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UPDATE: Washington State wildfire south of Chilliwack Lake growing in size

Smoke visible from the Bear Creek wildfire in Washington State just south of Chilliwack Lake posted on Facebook on July 30, 2021. (North Cascades National Park Service Complex - Facebook)

Bear Creek wildfire reportedly at 150 acres and growing just across the Canada-U.S. border

by Paul Henderson
updated 4 mins ago

The Latest

A seal gave birth to a pup on a dock at the Comox Marina Aug. 1. Screenshot

VIDEO: Seal gives birth on dock at Comox Marina
- updated 5 mins ago
BREAKING: Fire at Mission’s Heritage Park, Tooley Place being evacuated
- updated 3 mins ago
Olympic gold medal game for Chilliwack’s Jordyn Huitema and Canadian women’s soccer squad
- 1h ago
UPDATE: 5 wildfires remain in Harrison Hot Springs area
- updated 1h ago
Long weekend rescues on Coquihalla River prompt warning from Hope Search and Rescue
- updated 2h ago

Grand Forks man allegedly assaults paramedics, takes up sword in armed stand-off

by Laurie Tritschler

2h ago

B.C. Man who survived 2 assassination attempts has a history of getting shot at

by Michael Rodriguez

17 mins ago

Appeal Court convicts Calgary man who attacked woman while he was high on mushrooms

Cannabis 19+

VIDEO: Chilliwack morphing into city of street murals

West Coast Traveller

Firefighters attack the flames after a collision on Highway 1 in west Kamloops on Aug. 2, 2021, led to a fire and explosions. (Dave Eagles/Kamloops This Week)

VIDEO: Explosions rock Kamloops after semi-truck catches fire on Highway 1

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Surrey RCMP probe garbage-throwing ‘racism’ confrontation at Aspen Park in Newton

by Tom Zytaruk

1h ago

Woman drowns in Christina Lake, say Grand Forks RCMP

by Laurie Tritschler

updated 13 mins ago

That’s no rubber snake. This one was found on a bus in Kaslo by Mountain Man Mike’s owner Michael Hathaway. Photo Submitted

Hissing hitchhiker: Snake discovered on B.C. company’s bus

by Tyler Harper

updated 8 mins ago

VIDEO: Firefighters rescue frightened horse stuck nose-deep in Vancouver Island mud bog

Sahtlam Tree Farm owner Robert Russell is photographed in front of his cabin, which he built in the early 70’s, on his 40 acre property in the Cowichan Valley area of Duncan, B.C., on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The recent heat dome and drought have taken a toll on his business of growing trees for the busy Christmas season. Robert farms over 40,000 fir trees including the douglas, grand and noble fir trees. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

B.C. Christmas tree growers say intense heat singes prized trees, kills seedlings

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens as Chief Public Health Officer of Canada Dr. Theresa Tam is seen via videoconference during a news conference on the COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa on Friday, June 4, 2021. Federal officials are warning that Canada could be on the brink of a fourth wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly contagious Delta variant if the country opens too fast before enough people have been vaccinated. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Federal modelling warns of 4th COVID wave driven by Delta if reopening is too fast

Visitors to the Calgary Stampede line up for tickets in Calgary on Sunday, July 18, 2021. Alberta Health says 71 people likely acquired COVID-19 while attending the Stampede. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Alberta to end isolation rules for COVID-19 cases, close contacts as cases rise

Air quality advisory remains in place across Fraser Valley, Lower Mainland

Drifting smoke is obscuring mountain views contributing to elevated fine PM

by Jennifer Feinberg

updated 3h ago

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

UPDATE: Officer dead, suspect killed in violence outside Pentagon

Multiple gunshots heard near the vicinity

by The Canadian Press

updated 14 mins ago

UPDATE: No fly-zone being amended in Kelowna, YLW operations to resume
- updated 3h ago
NYC will require COVID vaccination proof for indoor dining, gyms
- updated 5h ago
Where will homelessness rise or fall? A federally funded AI has some predictions
- 6h ago
Trudeau Liberals maintain lead over rivals ahead of possible election call: poll
- updated 5h ago
VIDEO: Sunday-morning fire destroys Abbotsford barn
- updated 4h ago

Canadian Olympic sprinter and record-holder Angela Bailey dies

Bailey’s 1987 Canadian women’s 100-metre sprint record time of 10.98 seconds still stands today

by The Canadian Press

6h ago

Andre De Grasse, of Canada, competes in a heat of the men’s 200-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Petr David Josek

Canada shut out of medals again, but sprinters De Grasse, Brown provide hope

Country left without any hardware to celebrate for the second straight day

by The Canadian Press

6h ago

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