ABBOTSFORD - People experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Abbotsford could soon find more shelter at 1610 Riverside Road. BC Housing is working with the City of Abbotsford and Lookout Society, a local housing advocacy group, to begin construction on a new supportive housing project."These new homes will provi...

KENT - Back in February, a small but passionate group of Kent residents appeared before District council to continue their preservation efforts on the Old Agassiz Cemetery, also known as the Kent Municipal Cemetery, on Limbert Road. A month later, on March 10, Council has unanimously supported the requests made by the ...

MISSION - A 5-year-old boy has been found safe after he wandered away from a children's day camp in the Stave Falls area of Mission on Tuesday (Mar.18). The children had been playing hide-and-seek in a forested area when the boy walked away from the rest of the group. His parents and staff searched the area for about a...

CHILLIWACK - RCMP has been on scene in the Princess Ave. and Williams St. area all morning for a report of shots being fired. Just before 1:00 a.m. today (Mar. 21), Chilliwack RCMP and Police Dog Services responded to a report of shots fired in the area of Princess Ave. and Williams St. A man with serious injuries has ...

A British Columbia judge has annulled the marriage of a woman to a fellow member of an India-based "cult group," saying she didn't "truly consent" to the 2023 wedding. The B.C. Supreme Court ruling issued this week says Arshnoor Kaur Jaura claimed she was manipulated and overwhelmed by a "barra...

MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Mounties in Mission, B.C., say a police helicopter crew spotted a five-year-old boy after he went missing during a game of hide-and-seek. Police say the boy was at a children's camp near Mission on Tuesday when he walked away from the rest of the group playing in a forested area. Sta...

OTTAWA - Ottawa says it is contributing up to $200 million toward the Cedar LNG project on the northern B.C. coast. The money is coming through the Strategic Innovation Fund, which falls under the Innovation, Science and Economic Development ministry. The floating liquefied natural gas processing facility and marine ex...

VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say they have arrested a 27-year-old man for allegedly vandalizing a Tesla dealership. A statement from police says officers went to the dealership in the city's Kitsilano neighbourhood at about 1:30 a.m. on Friday following reports that a man had spray-painted obscenities on the front w...

VANCOUVER - The federal government has committed more than $1.5 billion over 10 years for Metro Vancouver's beleaguered transit network. A statement from the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities says the funding deal for TransLink is the first metro-region agreement under the new Canada Public Transit ...

Avalanche Canada has issued a public warning for the central Rockies saying there have been several large avalanches over the last two weeks. It says two slides have been fatal and the snowpack "remains primed for human-triggering." The warning covers Banff and Jasper national parks and the Kananaskis area in...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Friday that his government would keep the emissions cap on oil and gas production in place if elected - but would fast-track investments in carbon capture to meet those emissions targets. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa Friday after the first ministers meeting, Carney was a...

OTTAWA - Former cabinet minister Randy Boissonnault says he will not run again in the upcoming election. The Liberal party had confirmed Boissonnault as a candidate in Edmonton Centre, a riding he won in 2015, lost in 2019, then reclaimed in 2021. In a statement posted to X today, the former cabinet minister says the p...

A British Columbia judge has annulled the marriage of a woman to a fellow member of an India-based "cult group," saying she didn't "truly consent" to the 2023 wedding. The B.C. Supreme Court ruling issued this week says Arshnoor Kaur Jaura claimed she was manipulated and overwhelmed by a "barra...

MONTREAL - If the four main federal political parties want to take part in the TVA network's head-to-head French-language debate in the upcoming election campaign, they will have to shell out $75,000 each. The Quebecor-owned television network says it needs cash to offset the costs of producing the Face-à-Face d...

TORONTO - Jane Wilcox thought it was a simple mix-up when customs officers pulled her husband aside at the Punta Cana airport as they were heading back to Toronto. The couple had just spent a week at a resort in the Dominican Republic with two friends and were on their way home on March 7 when her husband was denied en...

OTTAWA - With a federal election call widely expected on Sunday, the three main political parties are ramping up their attacks and trying to pitch their leaders as the best people to guide Canada through difficult days ahead. At a morning news conference in Ottawa, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre made a campaign-s...

NEW YORK (AP) - Former Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was suspended through the All-Star break by Major League Baseball on Friday under its domestic violence policy with the players' association. Urías had pleaded no contest last May to one count of misdemeanor domestic battery. The penalty was t...

NEW YORK (AP) - Under threat from the Trump administration, Columbia University agreed to implement a suite of policy changes Friday, including overhauling its rules for protests and conducting an immediate review of its Middle Eastern studies department. The changes, detailed in a letter sent by interim president, Kat...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's top court on Friday ordered a temporary halt to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's dismissal of the country's domestic security chief until his appeal can be heard. The Supreme Court's decision came hours after Netanyahu's Cabinet unanimously approved his request to fire the head of the Shin ...

UIJEONGBU-SI - Canada's Rachel Homan cruised to a 10-4 win on Saturday in a qualification match over Scotland's Sophie Jackson to earn a spot in the semifinal of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship. The defending champion Canadians will next face South Korea's Eunji Gim for a spot in the final. Homan's top-ranke...

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - It was a solid start to the US$1-million Bassmaster Classic for Canadian Cory Johnston. Johnston, of Cavan, Ont., was second after the opening day of pro bass fishing's premier event Friday on Lake Ray Roberts. Johnston brought in a five-fish limit weighing 25 pounds nine ounces to stand one pound b...

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) - Viktor Hovland is searching for his swing and found himself in contention Friday at the Valspar Championship, where Jacob Bridgeman has a one-shot lead and a host of others were right behind going into the weekend at Innisbrook. Bridgeman was among several players atop the leaderboard on an uns...