Spilled produce
Pickup driver spills tens of thousands of blueberries, gets cited by Mission RCMP
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say a Ford pickup truck has been cited after crates full of freshly-picked blueberries crashed onto a busy Mission highway in late June, creating a sticky mess. In a cheeky social media post, Mission RCMP say a white Ford pickup truck pulled up to the intersection of Wren Street and Loughe...
16m ago
Read More
Overnight fire in Langley
Langley RCMP investigating overnight fire at home under construction
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley are investigating an overnight structure fire at a home under construction. According to a statement from RCMP Sgt. Zynal Sharoom, Langley RCMP responded to a report of a structure fire in the 19600 block of 48 Avenue in Langley at approximately 12:25 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9. Once they a...
1h ago
Read More
What's Trending
Texas flood to create safety planning 'ripple effect' at Canadian camps: organizers
A few moments ago
Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Ottawa Rapid forward Delaney Baie Pridham turning heads in Northern Super League
9m ago
Spilled produce
Pickup driver spills tens of thousands of blueberries, gets cited by Mission RCMP
16m ago
Fraser Valley
Rookie mistake
Langley RCMP roast 20-year-old driver with 'L' permit caught doubling the speed limit
LANGLEY - A 20-year-old Fraser Valley motorist with a learner's permit will have to find an alternate ride after blazing at more than double the posted speed limit this past week, with three friends along for the ride. Mounties in Langley posted to social media this past week that the motorist tried to re-enact a scene...
2h ago
Read More
Structure fire
Abbotsford firefighters battle massive structure fire on Sumas Mountain
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford firefighters battled a massive structure fire on Sumas Mountain Tuesday afternoon that was eventually contained over two hours later. According to online statements posted by both the city and Abbotsford PD, multiple first responders were dispatched sometime around 5 p.m. for a large working str...
13h ago
Read More
Vehicle incident
Traffic impacted Tuesday afternoon after big rig rolls over: Langley RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley are asking motorists to avoid the 20800 block of 16 Avenue in Langley after a big rig rolled over Tuesday afternoon. According to a social media post at 2:18 p.m. Tuesday from the Langley RCMP detachment, first responders were dispatched for the report of a single-vehicle rollover involvin...
19h ago
Read More
Accessibility
City of Chilliwack to install new accessibility upgrades at Evergreen Hall
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack says it is been named as the recipient of over $76,000 in B.C. accessibility grants from the Rick Hansen Foundation to upgrade a city-owned facility for accessibility purposes. The recent upgrades at Evergreen Hall consist of 39 new lever-style door handles, installed at accessible h...
20h ago
Read More
British Columbia
Fire sparked by RCMP trailer near Lytton, B.C., is being held and will be downgraded
A wildfire near Lytton, B.C., that ignited when a wheel fell off an RCMP trailer and prompted evacuations is now classified as "being held" and is no longer likely to spread. The BC Wildfire Service says the change is due to "significant efforts" of firefighters with the help of favourable weather, ...
55m ago
Read More
Demand from 'buy Canadian' movement pushes Purdys to move into grocer Save-On-Foods
Purdys Chocolatier says the buy Canadian movement has generated so much demand for its products that it decided to sell them outside its own stores for the first time in its 118-year history. The Vancouver-based confectionary company's products can now be found on the shelves of Save-On-Foods, a western Canadian grocer...
2h ago
Read More
Safety report expected after 11 killed in vehicle ramming at Vancouver festival
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is expected to release a report today on ways to improve safety and security at events two months after 11 people were killed in a vehicle ramming at a Vancouver festival. Premier David Eby asked retired B.C. Supreme Court chief justice Christopher Hinkson to conduct the comm...
9h ago
Read More
Man dead after B.C. RCMP shooting, woman's body found in home
SURREY - RCMP say British Columbia's Independent Investigations Office has been called in after officers shot and killed a man at a home in Surrey after responding to a reported assault on Monday evening. Police say they were called to the home in the Metro Vancouver suburb, where officers shot a man who had a weapon, ...
18h ago
Read More
Environmentalist, political science student joins B.C. Greens leadership race
VICTORIA - The B.C. Green Party has announced Adam Bremner-Akins as its third contestant for the party's 2025 leadership race. It says Bremner-Akins is a political science student, environmentalist and lifelong B.C. resident who has been a party member for eight years and previously ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the...
