CHILLIWACK - The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) recently wrapped up its golden anniversary celebrations by honouring the people who helped build it over the last five decades. At a special ceremony hosted by UFV President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Joanne MacLean, Legacy Awards were presented to various honourees, ...

ABBOTSFORD - An Abbotsford long-term care facility has received a comforting addition to a room that regularly sees some of the worst days in families' lives. Cottage and Worthington Pavilion now has a new sofa in its end-of-life room after a donation from the Fraser Valley Health Care Foundation (FVHCF). "Grief a...

ABBOTSFORD - The B.C. government is working to open more doors for Abbotsford residents who have nowhere else to go. At 2539 Montvue Ave., 30 shelter spaces are now complete, and people can start moving in in June. Renovations for the Sparrow Shelter at 1661 McCallum Rd. will also begin this summer, with the shelter ex...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack drivers faced a hectic early commute after a drunk driver rammed several cars, including a police car, at a section of Yale Road this morning (May 16). At 3:02 a.m., a Chilliwack RCMP officer saw the driver of a blue BMW exhibiting signs of impaired driving near the intersection of Yale Road and...

VANCOUVER - The BC Prosecution Service says a Vancouver police officer has been charged under the Motor Vehicle Act for driving without reasonable consideration for others, a year after a pedestrian was hit in the city's Downtown Eastside. The prosecution service says Const. Aaron Carter faces the charge after B.C.'s p...

NANAIMO - Police in Nanaimo, B.C., say a search is underway both at sea and on land after a woman's sailboat was discovered washed ashore and empty. Mounties say 34-year-old Amber Nitchman is the registered owner of the 10-metre white sailboat that was found Thursday near Bayshore Drive and Hammond Bay Road off Nanaimo...

VANCOUVER - Sixteen 320-kilogram barriers arrived in Vancouver this week, specially designed to block vehicles trying to enter public spaces. The barriers were ordered in February, about two months before the Lapu Lapu Day festival attack that killed 11 people, when an SUV plowed through a crowded street. But police sa...

PORT MCNEILL - Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there's likely no connections to the deaths. The Namgis First Nation says in a statement that a resident reported finding the whale Wednesday on a beach near Port McNeill, B.C., a...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Forests Minister Ravi Parmar says the province is sending almost 100 wildland firefighters to Ontario, where fires have been threatening several communities near the Manitoba border. Parmar says the deployment comes after B.C. sent 42 firefighters to Manitoba, where a blaze in the Rural Muni...

NAKUSP - A member of a British Columbia regional district says a decision not to allow the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to dispose of ostrich carcasses in its landfills pending further testing of the birds has been met with "gratitude." The Regional District of Central Kootenay board resolved "to with...

MAIN BROOK - Breanna Bromley-Clarke may be the sole graduate of her all-grades school on Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula, but her prom helped bring many in her community together. The 18-year-old celebrated the end of her high-school years on May 2 in a pink dress she says was inspired by the main character of the Ba...

MONTREAL - The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure, has been inscribed into UNESCO's Memory of the World Register. The McCord Stewart Museum in Montreal is the home of the collection, which contains 400,000 prints and 200,000 glass plate negatives as well as record...

LAC DU BONNET - Evacuation orders remain in place for the Rural Municipality of Lac du Bonnet as crews continue to battle wildfires in eastern Manitoba. While recent rainfall has helped, officials say the state of local emergency remains in place in the community where a fire destroyed 28 homes and cottages and left tw...

OTTAWA - At the beginning of the year, CBC was facing the very real prospect of being defunded by a Conservative government. But after the political winds shifted in favour of Mark Carney's Liberals, the public broadcaster was granted a reprieve - giving the minority Liberal government what could be a short runway to i...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has landed in Rome ahead of Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass on Sunday. The event, which serves as a swearing-in of sorts for a new Pope, is drawing many international leaders and Carney is expected to have bilateral meetings with several of them during the trip. The Prime Minister's Of...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government is evacuating patients from a health facility in the province's Far North because of persistent water shortages in a community. The Health Department says two patients were flown 1,600 kilometres south to the Montreal area from the Inuit village of Puvirnituq late Thursday, with more ex...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Storm systems sweeping across the Midwest have left at least 16 dead, including nine people killed after a tornado sparked what authorities called a mass casualty event in southeastern Kentucky. Kentucky authorities said there were also severe injuries when a twister tore across Laurel County late Frid...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel said Saturday it has launched a new military operation in the Gaza Strip to pressure Hamas to release the remaining hostages. Israel's defense minister said Operation Gideon Chariots began and was being led with "great force" by Israel's army. The announcement comes after days of inten...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A Russian drone struck a passenger bus in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring four others, Ukrainian officials said. The attack came just hours after Moscow and Kyiv held their first direct peace talks in years which failed to yield a ceasefire. "Th...

LONDON (AP) - Crystal Palace pulled off one of the biggest FA Cup final upsets in recent memory by beating Manchester City 1-0 at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Palace lifted the trophy for the first time in its history and ensured the once dominant City would end the campaign empty-handed. Eberechi Eze's first-half stri...

ROME (AP) - Jasmine Paolini took advantage of the crowd's support and beat Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-2 to become the first home player to win the Italian Open in 40 years on Saturday. With top-ranked Jannik Sinner to play Carlos Alcaraz in the men's final on Sunday, Italy could earn its first sweep of the Rome singles titles. ...

DALLAS - Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff says Mark Scheifele's father, Brad, died overnight. Cheveldayoff delivered the news during a brief media availability as the team held an optional skate at American Airlines Center. Scheifele, a top-line forward, remains at the team hotel in Dallas. Cheveldayoff says head co...