MAPLE RIDGE - Maple Ridge residents may have heard sirens blaring and choppers flying overhead as police conducted an investigation in parts of the city Saturday evening (July 18). A number of locals took to social media at around 4:30 p.m., reporting at least 25 police cars rushing across the Golden Ears Bridge and a ...

ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford have successfully returned a pick-up truck found nearly 300 kilometres away from home back to its owner this week.The Abbotsford Police Department says the Ford F-150 was found shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in the 3100 block of Mt. Lehman Road.Patrol officers recovered the ve...

CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Quinn Alexander Falk Age: 58Height: 5'10″Weight: 200 lbs.Hair: GreyEyes: BrownWanted: Unlawfully at LargeWarrant in effect: July 3, 2026Parole Jurisdiction: VancouverName: Kane Wilson Age: 50...

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Clairey Lin of Canada won the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship on Saturday, beating Amelie Zalsman of St. Petersburg, Fla., 5 and 4 in the 36-hole final at Old Chatham Golf Club. The 16-year-old Lin, from Langley, B.C., is the second...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack is ramping up programming for a bright yellow summer with the opening of a new corn maze at Greendale Acres ahead of the local Corn Festival that weekend.The beloved farmstead at 41905 Yale Road West is kicking off its "GOT CORN? Corn Maze" on Wednesday, July 29, from 2 to 6 p.m., befo...

CHILLIWACK - The local Rotary Club is looking to support the community with a new 50/50 raffle in Chilliwack.Local Club President Jared Mumford says half of all proceeds will go towards the winner, with the Rotary putting the other half into scholarships, environmental projects and food security programs."We're ex...

VICTORIA - The BC Wildfire Service says the fire burning near Pemberton, B.C. has been held, but more than 100 wildfires continue to burn in the province. The new designation for the Signal Hill Wildfire, which was first discovered on July 15 means th...

Nearly 1,000 active wildfires are burning across Canada, according to the national wildland fire summary, including 35 new blazes reported Sunday. More than 200 fires are deemed out of control. The fires continue to prompt air quality warnings, which ...

VICTORIA - Regional officials say water from a glacial lake near Pemberton, B.C. has started to flow downstream, threatening nearby properties. The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District says the public must stay away from Place Creek, Poole Creek, Gates...

VICTORIA - A former B.C. cabinet minister is the new leader of CentreBC, an upstart political party that lacks a seat in the legislature but offers itself as a middle-of-the-road alternative to the two major parties in provincial politics. The party a...

More than 950 wildfires are scorching Canada from coast to coast, the national wildland fire summary says. Roughly 241 blazes are out of control. The fires have prompted Environment Canada to issue air quality warnings from B.C. to Quebec, as well as t...

The wildfire season in British Columbia has been transformed in a flash, with lightning strikes sending the number of blazes burning in the province past 100. One of those fires is the Signal Hill Wildfire, which on Saturday afternoon was burning about...

Prime Minister Mark Carney says more than 5,000 firefighters and nearly 300 waterbombers and other aircraft are battling blazes as Canada experiences one of the worst wildfire seasons on record. Carney said he visited federal workers in Ottawa on Sunda...

VICTORIA - The BC Wildfire Service says the fire burning near Pemberton, B.C. has been held, but more than 100 wildfires continue to burn in the province. The new designation for the Signal Hill Wildfire, which was first discovered on July 15 means th...

Nearly 1,000 active wildfires are burning across Canada, according to the national wildland fire summary, including 35 new blazes reported Sunday. More than 200 fires are deemed out of control. The fires continue to prompt air quality warnings, which ...

VICTORIA - Regional officials say water from a glacial lake near Pemberton, B.C. has started to flow downstream, threatening nearby properties. The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District says the public must stay away from Place Creek, Poole Creek, Gates...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government in Ottawa will bar foreign nationals who set foot in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past 21 days from entry to Canada due to the risk of importing the deadly Ebola disease. The Public Health Agency of Canada sai...

MONTREAL - In late 2023, amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe was using Google Maps to plan a summer road trip when he stumbled upon a strange looking pit. Now, that chance discovery has become something much more as researchers have confirmed it to be the...

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) - Ryan Fox of New Zealand survived a wild ride along the back nine of Royal Birkdale and delivered the biggest putt of his life Sunday with a 12-foot birdie on the final hole to win the British Open for his first major title. Fo...

LIMA, Peru (AP) - A 5.5 magnitude earthquake shook the Andes region of Peru, killing at least five people, authorities said Sunday. More than 20 people were injured and 300 have been displaced. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the quak...

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world's most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought t...

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) - Ryan Fox of New Zealand survived a wild ride along the back nine of Royal Birkdale and delivered the biggest putt of his life Sunday with a 12-foot birdie on the final hole to win the British Open for his first major title. Fo...

SOUTHPORT, England (AP) - Ryan Fox of New Zealand survived a wild ride along the back nine of Royal Birkdale and delivered the biggest putt of his life Sunday with a 12-foot birdie on the final hole to win the British Open for his first major title. Fo...

Oklahoma City is trading Canadian forward and defensive standout Lu Dort to Atlanta as part of a three-team deal that also has the Hawks sending former No. 1 draft pick Zaccharie Risacher to Dallas, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Ass...