WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A driver and a passenger had to be extricated from a vehicle after a collision on the Cariboo Highway south of Williams Lake. Williams Lake RCMP say officers responded to a head-on collision on Highway 97 at Mission Road at around 6:30 p.m. last Friday (Sept. 25) where two occupants were found tra...

PRINCE GEORGE - National Seniors Day was marked in Prince George with a dual focus on advocacy and innovation, as local organizations highlighted both the challenges facing older adults and emerging solutions designed to help them age well in northern communities.The Council of Seniors used the occasion to draw attenti...

PRINCE GEORGE - Prince George RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing 39-year-old man who has not been seen in several months.Darren James Everett Ward was last seen near the intersection of Edmonton Street and 13th Avenue in May 2026. Police say he has not been heard from since, raising concer...

PRINCE GEORGE - A group of Valleyview residents is urging the City of Prince George to take action on what they describe as a dangerous stretch of East Austin Road, warning that school children face increasing risks as they travel to and from school.Leading the effort is Valleyview parent Crystal Hudyma, who says conce...

VICTORIA - OneBC interim leader Dallas Brodie says she doesn't understand why the Conservatives are running a candidate in her riding during the B.C. election but she's prepared to make a deal with her former party. Brodie, who is the incumbent legisl...

GIBSONS - A union representing B.C. pulp mill workers says it's welcoming news that a shuttered facility in Howe Sound is set to reopen later this month. Unifor says a deal between the province and operator Domtar has the mill poised to get back up an...

SURREY - The Independent Investigations Office of British Columbia says it found "concerning and problematic conduct" from some RCMP officers who failed to co-operate during an investigation. The provincial police watchdog made the comments in a report...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia Green Party has named former chief coroner Lisa Lapointe as the party's candidate in the riding of Saanich South on Vancouver Island. Leader Emily Lowan announced Lapointe's candidacy as the party unveiled its toxic drug...

A top official at the Bank of Canada says monetary policymakers are struggling to find new tools and pathways to address persistent housing affordability challenges. Senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers gave a speech in Victoria, B.C., on Thursday tha...

SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog agency is investigating the actions of officers after a man jumped from a Metro Vancouver bridge and disappeared over the weekend. The Independent Investigations Office says in a release that it happened Satu...

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Canadian astronaut reaches International Space Station for six-month mission Friday marks Canadian astronaut Jeremy Kutryk's first full day in space after he and h...

OTTAWA - The actor and Parkinson's disease advocate Michael J. Fox is set to be honoured at Rideau Hall this morning. Fox, who is already a member of the Order of Canada, is being promoted to a companion in a ceremony hosted by Gov. Gen. Louise Arbour....

Quebec's main party leaders are shifting their campaigns into top gear, with the election just days away. Several of the leaders spent Thursday trying to shore up support in ridings that are expected to be tight races for their parties. Parti Québécois...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look into whether an Ontario court had jurisdiction to impose a statutory freeze on cryptocurrency in an alleged fraud case. Three Nigerian citizens are accused of defrauding a person in Canada of about $65,000...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Thursday that the Pacific Link pipeline project is the first to be designated a project in the national interest under the Building Canada Act. The designation allows the federal government to streamline th...

OTTAWA - Health ministers from across the country say they're worried about "profound and negative" effects on patients and health-care jobs if federal funding agreements for mental health, addictions and home care are not renewed in this year's budget...

MADRID (AP) - Spain's government lost a key vote to ratify a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation's housing affordability crisis when lawmakers convened on Friday, while protesters marched on the Parliament demanding help for rent...

BUNIA, Congo (AP) - Congo's Ebola outbreak has recorded more than 4,000 deaths, authorities said, as they struggle to contain the spread of the virus. The latest figures released by the Health Ministry on Thursday showed that 4,018 peopl...

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - New York's governor appointed a special prosecutor Thursday to oversee an investigation into a woman's allegations that she was gang raped at a Cornell University fraternity house, saying she had lost faith in the local district att...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - Hurricane Rachel has been upgraded to a Category 3 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast as northern Mexico and parts of the U.S. Southwest were reeling from flooding and damage from the remnants of Hurricane Polo earlier this week. ...

BOSTON (AP) - The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defense motion that had argued there wasn't enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children. ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been ordered not to engage in high-speed car chases and to make vehicle stops only if they have completed specific training, under new internal guidance issued after several drivers were shot in en...