MLA Á’a:líya Warbus
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA receives high-ranking leadership position with the Opposition
CHILLIWACK - Newly elected Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á'a:líya Warbus will have an opportunity to effect change within the official Opposition in the B.C. legislature. Warbus, who defeated Kelli Paddon in last month's provincial election, has been named to a leadership post in Opposition Leader John Rusta...
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Fraser Health
Councillor shreds Fraser Health, labels them 'inept' over negative experience at Chilliwack walk-in clinic
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillor Bud Mercer criticized Fraser Health Authority during Tuesday's council meeting after a negative experience at an FHA-funded walk-in clinic at the Evans roundabout in Chilliwack. Councillor Mercer made the comments amid an open discussion about Chilliwack's Community Safety Plan and Fr...
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Fraser Valley
Trudeau expected to announce temporary GST break on some items, NDP says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Thursday a temporary GST break for certain essential items to help ease affordability pressures. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says in a statement that the announcement is in response to his party's demands to permanently lift the goods and services tax on a ...
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Significant power outage in Hope
Over half of Hope loses power Wednesday morning, as outage stretches all the way to Lytton
HOPE - While the eastern Fraser Valley emerged from Tuesday night's fierce windstorm relatively unscathed, the District of Hope has experienced a significant power outage Wednesday morning.According to BC Hydro's website, over 3,700 customers in just Hope alone lost power at about 9:24 a.m. Wednesday due to a transmiss...
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Downtown social housing project
Chilliwack councillor doubts B.C. govt. can deliver downtown Chilliwack social housing project
CHILLIWACK - Given the repeated delays and uncertainty associated with a provincially funded supportive housing project currently under construction on Trethewey Avenue, Chilliwack Councillor Jeff Shields doesn't have much confidence the province can deliver the next social housing project in Chilliwack. Councillor Shi...
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Pattison Media
iHeartRadio Canada adds 51 Pattison Media radio stations, including Chilliwack's 89.5 JR Country, to its platform
KAMLOOPS - Bell Media's iHeartRadio Canada and Kamloops-based Pattison Media announced Tuesday (Nov. 19) that all 51 radio stations under the banner of Pattison Media, including Chilliwack's own 89.5 JR Country, are now available on the iHeartRadio platform.In a news release from Bell Media and Pattison Media, the new ...
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British Columbia
B.C. RCMP say multiple victims injured in single vehicle crash
SAANICH - Mounties on Vancouver Island say they are investigating a single-vehicle crash that left "multiple" people injured. Sidney North Saanich RCMP say officers were called to a shopping plaza in Sidney at about 2:30 p.m. They say a number of people have been taken to hospital with non-life-threatening in...
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Estate sale Emily Carr painting bought for US$50 nets C$290,000 at Toronto auction
TORONTO - An Emily Carr painting that sold for US$50 at an estate sale has fetched C$290,000 at a Toronto auction. Heffel Fine Art Auction House says "Masset, Q.C.I." sold for $290,000 at its fall sale Wednesday night. That's above a presale estimate of $100,000 to $200,000, and does not include auction house...
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Site of massive B.C. river slide remains unstable, effects on salmon not yet clear
A salmon task force examining the impacts of the massive landslide that temporarily dammed British Columbia's Chilcotin River last July says there have been three "significant" slope failures since then, and the site remains unstable. A statement from the Tsilhqot'in National Government, which is part of the ...
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B.C. Conservative leader names shadow cabinet, gives job to controversial member
VICTORIA - B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad has assigned jobs to 41 of his 44-member caucus, including giving a critic's position to MLA Brent Chapman, who faced calls to step down during the campaign over controversial social media remarks. Several groups called on Rustad during last month's election to remove Cha...
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Eby's NDP cabinet 'bloated, expensive,' says B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad
VICTORIA - British Columbia Conservative Leader John Rustad says Premier David Eby's new cabinet appears to be a taxpayer-funded loyalty program that rewards NDP caucus. Eby introduced his new cabinet this week, which includes 23 ministers, four ministers of state and 14 parliamentary secretaries. He also announced pos...
