July 2026

Maple Ridge Fire and Rescue will be sending four firefighters to Pemberton to help with the Signal Hill wildfire. Fire chief Dave Samson said they received a call from the BC Wildfire Service on Friday, July 17, to see if they could send a type 1 engine, staffed with four firefighters, to assist with structural […]

Premier David Eby says the B.C. government has stretched provincial laws about as far as they can go to combat organized crime, and he now wants the federal government to enact laws similar to those in the United States under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, commonly known as RICO. “I’ll be blunt: currently

Abbotsford police are on the hunt for the person responsible for assaulting an elderly woman at Ellwood Park on Thursday (July 16). The incident occurred at approximately 6:40 a.m. and involved a woman in her 70s who was assaulted while in the washroom. Abbotsford Police Department media relations officer Sgt. Paul Walker said the victim

To support families across the country, the federal government announced an increase is coming July 20 to the Canada Child Benefit. The tax-free payment provides families with up to $8,157 per child under the age of 6 and up to $6,883 per child aged 6 to 17. Stronger support for families is coming July 20

For three years, Luke Grenier Corbeil lived on the streets of Hope and survived off the kindness of locals as he battled with addiction. His mother, France Grenier, lived more than 4,000 kilometres away in Quebec and was often left in the dark about where her son was or how he was doing. While she