ABBOTSFORD - Home sellers are having to get a little more grease on their elbows this year as July sales continue to stay under their annual figures. A total of 462 homes were sold in Abbotsford, Mission and Langley last month, roughly 10 per cent less than the same time the previous year. Benchmark prices have dropped...

UPDATE SUNDAY (AUG. 10): Mounties in Mission have located the missing man who was reported missing on Friday. All identifying information has been removed for privacy reasons.

HARRISON - Some patients in the Village of Harrison won't have to travel very far to receive the care they need after the grand opening of a health centre.A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday, July 29, for the newly opened Village Health Centre located at 102-160 Lillooet Avenue. Guests also enjoyed a walk-thr...

HARRISON LAKE - BC Wildfire Service (BCWS) crews are keeping up the fight against a wildfire that flared up last week. The Bear Creek wildfire, located east of Harrison Lake, has grown to 224 hectares since it was first discovered on July 29. Rain and cooler temperatures have helped firefighting efforts in the past wee...

VICTORIA - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a business owner sustained "life-threatening injuries" while at work during a stabbing first reported Saturday morning. Emergency crews discovered the injured man following what police say was an "altercation with an unknown individual attempting to steal from t...

VICTORIA - The B.C. Wildfire Service says rising temperatures will lead to more smoke from the Wesley Ridge wildfire burning on Vancouver Island. Madison Dahl, fire information officer, says the out-of-control fire north of Cameron Lake has grown "minimally" to 5.8 square kilometres from 5.71 square kilometre...

VICTORIA - BC Hydro says the Site C dam in northern B.C. is now fully operational after the sixth and final power-generating turbine has come online. The Crown corporation says in a statement released Saturday that the dam along the Peace River near Fort St. John will now be able to generate 1,100 megawatts of electric...

When it comes to cinematography, a giant Pacific octopus that borrowed a camera from two divers earns a solid "10 out of 10." Underwater videographer John Roney said he and his longtime diving buddy Chris Mullen went out on Aug. 5 to Nanoose Bay on the east side of Vancouver Island, a renowned spot for large ...

The U.S. Department of Commerce says it has made a final decision to more than double countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber imports, a move business groups in British Columbia say will harm communities on both sides of the border. A statement from the American department says the duty for most Canadian comp...

VICTORIA - A Vancouver Island First Nation has won back fishing rights and title for part of the land its ancestors used as a summer home in the Lower Mainland, despite opposition by two other Indigenous communities. A B.C. Supreme Court judge says in a written decision posted Friday that the Cowichan Tribes have estab...

OTTAWA - First Nations in Ontario and the Manitoba Métis Federation say nearly $1 billion in federal funding went to a group they allege is fraudulently claiming Métis identity. The Chiefs of Ontario, which represents 133 First Nations in the province, shared with The Canadian Press data on more than 20 y...

At first it appears to be a quirky video clip generated by artificial intelligence to make people laugh. In it, a hairy Bigfoot wearing a cowboy hat and a vest emblazoned with the American flag sits behind the wheel of a pickup truck. "We are going today to the LGBT parade," the apelike creature says with a l...

OTTAWA - A Canadian senator is calling on Ottawa to be more transparent on its policy to restrict arms exports to Israel, following contradictory reports about what manufacturers have been allowed to send to the Middle East. "I'm horrified to hear this news about certain arms exports and parts going to Israel, dir...

MONTREAL - A man who's been on the list of Canada's top 25 most wanted fugitives for murder and drug trafficking charges dating back to 2022 has been arrested after police say he returned to Canada. Quebec provincial police say officers from the Sûreté du Québec Airport Unit, the Mascouche Major Cri...

MONTREAL - Montreal police were busy early Saturday dealing with three stabbings in two separate fights at opposite ends of the city, leaving one man dead. Police were called to a bar in the city's Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood at about 2 a.m. for two men stabbed. One of the men, a 48-year-old, was pronounced dea...

Canada is joining international partners Saturday in panning Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City approved this week. In a joint statement, foreign ministers from several countries including Canada, Australia, France, Germany and the United Kingdom said they reject a decision taken by the Israeli security cabinet...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel "has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas." He is speaking to foreign media in Jerusalem and defending a planned military offensive. He asserts that "our goal is not to occupy Gaza, our goal is to free Gaza...

ST. NIKOLAUS, Germany (AP) - Santa's elves start early in Germany. Three postal workers set off Saturday on their nearly 3,000-kilometer (1,860-mile) bicycle journey from St. Nikolaus, Germany, to the small town of Rovaniemi, Finland, which is home to Santa Claus Village, according to German news agency dpa. The cyclis...

ATLANTA (AP) - Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues. Pawol's much-anticipated debut came as the first base umpire for Saturday's first game of a split doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins. She enjoyed a quiet first inning, watching...

LONDON (AP) - A tribute to former Liverpool forward Diogo Jota and his brother Andre Silva was disrupted on Sunday when some fans at the Community Shield match failed to observe a moment's silence. Before the game between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Wembley both teams and their staff stood silently to commemorate t...

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Preston Judd scored in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time to rally the San Jose Earthquakes to 2-1 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Judd subbed in for Josef Martínez in the 81st minute and used assists from defenders DeJuan Jones and Jamar Ricketts to sc...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shohei Ohtani hit his 40th home run, Blake Snell struck out 10 batters in five shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the Toronto Blue Jays 9-1 on Saturday night. Max Muncy opened the scoring with a two-run homer in the fourth, and Ohtani connected for a solo shot to centre field off star...