Council decision
Chilliwack councillors deny variance permit for day care on Young Road, citing parking concerns
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack councillors have voted down a request for a development variance permit for a proposed day care on Young Road due to concerns around reduced parking in that area. According to items 11.4.3 and 13.4 on this past Tuesday's council meeting agenda, applicant Gurgan Kaur Virk had applied to amend zon...
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Police investigation
Chilliwack RCMP renew appeal for information into woman's suspicious disappearance, death
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack hope to obtain any new information or tips related to the suspicious disappearance of a woman who was last seen in Chilliwack two years ago but whose body was tragically found later along the Fraser River in Mission. Chilliwack RCMP Corporal Carmen Kiener says 53-year-old Tania Langley...
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2 trapped workers rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal, officials say
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Stabbing
28-year-old man known to police arrested after stabbing at Abbotsford gas station Thursday
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Nick Kyrgios accepts a one-month suspension for testing positive for cocaine
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Fraser Valley
Firearm-related incident
Chilliwack RCMP respond quickly when man presents replica firearm toward police
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack say they handled a pair of firearm calls this past week, including one incident where a man retrieved a replica firearm and presented it toward police, causing them to act quickly in response. Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says the incident happened during the wee...
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Wildfire update
Boston Bar-area wildfires now being held
BOSTON BAR - Two massive wildfires in the Fraser Canyon that grew to over 75,000 hectares combined at one point this summer are now being held. According to an update posted to its website, the BC Wildfire Service says the Ainslie Creek wildfire near Boston Bar has been designated as being held. It's also no longer con...
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Municipal management
City of Chilliwack to begin managing Heritage Park next year
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack and Tourism Chilliwack jointly announced Thursday that the city will assume control over the management and operations of Heritage Park starting next year. In a statement, the city says Heritage Park is a large multi-use, year-round facility that accommodates events like trade shows,...
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Arrest made
Arrest made in property crimes in Chilliwack, Cultus Lake: RCMP
CHILLIWACK/CULTUS LAKE - Police in Chilliwack say one person has been arrested in connection to a series of vehicle thefts and thefts from cars that have been reported throughout Chilliwack and in the Cultus Lake area over the past two months.Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says the increase in repo...
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British Columbia
Vancouver police officer charged with fraud, theft and breach of trust
VANCOUVER - A veteran Vancouver police officer has been charged with breach of trust, fraud and theft for alleged offences dating back to 2017. Online court records say Kalwinder Dosanjh faces a total of nine charges including fraud over $5,000, theft...
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Steep fine
B.C. Conservation Officer Service fines man thousands for angling in Maple Ridge without a license
MAPLE RIDGE - A B.C. man has been penalized thousands of dollars and given a one-year fishing ban after pleading guilty to six charges under the Wildlife Act.The Conservation Officer Service of B.C. says Kenneth Ryder was angling on the Alouette River in Maple Ridge in February 2025 when he was checked by a conservatio...
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Court says hundreds of Walbran Valley trees 'spiked' as blockade injunction extended
Hundreds of trees have been found embedded with metal spikes in Vancouver Island's upper Walbran Valley, according to a court ruling that extends an injunction against a logging blockade there until early 2028. The B.C. Supreme Court court ruling says...
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Owner of two dogs that killed boy in Edmonton gets community sentence
EDMONTON - The owner of two dogs that killed an 11-year-old boy wiped away tears Thursday as she was given a conditional sentence to be served in the community. Crystal MacDonald otherwise stared straight ahead during sentencing by Justice Eric Mackli...
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Missing hiker called 911, two days after going missing in B.C. mountains
A search manager says a hiker missing for four days near Squamish, B.C., made a brief 911 call on Tuesday, and while the call dropped out, it's given a clue to the man's location. RCMP said Stanislav Volo, 43, was last seen getting off the Sea to Sky G...
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Eby says NDP won't be courting B.C. Conservative defectors
British Columbia New Democrats won't court B.C. Conservative defectors, after nine legislators left the official Opposition caucus in the past three weeks, Premier David Eby said. Eby told an unrelated news conference Thursday that there was a "fairly ...
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Canada
Vancouver police officer charged with fraud, theft and breach of trust
VANCOUVER - A veteran Vancouver police officer has been charged with breach of trust, fraud and theft for alleged offences dating back to 2017. Online court records say Kalwinder Dosanjh faces a total of nine charges including fraud over $5,000, theft...
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Steep fine
B.C. Conservation Officer Service fines man thousands for angling in Maple Ridge without a license
MAPLE RIDGE - A B.C. man has been penalized thousands of dollars and given a one-year fishing ban after pleading guilty to six charges under the Wildlife Act.The Conservation Officer Service of B.C. says Kenneth Ryder was angling on the Alouette River in Maple Ridge in February 2025 when he was checked by a conservatio...
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Court says hundreds of Walbran Valley trees 'spiked' as blockade injunction extended
Hundreds of trees have been found embedded with metal spikes in Vancouver Island's upper Walbran Valley, according to a court ruling that extends an injunction against a logging blockade there until early 2028. The B.C. Supreme Court court ruling says...
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Carney chooses senior bureaucrat Scott Jones to head cyberspy agency
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has named senior bureaucrat Scott Jones as the next head of the Communications Security Establishment, Canada's cyberspy agency. Jones, most recently the president of Shared Services Canada, is set to replace the ret...
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy set to visit Canada soon: source
OTTAWA - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is planning to visit Canada as soon as next week. A non-government source says the exact timing of the visit is being adjusted, possibly due to the funeral of Norway's King Harald, scheduled for Sept. 9 ...
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Eby blames OpenAI for new Tumbler Ridge lawsuits, says it walked away from mediation
PRINCE GEORGE - British Columbia Premier David Eby says new lawsuits against OpenAI from witnesses to the deadly Tumbler Ridge mass shooting are a result of the tech firm walking away from a mediation process, calling it inexcusable and disgraceful. Eb...
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World
2 trapped workers rescued alive from a tunnel in Nepal, officials say
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Rescuers in Nepal pulled two workers alive from a tunnel Friday during an ongoing operation at the Trishul 3A tunnel, officials said. Nepalese lawmaker Shri Ram Neupane posted about the second rescue on his Facebo...
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Trump names Adam Telle as acting Army secretary following the departure of Driscoll
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Telle is currently the ass...
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Maryland's top court allows Democratic-backed congressional redistricting measure on November ballot
Maryland voters will get to decide in November on a congressional redistricting amendment being pushed by Democrats as part of nationwide battle for control of the U.S. House in future elections. The Maryland Supreme Court ruled Thursday...
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Sports
Nick Kyrgios accepts a one-month suspension for testing positive for cocaine
LONDON (AP) - Nick Kyrgios accepted a one-month suspension from the International Tennis Integrity Association for testing positive for cocaine at a tournament in Spain in June, the organization announced Thursday. The 31-year-old from Australia had be...
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Vancouver Whitecaps, midfielder J.C. Ngando mutually agree to part ways
VANCOUVER - Midfielder J.C. Ngando and the Vancouver Whitecaps have mutually agreed to part ways. The Major League Soccer team made the announcement Thursday and said that Ngando had cleared waivers. "J.C. was an outstanding team player throughout his ...
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Botched Edmonton Marathon costs 13 runners shot at Boston Marathon
EDMONTON - A botched racecourse that was longer than it should have been for the Edmonton Marathon has cost 13 runners a chance to compete in the prestigious Boston Marathon. Edmonton organizers said in a Thursday statement the Boston Marathon will acc...
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