ABBOTSFORD - As part of ongoing construction activities to improve travel along Highway 1 through the heavily-congested Fraser Valley, the province plans to expand an Abbotsford interchange from three lanes to five lanes. According to a statement from the Ministry of Transportation and Transit, the B.C. government plan...

MAPLE RIDGE - Homicide investigators now say a charge of second-degree murder has been laid against a suspect in the homicide of his partner, a 43-year-old woman who was initially reported missing in 2025 but whose remains were later discovered. According to a statement from Integrated Homicide Investigation Team spoke...

FRASER CANYON - The District of Hope says construction is now underway on a culvert project along Highway 1 in the Fraser Canyon that is expected to last at least six months. According to a statement from the district, the Cooper's Corner Culvert project, as it's officially known, will consist of public works improveme...

CHILLIWACK - BC Housing says construction will begin in weeks for a 59-unit housing project in Chilliwack for women and their children fleeing domestic violence. According to a social media post, the new building will provide 33 temporary second-stage units and 26 long-term units. BC Housing says the Ann Davis Transiti...

MISSION - Mission-area residents are invited to attend a CutBlock Party and help replant trees at the Mission Municipal Forest later this month.The City of Mission says the event will be held on Saturday, March 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The public is invited to help reforest a recently logged cutblock by planting trees...

MERRITT - Mounties in Merritt say they're investigating a fatal collision involving a dirt bike and an SUV on Highway 8 late Tuesday afternoon.According to a statement from B.C. RCMP spokesperson Corporal Brett Urano, Merritt RCMP was notified about a collision between a dirt bike and an SUV. Cpl. Urano says it was rep...

The metal-clad portable classrooms are arranged in a semicircle on a snowy sports field at Tumbler Ridge Elementary. It's a 15-minute walk from the community's secondary school, where five students and a teacher's aide were shot dead about three week...

Kevin Yee says the repetition of crochet has helped him release a lot of anger in a creative process he calls "cro-raging." "You really can get a lot of angst out of crochet because it is about tying knots," laughed Yee, who said it makes his chest ...

VICTORIA - The B.C. government has tabled legislation, which the housing minster says will make it easier to kick "problematic" tenants out of supportive housing. Groups like the BC Coalition of Safe and Supportive Housing have long raised concerns abo...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is filling the gaps left in his apologies to colleague Coun. Sean Orr, who he falsely accused of distributing illegal drugs after being shown a photo that he didn't verify. The mayor's office said Sim's apology has b...

VANCOUVER - Myles Gray had injuries that "looked like a hanging" when he died following an altercation with Vancouver police, a paramedic told a hearing into the actions of seven officers. Scott McEwen told the inquiry by the Office of the Police Compl...

Federal Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the CEO of OpenAI has agreed to take several actions to bolster safety, including providing a report outlining the new systems the firm is developing to identify high-risk offenders and policy ...

The metal-clad portable classrooms are arranged in a semicircle on a snowy sports field at Tumbler Ridge Elementary. It's a 15-minute walk from the community's secondary school, where five students and a teacher's aide were shot dead about three week...

OTTAWA - As Ottawa refuses to say exactly how many Canadian troops are in the Middle East, experts are questioning the government's claim it has had no role in the American attack on Iran. Here's what we know about Canada's involvement in the war launc...

MONTREAL - A group representing Quebec's dairy industry says it's eyeing a special designation - similar to the one applied to Bordeaux wine or champagne - for the squeaky cheese curds best known as a key ingredient in poutine. The Conseil des Industri...

Federal Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says the CEO of OpenAI has agreed to take several actions to bolster safety, including providing a report outlining the new systems the firm is developing to identify high-risk offenders and policy ...

WASHINGTON - A judge with the U.S. Court of International Trade on Wednesday ordered refunds for companies that paid tariffs that were later struck down by the United States Supreme Court. In a 6-3 ruling last month, America's top court concluded it wa...

A Quebec student pilot will head to court this month after his plane crashed during a "solo flight" with a friend as a passenger. Jean-Frédéric Pinard-Decelles, who was 30 years old at the time, was charged with criminal negligence and dangerous drivin...

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Voting was peaceful Thursday in Nepal's first nationwide election since a violent, youth-led uprising forced the government from power in September. Security forces patrolled streets and guarded polling stations ac...

WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The last two names of the six U.S. soldiers killed in a Kuwait attack were released Wednesday by the Pentagon, and they are from California and Iowa. The soldiers identified Wednesday were Chief Warrant Office...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines of Montana dropped his bid for reelection to a third term in a surprise withdrawal just minutes before a Wednesday filing deadline for candidates. Daines, 63, said in a statement th...

VANCOUVER - Nikolaj Ehlers sealed his hat trick with an empty-net strike and the Carolina Hurricanes held off the Vancouver Canucks for a 6-4 victory on Wednesday. Sean Walker, Andrei Svechnikov and Sebastian Aho each added a goal and an assist for th...

INDIAN WELLS - Canada's Gabriel Diallo picked up his first win in nearly two months on the ATP Tour, defeating Italy's Mattia Bellucci in the first round of the Indian Wells tennis tournament. The 24-year-old from Montreal, ranked No. 38 in the world, ...

DETROIT (AP) - Tomas Hertl scored a power-play goal with 2:49 remaining in overtime and the Vegas Golden Knights rallied from a two-goal, third-period deficit to edge the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 on Wednesday night. Hertl scored in front off...