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B.C. faces calls to expand first-ever publicly-funded IVF program
The British Columbia government is facing calls to expand and extend a new program covering the costs of in vitro fertilization (IVF).The program was announced last year, and will pay up to $19,000 fo...
Aug 04, 2025

Langley RCMP appeal for footage, witnesses after fatal B.C. highway crash
LANGLEY - Police in Langley, B.C., say a motorcyclist has died after a crash on Highway 1 on Saturday evening. Langley RCMP say emergency responders were called to the scene of a serious crash that ha...
Aug 04, 2025

Evacuation order and alert issued for Dorman Lake wildfire 20 km south of Fraser Lake
VANDERHOOF - The Dorman Lake wildfire has prompted the Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako (RDBN) to issue an evacuation order and alert on Monday (Aug.4).The BC Wildfire Service says the fire is loc...
Aug 04, 2025

Man dead, four injured in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ont., crash: police
Provincial police say a 35-year-old man is dead and four people are injured after a two-vehicle crash Sunday evening in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to the...
Aug 04, 2025

Power outage to affect close to 20,000 hydro customers in Prince George Monday afternoon
PRINCE GEORGE - A large swath of Prince George will experience a power outage Monday afternoon (Aug.4).BC Hydro blames it on a motor vehicle accident Sunday night on Highway 16 West near Art Knapp Pla...
Aug 04, 2025

Canadian Armed Forces airdrop aid to Palestinians in Gaza
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadian aircraft carried out an airdrop of nearly 10,000 kilograms of aid to Palestinians in Gaza on Monday. The Canadian Armed Forces flew a CC-130...
Aug 04, 2025

Toronto FC gets US$100,000 in general allocation money from Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles FC has signed Scottish defender Ryan Porteous from England's Watford with Toronto FC earning US$100,000 in 2025 general allocation money in the transaction. LAFC sent the allocation money ...
Aug 04, 2025

Canadian researchers solve 12-year mystery of sea star wasting disease
A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the ...
Aug 04, 2025

Family caught in police shootout announces lawsuit against Montreal police, city
MONTREAL - A family that was caught in a shootout between Montreal police and an armed suspect last year is suing the police force and the city. Houssam Abdallah and his family members allege the offi...
Aug 04, 2025

Islamic State-linked fighters displace over 46,000 people in northern Mozambique, UN says
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Attacks by insurgents in Mozambique's northern Cabo Delgado province displaced more than 46,000 people in the space of eight days last month, the United Nations migratio...
Aug 04, 2025