CHILLIWACK - Environment Canada's Special Weather Statement warning of snowy weather for the Coquihalla Highway and Okanagan Connector has been extended to Sunday.Environment Canada says a cold and unstable airmass is continuing to reside over British Columbia's interior, producing precipitation in the form of rain in ...

CHILLIWACK - The annual Cone Zone safety awareness campaign launched this week in the Fraser Valley and other parts of British Columbia, emphasizing the need for drivers to slow down and obey work zone laws to protect roadside workers."Every time you drive through a roadside work zone, you're not just passing cone...

CHILLIWACK - With the support of over $1 million from the BC Growing Communities Fund, the City of Chilliwack has completed five new community amenities aimed at enhancing recreational opportunities for residents. The projects include upgrades and new facilities at Fairfield Park, Jinkerson Park, and Vedder Park.Fairfi...

MISSION - Time is running out for Mission residents who are looking to pickup one free cubic yard of compost this spring from the Mission landfill. The offer opened April 1 and will continue until May 31. The deal is open to residents of Mission who live within and outside the curbside collection area. You'll need to p...

HOPE - Hope RCMP are investigating a suspicious vehicle that was spotted Friday (May 17) morning in the area. Police say they were alerted to the vehicle traveling eastbound on Highway 1 near Herring Island at 8:55 a.m. Officers were able to locate the vehicle later in Hope. However, they were unable to stop the driver...

MISSION - A man is recovering after being stabbed in the arm Thursday (May 16) evening near the intersection of North Railway Avenue and Lougheed Highway in Mission.In a news release, Mission RCMP say officers responded to the scene and found a 36-year-old man with a stab wound shortly before 10:30 p.m. The victim had ...

VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through astraw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-year-old chef endures the four-hour process every Tuesday, Thursday and Sundayat St. Paul's Hospital where a 42-bed unit is ...

VANCOUVER - The president of the University of British Columbia has told pro-Palestinian protesters that the school must remain neutral on the Gaza conflict. Benoit-Antoine Bacon says in response to demands by the organizers of a protest encampment on the Vancouver campus that professors and students hold a broad range...

FORT NELSON, B.C. - A rainy Thursday in and around Fort Nelson was exactly what fire crews were looking for. In a video released late Thursday night by the B.C. Wildfire Service, fire behaviour specialist for the Parker Lake and Patry Creek blazes Evan Peck said recent rain was much needed and made for excellent condit...

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - The mother and stepfather of six-year-old Dontay Lucas have been sentenced to 15 years each in prison by a B.C. Supreme Court judge. Mitchell Frank and Rykel Frank stood in shackles in a court in Port Alberni as they were sentenced for the death of the boy who was found in medical distress inside ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia's chief veterinarian has issued an order making it illegal to transport boats or other watercraft without removing the drain plug to prevent the spread of whirling disease. The Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says the order takes effect on Friday and is also intended to keep...

VICTORIA - Premier David Eby delivered an election-style speech to his New Democrat caucus, warning of the potential merger between the opposition BC United and B.C. Conservative parties, saying the fall election is shaping up to be the "starkest choice in a generation." Eby says BC United Leader Kevin Falcon...

MONTREAL - It's 2:55 a.m. on a recent evening at Blue Dog bar, in Montreal's Plateau district. A bell rings, the bartender shouts, "last call," and a handful of people wander to the bar for one more drink. Slight variations of this scene occur across the city every night, as bars and venues are prohibited - m...

OTTAWA - A major international report on the safety of artificial intelligence says experts can't agree on the risk the technology poses - and it's unclear whether AI will help or harm us. The report, chaired by Canada's Yoshua Bengio, concludes the "future trajectory of general-purpose AI is remarkably uncertain....

VANCOUVER - Francis Silva watches the blood flow through astraw-like tube in his left arm to a dialysis machine where it's cleaned of toxins and returned to his body through a second tube. The 60-year-old chef endures the four-hour process every Tuesday, Thursday and Sundayat St. Paul's Hospital where a 42-bed unit is ...

Dialysis is one of the most resource-intensive therapies but patients with kidney failure have no other option, except for a kidney transplant. Nephrologists are trying to quantify the waste as they advocate for environmentally sustainable kidney care, noting the lifesaving therapy generates hundreds of litres of wast...

CALGARY - The bodies of four girls and women were found outside Calgary in 1976 and 1977. For nearly 50 years, their killings were unsolved. On Friday, RCMP identified Gary Allen Srery, an American sex offender, as the killer. He died in an Idaho prison in 2011. Here's a look at the police investigation: Feb. 12, 1976:...

OTTAWA - Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks has rejected Toronto's request to decriminalize the possession of controlled drugs, citing concerns about public safety. More coming. The Canadian Press

Seize the Grey went wire to wire to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas a seventh victory in the race and ending Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid. The grey colt took advantage of the muddy track just like Lukas hoped he would, pulling off the upset in a second conse...

Arizona's attorney general says former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been served an indictment in the state's fake elector case alongside 17 other defendants for his role in an attempt to overturn former President Donald Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes posted the n...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Benny Gantz, a member of Israel's three-man War Cabinet, has threatened to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan for the war in Gaza, a move that would leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu more reliant on his far-right allies. His announcement on Saturday escalate...

Seize the Grey went wire to wire to win the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas a seventh victory in the race and ending Mystik Dan's Triple Crown bid. The grey colt took advantage of the muddy track just like Lukas hoped he would, pulling off the upset in a second conse...

Nelly Korda shot a 7-under 65 Saturday and will take a two-stroke lead over Hannah Green into the final round of the Mizuho Americas Open in a bid to win for the sixth time in her last seven events on the LPGA Tour. After seeing Rose Zhang snap her tour record-tying five tournament winning streak in the Cognizant Found...

Toronto's Summer McIntosh emerged victorious once again, winning the women's 200-metre butterfly at the Olympic & Paralympic Trials on Saturday night. McIntosh finished with a time of two minutes 4.33 seconds to go under the Olympic qualifying time of 2:08.43. It's the fourth event in which the 17-year-old has gone...