Illicit Drugs
Man charged after drug seizure at Abbotsford border crossing
ABBOTSFORD - A 47-year-old Canadian man has been charged with importing cocaine and heroin following an investigation into an alleged attempt to smuggle drugs across the Canada-U.S. border at Abbotsford. The man was arrested after Canada Border Services Agency officers intercepted 52 brick-shaped packages of suspected ...
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Road Safety
Agassiz RCMP arrest suspected impaired drivers after separate collisions
AGASSIZ - Agassiz RCMP arrested two drivers following separate incidents involving collisions and suspected impaired driving.In the first incident, police responded to reports of a vehicle that had struck a utility pole near Highway 9 and Morrow Road.Officers found the driver asleep behind the wheel and observed drug p...
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Suspect in northern B.C. home invasion, sexual assault remains at large: RCMP
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Thousands without power in Chilliwack, Abbotsford area Wednesday afternoon
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Chilliwack Chiefs sign Minnesota forward Peter Murray
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Chiefs have signed forward Peter Murray of Edina, Minnesota as the club looks to boost its scoring.Murray, who stands 6-foot-1 and weighs 190 pounds, adds size to the Chiefs' forward group.He recorded 35 points, including 19 goals and 16 assists, in 28 games with St. Thomas Academy during th...
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Police enforcement
Mission RCMP crack down on speeding, suspected impaired driving
MISSION - Mission RCMP have stopped motorists for speeding and other traffic infractions during recent enforcement activities, including one driver caught travelling more than twice the posted speed limit.Last week, on the morning of October 21, the RCMP Traffic Services Unit conducted a safety enforcement campaign alo...
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Navy-blue shirts
B.C. RCMP officers begin transition to navy-blue uniforms
VANCOUVER - The B.C. RCMP has begun introducing new navy-blue uniform shirts for frontline officers across the province, replacing the traditional grey shirts.The phased rollout began this month, with frontline officers working at detachments starting to wear the new uniforms. New navy blue RCMP uniform shirts for poli...
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Public safety
Hope RCMP report a series of vehicle thefts and thefts from vehicles
HOPE - Hope RCMP officers responded to several thefts from vehicles throughout the community in recent weeks. Incidents included stolen stereo equipment from an unlocked vehicle on Willow Street, gaming equipment taken from a vehicle on Douglas Street, personal items stolen from a locked vehicle on Park Street, and num...
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British Columbia
Suspect in northern B.C. home invasion, sexual assault remains at large: RCMP
FORT ST. JOHN - Police in Fort St. John, B.C., say the suspect in what they describe as a violent home invasion and sexual assault Tuesday night remains at large. Mounties in the northern British Columbia city say a man entered a home on 87 Street near...
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Liberals vote to keep B.C. tanker ban in place
OTTAWA - The Liberal government voted to keep the B.C. coastal oil tanker ban in place Wednesday, defeating a Conservative bill that would have repealed it. MPs voted along party lines during second reading in the House of Commons Wednesday, with only ...
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Trucker charged with attempting to smuggle drugs over Canada-U.S. border in B.C.
ABBOTSFORD BRITISH COLUMBIA - Police say a 47-year-old man is facing drug-trafficking charges following the discovery of illicit drugs inside the commercial truck and trailer he was driving as he tried to cross the Canada-U.S. border in Abbotsford, B.C...
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Some B.C. legislators qualified for full pension a day before election
VICTORIA - British Columbia's snap election on Saturday was held a day after a dozen legislators crossed the threshold for a full pension, including four NDP MLAs who lost their ridings or did not run. The clerk's office says the pensions of legislato...
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B.C. New Democrat says most don't know what party stands for
A former British Columbia New Democrat legislator who lost his Metro Vancouver seat in Saturday's snap election says the party has soul searching to do after its government was toppled by B.C. Conservatives, who won a decisive majority. Rick Glumac, wh...
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Former top Mountie David Teboul quits post, admits assaulting teen lacrosse player
ABBOTSFORD BRITISH COLUMBIA - Former RCMP Assistant Commissioner David Teboul has pleaded guilty to assaulting a teenager who he grabbed by the throat after a lacrosse game involving the officer's son in Abbotsford, B.C., in July 2025. A sentencing hea...
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Canada
Liberals vote to keep B.C. tanker ban in place
OTTAWA - The Liberal government voted to keep the B.C. coastal oil tanker ban in place Wednesday, defeating a Conservative bill that would have repealed it. MPs voted along party lines during second reading in the House of Commons Wednesday, with only ...
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Ottawa introduces new fines for bogus, unlicensed immigration and citizenship advice
OTTAWA - The Immigration Department has announced new fines ranging from $5,000 to $1.5 million for people who give false immigration advice or provide advice without proper authorization. The new fine policy, which takes effect today, sets a minimum f...
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Former senator Pamela Wallin says MAID committee was 'chaotic and exclusionary'
Former senator Pamela Wallin criticized the co-chair of a special joint committee on MAID while testifying at an inquiry into a leaked confidential report, calling him "dismissive" and describing the process as "chaotic and exclusionary." "It was the w...
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One charge against Frank Stronach dropped ahead of second sex assault trial: lawyer
Frank Stronach's lawyer says one charge of sexual assault against her client in an upcoming Newmarket, Ont., trial has been dropped. Leora Shemesh says the prosecution involving one complainant in the trial set for next year has been withdrawn. Docume...
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Ottawa will need other ways to cut emissions to compensate for oil pipeline: Farrell
OTTAWA - The head of the major projects office says Ottawa will need new ways to cut emissions to meet its climate goals because the proposed Pacific Link oil pipeline will emit more than the Pathways carbon capture project will sequester. Dawn Farrell...
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Canadian War Museum acquires type of armoured vehicle used on battlefield in Ukraine
OTTAWA - Brampton-based defence manufacturer Roshel has donated to the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa one of its mine-resistant armoured transport vehicles - the same kind being used by Ukraine in the war with Russia. Jim Whitham, the museum's director ...
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World
Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the enduring "Sí, se puede!" rallying cry, has died. She was 96. Huerta died of cancer Wedne...
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UN condemns US economic embargo of Cuba though more nations sit out after Trump administration push
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned the U.S. economic embargo of Cuba for the 34th year on Wednesday, even as Washington's campaign to influence the outcome led to a number of countries voting against the resolution or sitting out...
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At least 30 dead and 80 injured in high-speed train crash in central Spain
URDA, Spain (AP) - A high-speed train slammed into the rear of another train that had stopped, derailing two cars and killing at least 30 people on Wednesday in central Spain, authorities said. The regional president of Castilla La Mancha...
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Sports
Oilers forward Zach Hyman returns to injured reserve with neck injury
EDMONTON - Edmonton Oilers forward Zach Hyman is heading back to injured reserve ahead of Wednesday's Battle of Alberta against the Calgary Flames. The 33-year-old was injured when he hit his head on the glass during Monday's 4-3 shootout loss to Detro...
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Rays ace Drew Rasmussen to start World Series Game 5 on short rest against Milwaukee
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Drew Rasmussen will start for Tampa Bay on three days' rest in Game 5 of the World Series against the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night, trying to stave off elimination for the Rays. A 31-year-old right-hand...
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Ottawa's Achol Akot on watch list for top NCAA women's basketball forward
SPRINGFIELD - Ottawa's Achol Akot was named to the pre-season watch list for the 2027 Cheryl Miller Award, which honours the top small forward in NCAA Division I women's basketball, on Wednesday. The six-foot-one senior is entering her first season wit...
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