ABBOTSFORD - With over 160,000 job openings projected in the skilled trades over the next 10 years in British Columbia, events like this week's Skills Canada B.C. provincial competition in Abbotsford couldn't have come at a better time. About 500 secondary and post-secondary students from across the province will compe...

CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Mounties say an apparent road rage incident on Highway 1 Saturday night led to fisticuffs between two men, before police intervened to settle the dispute. Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police were called to the intersection of Airport Road and Yale Road at approximatel...

ABBOTSFORD - A 37-year-old man known to police may have gotten away the first time, but it was only a matter of time before authorities caught up to him and brought him to justice. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says police initiated a traffic stop on Whatcom Road near Highway 1 in Abbotsford this past Sunday, Ap...

HOPE - Just when you thought winter was in the rearview mirror, snowfall accumulations are in the forecast for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt today.Environment Canada says snowfall amounts of 15-25 cm is expected on the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) Tuesday and into Tuesday evening. The national weath...

HOPE - The Fraser Valley Regional District says the Hope and Area Recreation Centre is under construction to remediate "dimensional irregularities" in the corner of the rink, work that will be fully funded by the contractor responsible for the remediation. According to a statement from FVRD communications man...

Mounties are asking for help in finding a 38-year-old wanted man who allegedly failed to comply with his curfew and may be heading to Abbotsford. RCMP say a Canada-wide warrant was recently issued for Kurtis Justin Billy, who remains unlawfully at large.Billy is described as an Indigenous man, standing five-foot-seven,...

VANCOUVER - Gender-based violence is costing British Columbia an estimated $1.12 billion each year, says a new report commissioned by the provincial YWCA. The report, titled The Cost of Inaction: Measuring the Economic Impact of Gender-Based Violence i...

SALMON ARM - Mounties in B.C.'s southern interior say a wild chase ended with two police cruisers being hit and a couch flying from the back of a pickup truck. RCMP say officers were called two weeks ago about a silver Dodge Dakota speeding and swervin...

Events are planned across British Columbia today to mark 10 years since the province declared a public health emergency related to the overdose crisis that has since killed more than 18,000 people. A "moment of silence and minute of rage" is scheduled ...

VANCOUVER - It was a once-dominant force in British Columbia politics, but for more than a year and a half the party formerly known as the BC Liberals has been dormant - at least in the public eye. Now, a scandal over dirty tricks in the run-up to the ...

SOOKE - Police say they are investigating the death of a man under "suspicious circumstances" on southern Vancouver Island. A statement from the RCMP in Sooke says officers were called to a mobile home park at around 3:20 a.m. Saturday after the man's...

VICTORIA - A bill by an Opposition Conservative in B.C.'s legislature about the health care of firefighters has passed through the legislature, an extremely rare occurrence for a private member's bill. The Firefighters' Health Act, was brought forward...

OTTAWA - A multi-party group of parliamentarians is urging Ottawa to step up its efforts to stop Canadian companies from profiting from slavery in their operations abroad and through imports. Parliament passed the Supply Chains Act in 2023 which requir...

MONTRÉAL - A new branch of Montreal's REM light-rail system is set to open May 18, expanding the network in the city's West Island region. The Anse-à-l'Orme line is the third to open and will have four stations over 14 kilometres, bringing to 23 the to...

An arbitrator has ordered Air Canada to grant back pay to seven pilots denied religious exemptions from the airline's mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy in a violation of the Canadian Human Rights Act. In a case of workplace religious discrimination...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government will suspend the excise fuel tax on gasoline and diesel until Labour Day as the Iran war sends energy costs surging, Prime Minster Mark Carney announced Tuesday. Carney said the tax break will start April 20 and is expec...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Liberals return to Parliament with majority after three byelection wins Liberal MPs will now have more clout in the House of Commons after three byelection wins ga...

OTTAWA - The morning after the Liberals secured a majority government, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians can expect Parliament to be more substantive and less performative. "There's a difference between real testimony, real substance, getting t...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge must end his "intrusive" contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order over flights carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year, a divided appeals court panel ruled Tu...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge must end his "intrusive" contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to comply with an order turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador last year, a divided appeals court panel ru...

A super typhoon with ferocious winds and heavy rains was battering a group of remote U.S. islands in the Pacific Ocean late Tuesday, forcing residents to seeking shelter from flying tree limbs and collapsed buildings amid heavy rains, winds and floodin...

MIAMI (AP) - Javier Mascherano is out as Inter Miami's coach, a stunning move that comes only four months after leading Lionel Messi's club to the MLS Cup title. Mascherano, a former teammate of Messi at Barcelona and with Argentina's nat...

MUNICH - Canada's Denis Shapovalov defeated eighth seed Tallon Griekspoor 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in first-round action Tuesday at the BMW Open. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., clinched the match with a strong third set in which he hit 13 winners and didn'...

Your favourite artist is coming to town, or your favourite team is heading to the playoffs - you want to go, but don't want to pay top dollar. Here's your dilemma: do you buy tickets now or wait until closer to the show in hopes prices will fall? Major...