Lockdown at local prison
Home-made weapons, drug paraphernalia seized after inmate assaulted at Fraser Valley prison
MISSION - Correctional staff at a Fraser Valley prison have seized home-made weapons and drug paraphernalia due to a lockdown and exceptional search that began last week after an inmate was assaulted. Correctional Service Canada says the lockdown that began at Mission Institution last Tuesday, August 18, has ended and ...
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Public Safety
Mission RCMP issue warning after campers set up on island near Stave Lake Dam
MISSION - A group of people, including children, were safely brought off a small island in the Stave River recently after a concerned citizen alerted Mission RCMP to a potential danger they were facing. Police were called on the evening of August 21 after the citizen reported the group had travelled by boat to the isla...
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BC Wildfires
Merritt lifts wildfire area closure as fire risk eases
MERRITT - The City of Merritt is lifting its closure of the forested areas around the community as wildfire risk in the region has eased. The city said the closure will be lifted at 12:00 p.m. noon on Friday (Aug. 28), after the area has experienced cooler temperatures with some precipitation in recent days. The closur...
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Municipal Elections
Chilliwack seeking candidates for 2026 municipal election
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is advising residents who are considering a run for local office of the rules they'll need to follow to get on the ballot.Residents can seek election as mayor, councillor, park commissioner or school trustee in the 2026 general local election. The election is scheduled for Saturday, ...
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Three charged after shots fired in Abbotsford parking lot
ABBOTSFORD - Three men have been arrested and charged after shots were fired in a parking lot in Abbotsford early Wednesday (August 26) morning. Abbotsford police say patrol officers were called to the 2400 block of Clearbrook Road at 6:10 a.m. after receiving reports of shots being fired. Police say officers arrived t...
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BMX Racing
Canadian Grands BMX championships coming to Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Grands BMX event is set for October 9 to 11 at Chilliwack Heritage Park.Saturday registration runs from 8:30 to 10 a.m., with a Superclass autograph session scheduled from 9 to 10 a.m. Racing begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by a Superclass Saturday Evening Show at 5 p.m.The Saturday showcase wi...
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British Columbia
'Epic fighter': Tributes for B.C. Indigenous leader and MLA Joan Phillip, dead at 74
British Columbia legislator and Indigenous leader Joan Phillip has died, with Premier David Eby honouring her as an "epic fighter." The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs said in a statement on Friday that the NDP MLA died peacefully Friday aftern...
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Third grizzly bear from same family is killed in B.C. after failed relocation
NELSON - A third grizzly bear from the same family group has been killed after it was relocated away from Nelson, B.C., but then turned up with its sister at a recreational area and showed a "high degree of comfort" around people. Conservation officers...
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'Surrey Six' killer loses bid to throw out murder convictions
VANCOUVER - One of the men found guilty in the so-called "Surrey Six" killings in 2007 has lost his bid for a stay of proceedings, meaning his convictions for first-degree murder still stand. Cody Haevischer alleged he suffered an abuse of process, but...
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Drought prompts order limiting irrigation from Bessette Creek in B.C. Interior
VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A new water-restriction order has been placed on the Bessette Creek area in the southern Interior of British Columbia, after the province deemed chinook salmon at risk from drought conditions. The B.C. Ministry of Land, Wat...
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Edmonton-born father back in Canada after 9 months in U.S. immigration detention
A Edmonton-born man who lived most of his life in the United States is back in Canada, after losing a legal fight to remain south of the border to be with his two young sons. Curtis Wright, 40, said he endured terrible conditions at different U.S. Immi...
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Here's how the B.C. Conservatives have lost 13 legislators
The B.C. Conservatives came within three ridings of victory in the 2024 provincial election, winning 44 seats. But since then, the party's caucus has been thinned by more than a quarter, amid differences over its ideology, and questions about its direc...
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Canada
'Epic fighter': Tributes for B.C. Indigenous leader and MLA Joan Phillip, dead at 74
British Columbia legislator and Indigenous leader Joan Phillip has died, with Premier David Eby honouring her as an "epic fighter." The Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs said in a statement on Friday that the NDP MLA died peacefully Friday aftern...
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Privacy watchdog takes Google to court in long-running 'right to be forgotten' case
OTTAWA - Canada's privacy commissioner is asking the Federal Court to order Google to de-list specific search results, after Google refused to comply with the watchdog's recommendations. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne's office said a year ago t...
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'Surrey Six' killer loses bid to throw out murder convictions
VANCOUVER - One of the men found guilty in the so-called "Surrey Six" killings in 2007 has lost his bid for a stay of proceedings, meaning his convictions for first-degree murder still stand. Cody Haevischer alleged he suffered an abuse of process, but...
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Indigenous leaders condemn Trump's move to rename Lake Ontario
OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders and advocates are outraged after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America on Thursday. The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari:io, which means "...
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After criticism, CBC changes policy that said not to label 9/11 attacks 'terrorism'
OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada is changing its language policy to state that direct attribution will no longer be required when describing 9/11 as an act of "terrorism." The decision comes after CBC came under fire over its long-standing policy of not label...
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Premiers at odds over leveraging potash in Canada's trade war with U.S.
OTTAWA - Premiers are sharply divided over whether to use Canada's natural resources as leverage in the trade war with the U.S., and potash has emerged as a key point of contention. Canada is a major global supplier of potash, a key ingredient in ferti...
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World
Flood rescue enters fourth day in Nepal-China border as weather hampers air operations
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Poor weather hampered aerial rescue operations in Nepal on Saturday as the search for hundreds of missing people in areas devastated by catastrophic flash floods along the border with China entered its fourth day. ...
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Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno sentenced to 5 years for corruption
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Former Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno was sentenced Friday to 5 years in prison after a court found him guilty of accepting bribes from a Chinese company in exchange for helping it secure a contract to build a hydroelectric pla...
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Tampa Bay Rays set for new $2.3B stadium project after county and city approve financing plan
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays got county approval Friday on a financing plan that will allow them to build a new stadium, a day after city officials approved their part for the $2.3 billion ballpark project that will replace the domed Tropicana...
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Sports
Blue Bombers put an end to Alouettes' seven-game win streak with 44-28 beatdown
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers came up with a total team effort and stunned the CFL-leading Montreal Alouettes 44-28 in front of a sold-out crowd at Princess Auto Stadium on Friday night. The Bombers entered the CFL contest with losses in three o...
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Jays welcome offensive outburst as squad hits three homers in 8-1 win over Mariners
TORONTO - The way starter Dylan Cease and relievers Mason Fluharty, Paul Sewald and CJ Van Eyk pitched for the Toronto Blue Jays in their series opener against the Seattle Mariners, there wasn't much need for an offensive explosion on Friday. But after...
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Cease shines, Jays find their offence in crushing Mariners 8-1
TORONTO - Dylan Cease struck out eight in six innings, and Nathan Lukes, George Springer and Kazuma Okamoto smacked solo homers to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 8-1 on Friday to open a three-game weekend series. Springer led the ...
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