Vehicle incident
Commercial vehicle hauling dumpsters crashes on Hwy. 1 in Chilliwack Thursday morning
CHILLIWACK - A commercial vehicle hauling dumpsters crashed on westbound Highway 1 near Yale Road in Chilliwack Thursday morning, leaping a concrete shoulder barrier and causing traffic congestion through the area. First responders were notified about the traffic incident at approximately 9:24 a.m.Chilliwack fire crews...
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Public works improvements
Chilliwack Mayor Popove defends two infrastructure road projects, says they've been planned for years
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove is defending two road projects that could cause construction-related delays for motorists, saying they've been on the books for years and will significantly improve civic infrastructure around Chilliwack once completed. Mayor Popove told 89.5 JR Country Morning host Glen Slinger...
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Fraser Valley
Stabbing
46-year-old man suffers serious stab wounds in targeted attack Thursday: Langley RCMP
LANGLEY - Mounties in Langley say a 46-year-old man has been hospitalized with serious wounds after being stabbed Thursday afternoon.Langley RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Zynal Sharoom says police received a report of a disturbance in the 6400 block of 199 Street at about 4:05 p.m. Thursday. Langley RCMP members immediately r...
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Police presence
Heavy police presence floods Mission neighbourhood Thursday morning
MISSION - A spokesperson for the Mission RCMP detachment says Emergency Response Team members executed a search warrant at a home Thursday morning in Mission. Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr says says ERT members attended a residence on Cherry Avenue west of Cedar Street Thursday in relation to an ongo...
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Call before you dig
Fraser Valley digging incidents involving gas lines spike during spring work season: FortisBC
CHILLIWACK/ABBOTSFORD - FortisBC is reminding residents, contractors and landscapers to contact BC 1 Call before spring landscaping projects begin amid company data that shows an average of two "digging" incidents per month in both Chilliwack and Abbotsford. In a statement, the utility is reminding residents ...
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Community mailboxes
Canada Post moving toward community mailboxes for roughly 17,000 addresses in Abbotsford, Mission
FRASER VALLEY - Canada Post says it will begin preliminary work on converting roughly 17,000 addresses in Abbotsford and Mission to community mailboxes as it seeks to "restore and renew" the country's postal service and eliminate door-to-door mail delivery. According to a statement, Canada Post says it has re...
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British Columbia
Wet and mild winter is 'good news' for B.C. wildfire season, says forecaster
VICTORIA - The lead forecaster for the BC Wildfire Service said a relatively wet and mild winter across much of British Columbia is "really good news" for the upcoming wildfire season. Matt MacDonald said a lack of frost meant trees and soil were able...
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B.C. Sikh activist says police warned him of 'imminent' threat to life
An associate of slain B.C. Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar said police have alerted him of an "imminent" threat to his life. Narinder Singh Randhawa said in a sworn statement sent to The Canadian Press that he was first contacted by Surrey P...
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Public funds don't make Catholic hospitals 'government actors': lawyer in MAID case
VANCOUVER - Providing medical assistance in dying at a Catholic hospital would go against religious doctrine and be a "scandalous" practice that couldn't be justified to the faithful of the world, a lawyer for Providence Health Care has told the B.C. S...
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Thousands without natural gas service in B.C.'s Okanagan, possible until Sunday
KELOWNA - FortisBC says it is working to restore natural gas service to about 6,200 customers in British Columbia's Lake Country and north Kelowna area. The utility says in a statement that the service disruption could mean some customers won't have g...
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B.C. guide fined $12,000 for falsifying documents, exceeding fishing limits
MASSET - A British Columbia fishing guide has been fined $12,000 for exceeding his catch limits, then falsifying documents in an attempt to evade detection during an inspection. The Fisheries Department says the guide, based in Haida Gwaii, was convict...
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First Capital's $9B portfolio to be divided between Choice Properties and KingSett
TORONTO - Choice Properties REIT and KingSett Capital have signed a deal worth more than $9 billion to buy First Capital REIT and split up the trust's shopping centre-focused real estate portfolio. The cash-and-unit deal, valued at about $9.4 billion i...
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Canada
Canadian bishops speak out amid Trump's spat with Pope Leo XIV over Middle East
A group representing Catholic bishops across Canada is speaking out against using images of Christ for political rhetoric after U.S. President Donald Trump posted religious pictures on social media amid his spat with Pope Leo XIV. The Canadian Conferen...
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Fewer rejected ballots in Terrebonne byelection, despite adapted ballot
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says there were fewer rejected ballots in the recent Terrebonne byelection than during the last general election, despite the use of an adapted ballot. In a social media post, Elections Canada says it has validated the results...
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Wet and mild winter is 'good news' for B.C. wildfire season, says forecaster
VICTORIA - The lead forecaster for the BC Wildfire Service said a relatively wet and mild winter across much of British Columbia is "really good news" for the upcoming wildfire season. Matt MacDonald said a lack of frost meant trees and soil were able...
6h ago
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B.C. Sikh activist says police warned him of 'imminent' threat to life
An associate of slain B.C. Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar said police have alerted him of an "imminent" threat to his life. Narinder Singh Randhawa said in a sworn statement sent to The Canadian Press that he was first contacted by Surrey P...
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Audit warns military procurement faces 'persistent' hurdles
OTTAWA - An internal federal government audit delivered late last year warned the work of buying and upgrading military technology was still being plagued by bureaucratic hurdles. The report was released as the federal government forged ahead with refo...
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AI content should be labelled, heritage committee says
OTTAWA - The government should require that content generated by artificial intelligence be clearly labelled, a House of Commons committee said in a new report. The members of Parliament on the committee are calling for standardized labels for AI conte...
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World
ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump's mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday. Homeland Secu...
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Progressive Analilia Mejía takes New Jersey US House special election, giving Democrats another win
DENVILLE, N.J. (AP) - Democrat Analilia Mejía won a New Jersey special election for the U.S. House on Thursday, defeating Republican Joe Hathaway on a message of standing up to President Donald Trump and defending progressive policies. Me...
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Trump nominates Erica Schwartz, former deputy surgeon general, to serve as CDC director
President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Erica Schwartz, a former deputy surgeon general, to be the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a social media post, Trump described Schwartz as "incredibly talen...
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Sports
Parekh scores winner as Flames beat Kings 3-1
CALGARY - Zayne Parekh snapped a 1-1 tie with a goal at 6:08 of the third period to lift the Calgary Flames to a 3-1 season-ending win over the playoff-bound Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. Rookie goalie Arsenii Sergeev made his first career NHL start, ...
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Savoie, McDavid lead playoff-bound Oilers to clutch 6-1 win over Canucks
EDMONTON - Connor McDavid had four assists and rookie Matthew Savoie scored his first career hat trick as the Edmonton Oilers secured second place in the Pacific Division and home ice to start the first round of playoffs with a clutch 6-1 victory over ...
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Fast-starting Chizzy Iwai shoots 63, takes two-stroke lead in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Chizzy Iwai played her first seven holes in 7 under, capped by an eagle on the par-5 16th, and shot a 9-under 63 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead in the JM Eagle L.A. Championship. The tournament at El Caballero Country Club - t...
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