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Life sentence with no parole for 12 years for killer of Chilliwack, B.C., man
CHILLIWACK - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says a man arrested for murder in January 2023 has been given a life sentence without the chance of parole for 12 years in the death of a man in...
Jun 20, 2025

Control zones set up in Fraser Valley, B.C., after Newcastle disease detected
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of birds around two commercial poultry farms experiencing the first outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in Can...
Jun 20, 2025

Control zones set up in Fraser Valley, B.C., after Newcastle disease detected
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has put up controls on the movements of birds around two commercial poultry farms experiencing the first outbreaks of virulent Newcastle disease in Can...
Jun 20, 2025

Car ignites while driving in Vernon's north end
A car caught fire disrupting traffic on 27th Street Friday afternoon.The car was heading north when the fire started shortly before 2 p.m. The owner told Vernon Matters he didn't know anything was wro...
Jun 20, 2025

Husband re-arrested in the death of Suzanne Morphew, whose remains were found after 3-year search
DENVER (AP) - The husband of Colorado woman Suzanne Morphew, whose remains were discovered over three years after she was reported missing on Mother's Day 2020, was arrested again Friday on suspicion ...
Jun 20, 2025

Nathan Lukes taken off seven-day injured list and inserted into Blue Jays lineup
TORONTO - Nathan Lukes was reinstated from Toronto's seven-day injured list on Friday and was immediately inserted into the Blue Jays lineup against the Chicago White Sox. The outfielder was out with ...
Jun 20, 2025

Court blocks Louisiana law requiring schools to post Ten Commandments in classrooms
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A panel of three federal appellate judges has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be posted in each of the state's public school classrooms is unconstitutio...
Jun 20, 2025

Canada loses 3-0 to No. 2 Brazil in women's Volleyball Nations League action
ISTANBUL - Canada's women's team lost its third match in three days with a 3-0 defeat to No. 2 Brazil in the 2025 Volleyball Nations League on Friday. VNL rookie Abby Guezen led the Canadians with 13 ...
Jun 20, 2025

CP NewsAlert: Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull pending review
OTTAWA - The Federal Court of Appeal has granted a stay, pausing the potential cull of nearly 400 ostriches at a B.C. farm. Court records show that a motion to pause plans for the cull, pending an app...
Jun 20, 2025

Predicting deadly rockfall would have been impossible, say geologists
Geologists say it would have been impossible for Parks Canada to predict or prevent the massive rockfall that killed two people in Banff National Park on Thursday, with pressure building over many yea...
Jun 20, 2025

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