ABBOTSFORD - The Correctional Service of Canada says an inmate has been taken to hospital after an assault at Matsqui Institution, a medium-security facility in Abbotsford.The incident took place last week, on September 10. Staff evaluated the injured inmate and took them to an outside hospital. The inmate has since re...

CHILLIWACK - Local veterans, civilians and members of the Canadian Armed Forces are linking up to support Canadian military members and their families at this year's Canadian Walk for Veterans.Chilliwack is set to start the three-kilometre loop at 10 a.m. on Saturday, September 19, at the All Sappers Memorial Park on 5...

ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department is responding to a video making the rounds on social media of a plainclothes officer arresting a "combative" suspect Thursday evening (Sept. 17). In a statement to Fraser Valley Today, AbbyPD said that just after 5 p.m., a complainant reported that a woman came in...

ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford police are giving an update on their involvement in a multi-jurisdictional drug trafficking investigation that started at home. In April 2025, AbbyPD patrol officers spotted a man related to a local drug trafficking ring driving around despite being banned from doing so. Police then arrested the...

HOPE - Hope Mounties continue to investigate after neighbourly beef led to a now-seized piece, according to the detachment's biweekly snapshot.Between August 31 and September 13, investigators say an argument ensued after a motorist reportedly aggravated two bears in a backyard being watched by residents.The argument e...

AGASSIZ - Crews are set to upgrade travel for the nearly 15,000 vehicles that drive daily across the Agassiz-Rosedale Bridge this fall. The province has awarded a $33 million contract to B.C.-based Graham Infrastructure LP to address the bridge's deteriorating structural steel and concrete, as well as improve drainage ...

PENTICTON - The City of Penticton says James Miller will not be returning to his position as a city councillor after being convicted of an indictable criminal offence. The Penticton Herald reports that Miller, who was also the managing editor of that n...

BEAVERLODGE - RCMP say two young boys who were allegedly abducted in Alberta more than two months ago by their mother and her partner have been found safe in British Columbia. The boys, ages four and six, were found Thursday at a rural property in West...

CALGARY - Canada has the potential to bolster Europe's energy security through a new alliance, but experts say it doesn't necessarily mean tankers crossing the Atlantic Ocean laden with oil or liquefied natural gas. Prime Minister Mark Carney was in St...

The self-destruction of the British Columbia Conservatives has birthed a right-of-centre alternative in the provincial legislature, which faces the prospect of an early election call by Premier David Eby to take advantage of chaos in Opposition ranks. ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's southern Interior is facing "entrenched" drought conditions despite recent rainfall. The River Forecast Centre says in its latest water scarcity bulletin that many groundwater monitoring wells in the region "continue to r...

VANCOUVER - When Jaden Konishi rolled his 1986 Porsche 944 into Vancouver after an 8,000-kilometre road trip to the Arctic Circle, he had a surplus of new memories but no clutch. It had died about 3,000 kilometres earlier, somewhere in the Yukon's Tomb...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to attend the United Nations General Assembly next week as geopolitical instability, war and U.S. President Donald Trump's efforts to dismantle the multilateral order hang over the event. Carney will not give ...

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations has invited premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney to a daylong ceremony ahead of their October meeting. The premiers, Carney and First Nations representatives are set to meet in Ottawa on Oct. 26 - the first suc...

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs are condemning a pro hockey player's support for the Putin regime - but are stopping short of calling for him to be banned from Canada. The Ukrainian Canadian Congress is calling on Ottawa to sanction and ban Washington Capitals ca...

MONTREAL - Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette changed her schedule to meet Montreal's mayor on Friday, as the discovery of a one-year-old child at a homeless encampment continued to send waves through the provincial election campaign. F...

The self-destruction of the British Columbia Conservatives has birthed a right-of-centre alternative in the provincial legislature, which faces the prospect of an early election call by Premier David Eby to take advantage of chaos in Opposition ranks. ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Larry Brock says he has resigned from the House of Commons, ending five years as the MP for Brantford-Brant South. Brock announced his plans to step down last month, saying he planned to return to the office of the Crown prosecuto...

HAVANA (AP) - Cuba's power grid collapsed once again on Friday, leaving millions of people across the island without electricity for at least the sixth time since U.S. President Donald Trump cut off fuel to the island in January. The Mini...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump will meet with Delcy Rodriguez, the acting president of Venezuela, for the first time next week since his administration carried out an operation to capture the nation's former leader and effectively put Rodrigu...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Friday signed into law a sweeping sanctions package targeting Russian officials and key pillars of its economy that is meant to punish and pressure Moscow for its ongoing war against Ukraine. Th...

QUÉBEC - Liam Draxl got Canada on the board in its Davis Cup tie against France. Draxl defeated Arthur Rinderknech 6-2, 7-5 in the first singles match of the tie on Friday at the Videotron Centre. Draxl had nine aces and converted on three of his 10 br...

CALGARY - Two CFL teams on the ropes for different reasons seek traction Saturday at McMahon Stadium. The Calgary Stampeders (5-8) are battling for their playoff lives while the visiting Ottawa Redblacks (0-12) just want their first win of 2026. "They'...

MONCTON - Canada's men's volleyball team moved a win away from qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics with a 3-0 win over Mexico in a qualifying tournament Friday. Set scores were 25-21, 25-18 and 25-13. Canada will face Cuba on Saturday for a...