MISSION - The City of Mission is redirecting a few workers to a new inclusive work program as dozens are set to lose their jobs with recycling services at the start of 2026.Both the Mission and Abbotsford municipalities have recently opted to end their contracts with Archway Community Services next year as part of cost...

MAPLE RIDGE - Ridge Meadows RCMP are now investigating a fatal vehicle incident on Golden Ears Way Saturday evening, December 6.Shortly after 8:30 p.m., police responded to a single-vehicle collision at the foot of the Bridge, on the Lougheed Highway overpass, and found a lone adult occupant with significant injuries. ...

VICTORIA - Police in Surrey, B.C. say that the nine-year-old child involved in a vehicle collision Friday afternoon has died. Surrey Police Service says in a statement released Sunday morning that the child died following a collision with what police s...

MISSION - Government partners are working with a non-profit housing provider to build new affordable homes in Mission with a key infrastructure purchase.BC Housing has recently purchased a 10-storey building in downtown Mission, to be named JK Tower, that would support 92 housing units and several commercial spaces.&qu...

VICTORIA - Police in Surrey, B.C., say shots fired at a residence and two vehicle fires Sunday morning are connected, but it is not clear whether they involve extortion. A statement from the Surrey Police Service says officers responded to a vehicle ...

VICTORIA - Police in British Columbia say they are investigating a fatal vehicle collision near a well-known bridge across the Fraser River. A statement from Ridge Meadows RCMP serving the area around Maple Ridge, B.C. says officers responded to a sin...

VICTORIA - Police in Surrey, B.C. say that the nine-year-old child involved in a vehicle collision Friday afternoon has died. Surrey Police Service says in a statement released Sunday morning that the child died following a collision with what police s...

VICTORIA - The interim leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. says Premier David Eby must immediately recall the legislature to repeal the province's Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples Act and related legislation. Trevor Halford says...

British Columbia's logging agency has changed a policy that conserved remnant old-growth forest in the province's northwest, with a government briefing note showing a plan to open those areas for harvesting has been approved. The note, obtained by The ...

MONTREAL - First Nations, Inuit and Métis leaders welcomed back dozens of Indigenous artifacts released from the Vatican collection at Montreal's airport Saturday. The 62 items will ultimately be returned to their communities of origin as an act of fur...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Trump says 'We'll see' on whether to restart trade talks with Canada U.S. President Donald Trump answered "we'll see" when he was asked Sunday whether he'd resume...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' budget bill currently making its way through Parliament contains a small amendment to Canada Post's legislation that could spell the end of a critical service providing accessible reading material for people who are blind...

OTTAWA - Artificial intelligence is likely to take up much of the agenda as industry, digital and technology ministers from the world's most powerful Western countries meet in Montreal this week. The two-day event is part of a series of ministerial mee...

OTTAWA - Economists widely expect the Bank of Canada will hold its benchmark interest rate steady this week and move to the sidelines to cap off a year dominated by trade and economic uncertainty. The central bank's policy rate stands at 2.25 per cent ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump answered "we'll see" when he was asked Sunday whether he'd resume the trade talks he halted with Canada earlier this year. Trump made several comments about the ongoing trade dispute with Canada as he spoke with...

VICTORIA - Babak Shahbazi has travelled to France, Germany, Brazil and Russia to watch the Iranian national team play for the World Cup, and when he heard that Iran could be playing in Vancouver in the 2026 event, he and his fellow soccer-fanatic frien...

MINNA, Nigeria (AP) - A total of 100 of the schoolchildren abducted from a Nigerian Catholic school last month have been released, the Christian Association of Nigeria said Monday, adding that more than 100 students remain in captivity. ...

BANGKOK (AP) - Thailand launched airstrikes along the disputed border with Cambodia on Monday as both sides accused the other of breaking a ceasefire that halted fighting earlier this year. Longstanding border disputes eru...

COTONOU, Benin (AP) - A coup that was announced in Benin on Sunday has been "foiled," the interior minister said in a video on Facebook. "In the early morning of Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, a small group of soldiers launched a mu...

MONTREAL - Jordan Binnington knows the chatter is out there. He's leaning on the mindset that's pulled him through tough stretches before. The goalie who backstopped Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off opened the NHL season as the front-runner to start in...

TORONTO - When Darko Rajakovic was asked for an update on injured offensive dynamo RJ Barrett before the Toronto Raptors' third loss in a row on Sunday, the head coach promised an update later in the week. Judging by the way Barrett was hobbling around...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - C.J Stroud threw for 203 yards and a touchdown, the Texans leaned on the NFL's top-ranked defense to shut down Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs, and Houston came away from Arrowhead Stadium with a 20-10 victory over Kansas City on...