley Cup with the team in 1993, has died at the age of 58. The Canadiens confirmed Odelein's death in a statement Saturday. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette also reported Saturday that Odel...

TORONTO - Sean Whyte kicked a club-record eight field goals as the B.C. Lions held on for a 24-17 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday afternoon. B.C. (9-6) earned a third straight win and seventh in eight games as Whyte broke the club mark he an...

HALIFAX - The Halifax Tides and Calgary Wild played to a 0-0 draw Saturday in the Northern Super League as the Tides continued to jockey for the league's fourth and final playoff spot. The draw pushed the Tides (7-11-5) into a tie for fourth with defen...