18h ago
Read More
B.C. Wildfire Service expecting more fires with forecasted thunderstorms: minister
FORT ST. JOHN - The B.C. Wildfire Service says the province is facing fewer active wildfires this year compared with last season at this time, but a forecast of thunderstorms and lighting will "certainly" cause more blazes. Wildfire information officer Taylor Colman says this year is off to a "cooler and...
20h ago
Read More
Canada
Texas flood to create safety planning 'ripple effect' at Canadian camps: organizers
EDMONTON - Canadian summer camp organizers say they expect a ripple effect of bolstered emergency plans and preparations this summer after more than two dozen campers and camp counsellors were killed by severe flash floods in Texas on Friday. "I would be shocked if there aren't a lot of people that are looking at ...
A few moments ago
Read More
Armed forces needs to strengthen screening to weed out extremists: expert
OTTAWA - An expert in extremism says recent arrests linked to an alleged plot to create an anti-government militia show the Canadian Armed Forces needs to do a better job of vetting at the recruitment stage. University of Alberta political science professor Andy Knight says the fact that two of the four men charged Tue...
57m ago
Read More
The Conservative party raised a record amount in 2024 - and spent even more
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives raised a record amount of money in 2024 and ramped up their spending in a major way ahead of the federal election, according to records filed with Elections Canada. The Tories brought in $42 million in donations and another $5 million in membership fees last year. They also spent just...
57m ago
Read More
Defence expected to find operational savings even as budget balloons: Ottawa
OTTAWA - Ottawa is expecting national defence to find places to cut its day-to-day spending even as the department's overall budget balloons in the coming years. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne sent letters to ministers on Monday asking them to find savings of 7.5 per cent in their budgets starting ...
1h ago
Read More
Three people seriously hurt after targeted assault at Calgary Stampede: Police
Calgary police say they are investigating after three people were seriously hurt in an assault at the Calgary Stampede. Police say they responded to reports of an assault just after 11 p.m. Tuesday near the Euroslide on the Stampede's midway. They say they found a severely injured man who was transported to hospital in...
3h ago
Read More
In the news today: Ottawa to miss daycare deadline, Atlantic measles vax rate low
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Ottawa to miss deadline for $10 child care: report Ottawa is expected to miss its 2026 deadline to implement $10-a-day child care services across the country, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives said in a new report publis...
8h ago
Read More
World
Biden's former doctor refuses to answer questions in House Republican probe
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's former White House physician is refusing answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden's health in office. Dr. Kevin O'Connor invoked doctor-client privilege and his rights under the Fifth Amendment during an appearance Wednesday before the House Overs...
2h ago
Read More
3 dead as flash flooding hits mountain village of Ruidoso in New Mexico, officials say
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Three people have died in a mountain village in southern New Mexico that is a popular summer retreat after monsoon rains triggered flash flooding that was so intense an entire house was swept downstream, officials said. A man and two children were swept away Tuesday by floodwaters, the village of ...
6h ago
Read More
Europe's top human rights court finds Russia committed major international law violations in Ukraine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Europe's top human rights court said on Wednesday that Russia has violated international law in Ukraine, the first time an international court has found Moscow responsible for human rights abuses since the full-scale invasion in 2022. Judges at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbo...
7h ago
Read More
Sports
Ottawa Rapid forward Delaney Baie Pridham turning heads in Northern Super League
Time at the cabin has helped Ottawa Rapid FC on the field in the inaugural Northern Super League season. Knowing they had a new team in a new league, Ottawa's braintrust looked for ways to build bonds in the pre-season. That included renting a cabin in Quebec. The players occupied their time with everything from doing ...
9m ago
Read More
Winnipeg Blue Bombers to add colourful Tyrone Jones to Ring of Honour
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers will add Tyrone Jones to their Ring of Honour posthumously. Jones, of St. Mary's, Ga. played a combined eight seasons over two tenures with Winnipeg, helping the franchise win Grey Cups in 1984 and 1990. He will be enshrined Sept. 6 during the Bombers' game versus Saskatchewan and b...
1h ago
Read More
Canadian middleweight Tamm Thibeault excited to be fighting at Madison Square Garden
No stranger to big fights as a two-time Olympian and former world amateur champion, Canadian boxer Tammara (Tamm) Thibeault looks forward to stepping into the ring Friday at Madison Square Garden. The 28-year-old middleweight from Shawinigan, Que., will be in good company in New York on the all-female card airing on Ne...
1h ago
Read More