Proactive Policing
Abbotsford police arrest drunk driver in stolen car Sunday morning
ABBOTSFORD - Proactive patrols have led to a double-whammy arrest in Abbotsford Sunday morning (May 17). Just before 11 a.m., AbbyPD patrol officers pulled up to Immel Plaza and made an arrest when plainclothes officers spotted a stolen vehicle in the area. Police took the individual into custody when he left the vehic...
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Planting Seeds of Belonging
'We need community to survive': Abbotsford farmer sees growing attendance on free open-invite gatherings
ABBOTSFORD - With a bag and the crushing weight of distrust on his shoulders, Abbotsford farmer Gagan Singh first left Canada when he became disillusioned by the finger-pointing he experienced from his neighbours amid the COVID pandemic. "I decided to leave Canada, and I didn't want to come back [...] just because...
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De-integration Complete
RCMP celebrates grand opening for new Pitt Meadows detachment
PITT MEADOWS - The other half of the former Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment has recently celebrated its own opening ceremonies in Pitt Meadows.Roughly 75 people attended the official move into the Pitt Meadows RCMP's central location behind City Hall on Harris Road, including council members for the City and q̓ic̓əy̓...
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Take Action Day
G.W. Graham students to take part in annual volunteer and fundraiser initiative May 20
CHILLIWACK - Hundreds of Chilliwack high school students are gearing up to help their community for this year's Take Action Day.Teachers at G.W. Graham (GWG) Secondary kick-started the initiative in 2007 to encourage a service mindset in their students."Every GWG student is encouraged to sign up that day," sa...
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Manslaughter
Man pleads guilty to 2025 fatal stabbing outside Coquitlam pub
COQUITLAM - A Coquitlam man has now pleaded guilty to manslaughter after a fight led to the death of another outside a local pub early last year.RCMP responded to the fight at the John B Pub at 1000 Austin Avenue on January 31, 2025, where a man was suffering life-threatening injury from a stabbing.The 35-year-old late...
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Most Wanted
CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of May 17, 2026
CHILLIWACK - Here are three people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers. Name: SCHICKEROWSKI, Dwayne Age: 43 Height: 6'0" ft Weight: 200lbs Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Wanted: Unlawfully at Large Warrant in effect: May 11, 2026 Parole Jurisdiction: Surrey with Canad...
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British Columbia
Man sentenced to 4 years after shooting and killing friend in bulletproof vest 'game'
SOOKE - A man who shot and killed his friend while the victim was wearing a bulletproof vest as part of a "game" the pair had played before has been sentenced to four years in prison. Adam Steenbergen from Sooke, B.C., pleaded guilty to several charges...
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Canadian hantavirus case confirmed by national laboratory test
Laboratory testing has confirmed the presumptive positive case of the Andes strain of hantavirus reported in British Columbia The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the results Sunday in a resident of the Yukon who had been on the MV Hondius crui...
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Canadian isolating in B.C. tests "presumptive positive" for hantavirus
British Columbia's provincial health officer says one of the four Canadians isolating in the province who had been on a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a "presumptive positive" test. Dr. Bonnie Henry told a news conferenc...
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B.C. allowed logging in caribou habitat despite its own ministry's recommendation
VICTORIA - Mike James doesn't know yet whether his first grandchild will be a boy or girl, but he hopes they will have a chance to see threatened southern mountain caribou during a future visit to his family's cabin near Quesnel Lake. The snowshoe-lik...
May 16, 2026
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BR-Logging-BC
British Columbia's Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship recommended that logging be prevented in an area where threatened southern mountain caribou live, but that was overruled by the government's Forests Ministry. The information is conta...
May 16, 2026
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Crown urges new trial in B.C. sex assault case, tossed over delays in 2025
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in a sexual assault case that was tossed out last year over delays, with Crown counsel and defence lawyers pointing fingers about who was responsible for derailing the case. A provincial court...
May 15, 2026
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Canada
Indigenous cellist and composer Cris Derksen dead after car crash
Juno-nominated Indigenous cellist and composer Cris Derksen has died. AIM Booking Agency, which represents Derksen, says in a social media post she died in a car accident but no further information about the crash was included. A biography of Derksen o...
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Man sentenced to 4 years after shooting and killing friend in bulletproof vest 'game'
SOOKE - A man who shot and killed his friend while the victim was wearing a bulletproof vest as part of a "game" the pair had played before has been sentenced to four years in prison. Adam Steenbergen from Sooke, B.C., pleaded guilty to several charges...
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Conservative MP Michael Chong travelling to Taiwan to 'assert Canadian sovereignty'
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michael Chong is travelling to Taiwan this week in a self-described bid to assert Canadian sovereignty. The former cabinet minister says the trip is to show solidarity with Taiwan, and also to spite China's ambassador to Canada...
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Canadians, in crucial moment, must decide on equality for all: LGBTQ advocate
Canada has reached a critical juncture where it must decide if it will be a country of equality and human rights or fall prey to politically charged division, say advocates for the LGBTQ+ community. Fae Johnstone, executive director of Queer Momentum, ...
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EV sales jump in March as federal rebates return, though market share up slightly
OTTAWA - Sales of new electric vehicles jumped in March as Canadians took advantage of the long-awaited return of federal government subsidies. Data released by Statistics Canada on Thursday shows 21,547 new EVs were purchased in March, the highest sin...
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Portuguese procession held in Montreal despite permit refusal
MONTREAL - The annual Portuguese Santo Cristo procession took place Sunday in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal, drawing relief from the city's Portuguese community after a permit was refused last week. Organizing member Emanuel Linhares said the group beh...
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World
10 random weekend shootings leave 4 injured in Austin, Texas, mayor says
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Suspects were being sought in at least 10 random weekend shootings in Austin, Texas, including at fire stations, that left four people injured, the city's mayor said Sunday. The city ordered residents of a large part ...
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Four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - All four crew members ejected safely after two Navy jets collided and crashed on Sunday during an air show at the Mountain Home Air Force Base in western Idaho, officials said. The collision involved two U.S. Navy EA1...
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At least 4 people killed in one of the largest Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - At least four people, including three near Moscow, died in one of the largest Ukrainian overnight attacks against Russia since the start of the war, according to Russian local authorities. A woman was killed after a ...
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Sports
Mitchell scores 26 as Cavaliers rout Pistons 125-94 in Game 7 to reach East finals
DETROIT (AP) - Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Jarrett Allen and Sam Merrill each added 23 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 125-94 on Sunday night in Game 7 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. The fourth-seeded Cavaliers...
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Sykes has career-high 38 points, Tempo get first road win with 106-96 decision over Sparks
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Brittney Sykes scored a career-high 38 points, rookie Kiki Rice added 19 in her first start, and the Toronto Tempo raced past the Los Angeles Sparks 106-96 on Sunday. Marina Mabrey had 14 points and Kia Nurse 10 in the first road win...
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Toronto Rock win NLL Cup with series-clinching 12-7 win over Halifax Thunderbirds
HALIFAX - Owen Hiltz and Chris Boushy each had three goals and an assist, Mark Matthews had a goal and three assists, and Nick Rose made 34 saves as the Toronto Rock defeated the Halifax Thunderbirds 12-7 to win the National Lacrosse League championshi...
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