Fraser Valley

Provincial election
Amid mill closures and long waits for healthcare procedures, Maahs says Eby's snap election is ill-advised
CHILLIWACK - Amid endless mills being shuttered, ER closures, and extended wait times for healthcare procedures across B.C., Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs says Premier David Eby's decision to call a snap election that could cost upwards of $90 million is misguided and ill-advised. In a statement sent to Fraser Val...
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Missing dinghy
Search crews activated after couple's small boat disappears in the Fraser River, leaving them stranded
FRASER RIVER - Search and rescue crews were activated last week after a couple's dinghy disappeared from an island in the Fraser River where they anchored in the middle of the night, prompting a call to first responders for help.Mission RCMP Corporal Harrison Mohr says police were contacted at about 1:30 a.m. early Wed...
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Impaired driving
Police arrest 'grossly intoxicated' driver after he strikes concrete block, rolls over: Mission RCMP
MISSION - Police in Mission say a motorist who struck a concrete block and rolled over was arrested for allegedly being "grossly intoxicated" while driving last weekend. In a statement, Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr says police were called to Catchpole Avenue (near Hatzic Middle School) at ...
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Police investigations
Mission RCMP investigate two potentially-dangerous incidents involving 2 young boys
MISSION - Police in Mission say they investigated two potentially-dangerous situations caused by a pair of young boys, including one incident where a 4-year-old boy started his parents' Cadillac Escalade and drove it into two parked cars. Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr says the two incidents were acci...
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British Columbia

Report on Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT conversations shocks B.C. attorney general
British Columbia's attorney general says she's shocked by an article describing alleged interactions between the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter and ChatGPT, in which the AI chatbot vividly describes the effectiveness of a shotgun in a classroom. The report...
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OneBC 'overwhelmed' with candidates but fails to get party status before B.C. vote
VANCOUVER - OneBC failed to gain official party status in the British Columbia legislature before the provincial election was called, but its leader says hundreds of people want to be their candidates in the Oct. 24 vote. Dallas Brodie says in a video...
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Three B.C. glaciers face extinction within decades due to climate change, study says
Three glaciers in British Columbia's southwest could "disappear completely" within decades in what a researcher says is the result of years of inaction on climate change. A new study from Simon Fraser University published in the journal Annals of Glac...
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Rustad's partner in rise of B.C. Conservatives hails him as party's 'founding father'
VICTORIA - John Rustad is a trailblazer who transformed British Columbia's political scene, but the "founding father" of the provincial Conservative party will not be running in the Oct. 24 province vote. Angelo Isidorou, the former B.C. Conservative ...
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Alcohol believe to be a factor in separate crashes in B.C.'s Interior, killing 3
WEST KELOWNA - Police say alcohol is believed to be a factor in two separate vehicle crashes in the B.C. Interior where three people have been killed. The first crash happened Saturday near Osoyoos as police received a call of a pickup truck that went...
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NDP's David Eby says some Conservatives want B.C. to be 'American protectorate'
New Democrat Leader David Eby says some members of the British Columbia Conservative Opposition have a vision of B.C. as a protectorate of the United States, and the party's leader isn't doing enough to rein them in. Eby said Thursday that interim Con...
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Canada

Report on Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT conversations shocks B.C. attorney general
British Columbia's attorney general says she's shocked by an article describing alleged interactions between the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter and ChatGPT, in which the AI chatbot vividly describes the effectiveness of a shotgun in a classroom. The report...
4h ago
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Carney, Poilievre pay tribute to Canada Revenue Agency employee killed in Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal party leaders are paying tribute to a 45-year-old Canada Revenue Agency employee who was killed in Montreal on Tuesday. The Union of Taxation Employees identified the woman as Leïla Ben Salem. Prime Minister Mark Carney offered condo...
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Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect
OTTAWA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled through Canadian airspace on Thursday, despite facing an international arrest warrant. Online flight tracker data shows Netanyahu flew over Greece, Italy, France and Canada on his way to addr...
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Defence minister downplays PM's comments on prospect of U.S. military action
OTTAWA - A day after Prime Minister Mark Carney told a U.S. media outlet his government has studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada, Defence Minister David McGuinty said all militaries consider such risks. "It is normal. All milit...
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Three B.C. glaciers face extinction within decades due to climate change, study says
Three glaciers in British Columbia's southwest could "disappear completely" within decades in what a researcher says is the result of years of inaction on climate change. A new study from Simon Fraser University published in the journal Annals of Glac...
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A list of the whales and dolphin that died after being moved out of Marineland
Four beluga whales and one dolphin that were shipped out of Marineland this summer have since died at their new homes. Another beluga, Beethoven, lived at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, but died after the move. Here is the list of the animals who died: -- ...
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