Legal decision
Former Chilliwack trustee ordered to pay $750,000 for violating B.C. Human Rights Code
CHILLIWACK - The B.C. Teachers' Federation says it is applauding a decision handed down by a human rights tribunal that orders a former Chilliwack trustee to pay $750,000 for violating B.C.'s Human Rights Code.According to a statement, the BCTF says the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has affirmed the rights of LGBTQ teache...
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Structure fire
Chilliwack firefighters respond to two fires near Young and Princess early Thursday AM (VIDEO)
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson says firefighters were called to a fire near the former Business Centre at Young and Princess early Thursday, and later located a second fire nearby. According to a statement from Wilson, Chilliwack firefighters were dispatched for a reported structure fire at 5...
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Legal decision
Former Chilliwack trustee ordered to pay $750,000 for violating B.C. Human Rights Code
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Jury convicts man in killings of 4 men as they slept on NYC streets, rejecting insanity defense
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Power outage
Update: Power restored after 1,700+ lose electricity in Chilliwack Thursday morning
UPDATE: Power has been restored to customers in Promontory. Original story: CHILLIWACK - Over 1,700 residential customers in Promontory have lost power Thursday morning, and the reason isn't immediately clear. According to its online dashboard, BC Hydro says 1,704 customers lost power at 10:23 a.m. Thursday morning. Th...
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Making it easy for the bad guys
Chilliwack RCMP urge residents to stop leaving their vehicles unlocked
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say far too many motorists are leaving their vehicles unlocked, making it easy for crooks to make off with people's valuables across the city. According to a statement from police, Chilliwack RCMP members responded to 29 theft from auto reports between Sunday, January 25 and Saturday...
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Suspected impaired driver
Suspected impaired driver strikes 2 vehicles and flees - all with 4 kids in his car - and is later arrested
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a motorist suspected of being impaired has been arrested after he allegedly struck two vehicles in the Langley area last week, fled the scene but was eventually caught.According to a statement from police, AbbyPD officers received a report last Thursday, Feb. 12, just after 4:30 p....
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Motor vehicle incident
Impairment ruled out as cause of rollover on Chilliwack River Road Wednesday night: RCMP
UPDATE, 8:35 A.M. THURSDAY: Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police were called to a reported single-vehicle rollover at 8:20 p.m. She says the driver and lone occupant did not suffer any injuries and alcohol was not a factor. No criminal offence was committed, and the driver was issued a ticket...
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British Columbia
B.C. to spend $50 million expanding access to anti-overdose nasal naloxone kits
VICTORIA - British Columbia Health Minister Josie Osborne says the province is spending $50 million to expand availability of anti-overdose nasal naloxone across the province. She says the expansion is an important response to the overdose crisis, whic...
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Finance minister unveils Ottawa's 'follow the money' plan to tackle extortion
OTTAWA - The federal government is bringing law enforcement and financial institutions together to fight extortion operations targeting Canadian businesses and households. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne was in Mississauga, Ont., on Thursd...
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B.C. health workers breached privacy of injured victims of Vancouver festival attack
VICTORIA - British Columbia health care workers unlawfully accessed highly sensitive personal information on victims of Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival attack mostly out of "curiosity," the province's privacy commission says. A report released by t...
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How three sisters honour mother's legacy at Vancouver's Lunar New Year parade
VANCOUVER - The youngest dancer in this Sunday's Lunar New Year Parade in Vancouver is just four. "Hopefully they remember (the routine)," chuckled parade producer Lisa Ho of the tiny dancer and his fellow performers. She and her sisters, Anabel and Va...
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Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says federal strategy gets "two thumbs up" from B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says he will be meeting with federal Defence Minister David McGuinty to discuss shipbuilding in B.C. among other possibilities following the release of Canada's defence industrial strategy. Prime Mi...
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Police in Surrey, B.C., denied request to delay next step in transition plan: chief
SURREY - The chief of the Surrey Police Service says his force, which has been swamped with extortion cases, has been denied by the B.C. government its request to delay the transition from the RCMP. Chief Norm Lipinski says in a statement that his offi...
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Canada
Hydro-Québec proposes doubling electricity rates for energy-hungry data centres
MONTRÉAL - Quebec's hydro utility is seeking to significantly raise electricity prices for data centres and cryptocurrency operations. Hydro-Québec has asked the province's energy board to hike rates for new data centres to 13 cents per kilowatt hour -...
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New study to help assess potential impact of expanding port on Hudson Bay
WINNIPEG - The federal government is taking another step toward a potential expansion of the Port of Churchill in Manitoba and increased shipping through the Arctic. Ottawa, along with the Manitoba government and other partners, is launching a market-s...
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NDP leadership candidates to square off in final debate
OTTAWA - With just over one month before the final vote, the five NDP leadership candidates are in the Vancouver area Thursday for the second and final party-organized debate of the leadership race. This English language debate follows a French languag...
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Pressure mounts on Quebec justice minister to backtrack on enshrining abortion rights
QUÉBEC - Pressure is mounting on Quebec's justice minister to abandon plans to enshrine abortion rights in the province's proposed constitution. Consultations on the constitution bill ended this week, with opposition parties noting that the section on ...
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U.S. International Trade Commission launches CUSMA rules-of-origin auto investigation
WASHINGTON - The U.S. International Trade Commission has launched an investigation into rules-of-origin regulations for automobiles under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement on trade. A news release on the commission's website says the investigation will ...
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Ottawa making progress on defence purchasing reforms, Fuhr says
OTTAWA - Ottawa is now well into its defence procurement reforms and plans to introduce changes to make it easier for small and medium-sized businesses to navigate government contracting. That's according to Secretary of State for defence procurement S...
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World
Jury convicts man in killings of 4 men as they slept on NYC streets, rejecting insanity defense
NEW YORK (AP) - A man who fatally beat four sleeping men on the streets of New York City's Chinatown was convicted of first-degree murder Thursday, with a jury rejecting his insanity defense in the 2019 rampage. Randy Santos' attorneys h...
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Wisconsin GOP leader Robin Vos, who clashed with Trump, leaving office after reshaping the state
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Robin Vos, who has led the Republican charge in Wisconsin during his record-long stint as state Assembly speaker and blocked much of the Democratic governor's agenda, announced Thursday that he will retire at the end of the year. ...
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Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger to give Democratic response to Trump's State of the Union address
WASHINGTON (AP) - Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger will deliver the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address next week, just months after resoundingly winning an office previously held by a Republican. Th...
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Sports
CP NewsAlert: Canada, U.S. tied 1-1 after regulation in women's hockey final
MILAN - Canada and the United States are tied 1-1 after regulation in the Olympic women's hockey final. More to come. The Canadian Press
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Wolitarsky signs one-day deal with Winnipeg so he can retire with Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Drew Wolitarsky retired Thursday as a member of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The veteran receiver signed a one-year deal with Winnipeg, allowing him to call it a career with the franchise. Wolitarsky, 30, spent seven of his eight CFL seasons w...
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Two players are tied for the first-round lead at the LPGA Thailand tournament
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Nasa Hataoka shot a 7-under 65 Thursday on the Siam Country Club Old Course and was tied for the lead after the opening round at the LPGA Thailand, the first of three tournaments in Asia in consecutive weeks. Hat...
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