

Friday night concert performance
Country music recording artist to perform at this summer's 2026 Chilliwack Fair
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack & District Agricultural Society announced Wednesday that country music performer Nate Haller will headline the Friday night concert at the 154th Chilliwack Fair this summer. According to a news release, Nate Haller has firmly cemented himself as one of Canadian country's premier talents ...
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School district announcement
SD33 appoints seasoned educator as principal of new east side elementary school in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School District announced Wednesday that a seasoned educator with over 30 years of experience working for SD33 has been appointed principal of the new east side elementary school in Rosedale.According to a news release, Iain Gardner, the current principal at École Cheam Elementary, wi...
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What's Trending
Blue Jays right-hander José Berríos undergoes Tommy John surgery
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
Alberta legislature committee eyes separation vote as meeting hits bizarre roadblock
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Short-term solution
City of Chilliwack to consider utility refunds for missed curbside collections; Emterra brought in to help
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Fraser Valley


Traumatic incident
Maple Ridge RCMP urge caution after child falls from 2nd storey window, suffers serious injuries
MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge are urging parents and families to ensure that their windows and doors are properly secured after a child fell from a second-storey window earlier this week and was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. According to a statement from police, Maple Ridge RCMP were dispatched o...
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School safety collaboration
SD33, Chilliwack RCMP pledge to work closely after child abduction attempt at school
CHILLIWACK - A spokesperson for the Chilliwack School District says SD33 will continue safety training exercises and work closely with the Chilliwack RCMP in the aftermath of last week's child abduction attempt at Central Elementary Community School.A man wearing a purple "bunny-like" mask was thwarted by a c...
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E-scooter rider injured
Electric scooter rider in Hope transported to hospital after collision with car: RCMP
HOPE - A youth riding an electric scooter was transported to hospital after a collision with a vehicle Tuesday morning (May 19) in Hope. According to a statement from Upper Fraser Valley RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, Hope RCMP responded to a report of a collision involving a vehicle and an electric scooter ...
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Curbside collection
Chilliwack councillor says all hands on deck to fix curbside collection mess, but Fairfield Island resident skeptical
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Councillor Jason Lum took to social media Wednesday morning to apologize over missed curbside collection pickups by city contractor E360S as part of the city's new curbside collection program, saying those mistakes are not acceptable. In a lengthy statement, Lum said he's heard frustrations from...
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What's Trending
Friday night concert performance
Country music recording artist to perform at this summer's 2026 Chilliwack Fair
3h ago

Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
School district announcement
SD33 appoints seasoned educator as principal of new east side elementary school in Chilliwack
4h ago
Serious incidents
Agassiz RCMP members deal with 2 fatalities, multiple impaired incidents this past week
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Motor vehicle accident
Youth dirt bike rider hospitalized after accident in Chilliwack backcountry
May 19, 2026
Motor vehicle incident
First responders called to crash at Yale/Hodgins in Chilliwack Monday
May 18, 2026
British Columbia


Fairy Creek anti-logging protesters win appeal in bid for class-action certification
VANCOUVER - Fairy Creek anti-logging protesters have won an appeal against a court ruling that denied the certification of their proposed class-action lawsuit against the federal and provincial governments. The class-action application now goes back to...
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Man rescued after days trapped in rolled vehicle on B.C. forest road
CHASE - A man has been rescued after being trapped for two days in his vehicle that crashed on a remote forest service road northeast of Kamloops, B.C. RCMP say the man was reported missing Tuesday and found later that day trapped inside the vehicle th...
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Child injured in fall from second-storey window in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - A four-year-old is in hospital after falling from a second-storey window in Maple Ridge, B.C. Police say the boy was transported via air ambulance on Monday and is currently in stable condition with serious injuries. Investigators spoke w...
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Carney lays out pipeline conditions before talks with Eby on B.C.'s priorities
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s economic priorities and Ottawa's role in national development projects. Carney met with Eby in a closed-door meeting in Vancouver ...
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Opinion
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: April labour force survey shows B.C.'s resilience
B.C. is a great place to live, but the last few years haven't been easy. Global instability finds ways of showing up and seeping into our local businesses and neighbourhoods. While conflict in Iran and the tariffs imposed by the United States sometimes feel abstract and far from home, they are having a profound effect ...
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Washing ceremony marks settlement of Canadian Tire racial profiling complaint
VANCOUVER - The sounds of Indigenous drums and song bounced off the walls of an East Vancouver banquet hall Tuesday evening as members of British Columbia's Heiltsuk Nation gathered for a traditional washing ceremony years in the making. Dawn Wilson a...
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Canada


Alberta legislature committee eyes separation vote as meeting hits bizarre roadblock
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's journey toward holding a fall referendum vote on separation took a bizarre turn Wednesday - straight into another roadblock. It occurred when the governing United Conservative members of a bipartisan legislature co...
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Opposition, unions fear federal cuts could undermine food security
OTTAWA - New Democrats and several unions are warning that federal job cuts and research facility closures will put food safety and security at risk. The federal government's website says it's planning to cut more than 650 jobs at Agriculture and Agri-...
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Canadian steel companies pay millions after U.S says they didn't pay proper tariffs
WASHINGTON - Two Canadian steel companies have agreed to pay $19 million to resolve allegations they knowingly failed to pay proper duties on flat-rolled steel manufactured in Europe and Asia, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. From May 2019 t...
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Anand says joining SAFE defence borrowing pact will help Canadian firms compete
OTTAWA - The European Parliament formally welcomed Canada into the defence borrowing and procurement agreement known as SAFE on Wednesday - making it the only non-European country to join. The European Parliament passed a final vote Wednesday to greenl...
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Carney lays out pipeline conditions before talks with Eby on B.C.'s priorities
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s economic priorities and Ottawa's role in national development projects. Carney met with Eby in a closed-door meeting in Vancouver ...
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Conservative MP Michael Chong meets with Taiwan president as China dials up pressure
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong said his meeting with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday was meant to assert Canadian sovereignty in the face of Beijing's warnings to Canadian lawmakers that such visits are inappropriate. "I thought it...
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World


3 dead in New Mexico and first responders treated for exposure to unknown substance, officials say
MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. (AP) - Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders were quarantined and being treated Wednesday for exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home, aut...
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US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advance to GOP runoff in Alabama for US Senate
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advanced to a runoff on Wednesday for the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. Moore is a three-term congressman endorsed by Presiden...
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Arizona executes inmate who set a man on fire, killing him, in 2002 attack
FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona prisoner convicted of killing another man by throwing gasoline at him and lighting a match was put to death Wednesday, the first of three executions planned this week around the U.S. Leroy Dean McGill, 63...
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Sports


Blue Jays right-hander José Berríos undergoes Tommy John surgery
NEW YORK (AP) - José Berríos underwent a full Tommy John surgery on his right elbow Wednesday, sidelining the veteran Toronto Blue Jays starter well into the 2027 season. The Blue Jays hoped Berríos - who missed Toronto's World Series run last fall wit...
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Jays' Berrios expected to miss at least 12 months after undergoing elbow surgery
NEW YORK - Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Jose Berrios will miss the rest of the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery. The procedure was performed Wednesday, a team spokesman said. Elbow ligament replacement surgery typically requires at least a ...
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Arbitrator awards former CFL player Bruce $25,000 in damages
Former CFL player Arland Bruce III was awarded $25,000 in damages by an arbitrator earlier this month after suffering a concussion in a 2012 game. The amount is significantly lower than the $310,000 Bruce had been seeking. In a May 6 decision, arbitrat...
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