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Investigation led to huge drug bust, which will disrupt Surrey drug trade, says RCMP
SURREY - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say a year-long investigation has led to one of the largest drug seizures in the detachment's history and will "disrupt" the drug trade in the city. RCMP say they launched an investigation in June 2023 into a criminal group alleged to be involved in trafficking "high-po...
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Canada
Trudeau expected to announce temporary GST break on some items, NDP says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce on Thursday a temporary GST break for certain essential items to help ease affordability pressures. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says in a statement that the announcement is in response to his party's demands to permanently lift the goods and services tax on a ...
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Trump nominates former congressman Pete Hoekstra as ambassador to Canada
WASHINGTON - U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has picked a former Michigan congressman as his upcoming administration's ambassador to Canada. Trump said in a statement that Pete Hoekstra would help him "once again put America first." Hoekstra thanked Trump on social media platform X, saying he was honoured f...
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Investigation led to huge drug bust, which will disrupt Surrey drug trade, says RCMP
SURREY - Mounties in Surrey, B.C., say a year-long investigation has led to one of the largest drug seizures in the detachment's history and will "disrupt" the drug trade in the city. RCMP say they launched an investigation in June 2023 into a criminal group alleged to be involved in trafficking "high-po...
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Coroner's inquest into 2016 death of Ottawa man hears from ex-cop involved in arrest
OTTAWA - A former police officer involved in the case of an Ottawa man who died after a violent arrest says the incident still affects him eight years later. A coroner's inquest into the July 2016 death of 38-year-old Abdirahman Abdi began earlier this week, with witnesses testifying today. Abdi died after police respo...
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Montreal unveils 2025 budget with new spending for housing, homelessness
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal is promising to speed up construction permits, raise taxes on owners of vacant lots and spend tens of millions of dollars more to help develop affordable housing as part of its 2025 budget. The $7.28 billion budget unveiled today by Mayor Valérie Plante includes a promise to incre...
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Young Quebecers care less than older people about being served in English: survey
MONTREAL - A new survey conducted for Quebec's language watchdog says young Quebecers are far less interested compared to older residents about being served in English in stores. In a report published this week, the watchdog says 41 per cent of customers between the ages of 18 and 34 reported feeling indifferent to bei...
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World
Volcano on Iceland's Rekjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year
GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) - A volcano erupted with lava spewing from the crater on the Rekjanes Peninsula in southwestern Iceland late Wednesday evening. It was its seventh eruption since December. The Associated Press
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American and Australian tourists die, raising toll to 4 in Laos alcohol poisoning incident
VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) - An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, Australia's prime minister said Thursday, and the U.S. State Department confirmed an American also died in the same party town, bringing the death toll to four in the poisoning incident. Australian Prime Minister ...
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Trump-backed Republican Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska's only House seat
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska's U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to claim the seat once held by his grandfather. Begich was among the opponents Peltola defeated during her special and regular election wins in 2022, following the death of Republican Rep. Don Young. Yo...
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Sports
Maple Leafs keep winning in Matthews' absence but victory over Vegas comes at a cost
TORONTO - Defying logic, the Maple Leafs have now won six of seven since Auston Matthews was sidelined by an upper-body injury. And despite others joining the captain on the sidelines, Toronto blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 Wednesday for the latest unlikely chapter. "I thought that guys, to a man, stepped up...
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Maple Leafs defeat Vegas Golden Knights but lose Matthew Knies in the process
TORONTO - Fraser Minten scored his first NHL goal as the injury-ravaged Toronto Maple Leafs blanked the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 in a feisty contest Wednesday. The 20-year-old forward from Vancouver, playing his fifth career NHL game and first of this season, opened the scoring on Toronto's second shot on goal at 8:53 ...
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Canada's Hadwin enters RSM Classic to try new swing before end of PGA Tour season
Things just didn't feel right for Adam Hadwin when he missed the cut at the Shriners Children's Open on Oct. 18, so he went back to the drawing board. Hadwin, from Abbotsford, B.C., spent the next month working on his swing, making subtle changes to improve his mechanics, and entered in this week's RSM Classic - the fi...
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