Public works improvements
Major Chilliwack road construction project could begin in just a matter of months
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack now anticipates that reconstruction on a primary arterial through Sardis could get underway in just a matter of months. On its website, the City of Chilliwack says the Watson Road reconstruction project between Tyson Road and Vedder Road will provide a safe pathway for active transpo...
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Environmental compliance
Chilliwack business fined for 'major contravention' of environmental regulations
ABBOTSFORD/CHILLIWACK - A Fraser Valley business with locations in Chilliwack and Abbotsford has been fined nearly $20,000 for failing to abide by environmental regulations required under British Columbia law. According to the text of an administrative penalty issued by the Ministry of Environment and Parks, within the...
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Fraser Valley
Wildfire
Wildfire north of Boston Bar being held: BCWS
(UPDATE 7:30 p.m. MONDAY): The BC Wildfire Service says a small wildfire that ignited in the Fraser Canyon north of Boston Bar on Monday (Apr. 6) is being held at 3.6 hectares.In an update just after 6:00 p.m., the BC Wildfire Service noted the fire near Siska Creek was displaying rank 1 and 2 fire behaviour meaning a ...
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Community advocate sadly passes
Longtime Chilliwack resident, community advocate for radon awareness sadly passes
CHILLIWACK - A former operating room nurse who later worked as a Chilliwack real estate agent and devoted countless hours toward raising awareness around radon has sadly passed after a courageous battle with lung cancer caused by radon exposure.According to an obituary posted in the Chilliwack Progress, longtime Chilli...
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Police activities
Abbotsford Police respond to over a dozen domestic violence reports during Easter weekend
ABBOTSFORD - Abbotsford Police Department spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says AbbyPD officers fielded over a dozen calls involving intimate partner violence over the Easter long weekend, amid 445 calls for service between Friday evening and Tuesday morning.In addition to the concerning number of domestic violence report...
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Break and enter
Cottonwood Centre mall retailer broken into, damaged: Chilliwack RCMP
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are investigating a break and enter at a Chilliwack retail store that happened last week. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, police responded to a report at about 3:30 a.m. last Thursday, April 2 alleging that individuals had entered th...
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British Columbia
Could this be the end of green building standards in Ontario - again?
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government is taking another swipe at green standards while nixing a requirement for municipalities to build climate change goals into their official plans. The new changes would roll back municipal enhanced development s...
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Man charged in Surrey, B.C., shooting that injured driver, setting off crash
SURREY - A man has been charged in a shooting in Metro Vancouver that injured a vehicle driver, setting off a crash. Surrey police say officers responded to the crash March 24 on University Drive. Police say arriving officers found a person had been ...
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Vancouver Island man sentenced to nine-plus years in child-exploitation case
PORT ALBERNI - A Vancouver Island man has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for several sex offences involving minors he met online. Port Alberni RCMP say Loki Tchir was sentenced in the city on March 28 on charges including possession o...
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Good Samaritan who stopped to help another driver is killed in B.C. highway crash
SMITHERS - Two Good Samaritans who stopped on the side of a British Columbia highway to help another driver have been struck by a truck, killing one man and seriously injuring the other, as well as the driver of the truck. The BC Highway Patrol says th...
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B.C.'s latest credit downgrade signals 'something wrong' with finances: economist
VICTORIA - An economist says the latest downgrade for British Columbia's credit rating will discourage companies from investing in the province. Standard & Poor's global ratings lowered its rating this month for B.C. to A from A-plus after Moody's...
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Fighting bald eagles freed from power line in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - A pair of bald eagles found themselves in a tangle in Surrey, B.C., before power and fire crews helped a local bird rehabilitation group untie the knot. Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society, based in neighbouring Delta, B.C., says in a soc...
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Canada
Montreal neighbourhood to hold vigil after unhoused migrant found dead
MONTRÉAL - Community organizations in Montreal's Parc-Extension district are holding a vigil to remember a 42-year-old unhoused migrant who died earlier this year. Those who knew Manjeet Singh say he came to Canada from India in 2018 to escape poverty....
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'War crimes': Iranian Canadians horrified by Trump's latest threat to destroy Iran
TORONTO - Iranian Canadians whose family members live in Iran say they are horrified by U.S. President Donald Trump's latest social media post threatening the existence of their homeland. Trump said in a Truth Social post this morning that a "whole ci...
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Feds looking at how to 'cushion the blow' as gas prices rise amid Iran war: Carney
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is looking at how to support Canadians as oil prices rise amid the ongoing war in the Middle East. Oil prices have surged since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28, averaging more...
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Carney defends high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City
OTTAWA - High-speed rail connecting Toronto and Quebec City would be a boon the economy and job creation, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Tuesday, defending his government's project as opposition to it continues to grow. Much of the criticism comes ...
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Trade agreement talks unlikely to be resolved by July 1: U.S. trade representative
WASHINGTON - United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says he doesn't expect negotiations on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade to be resolved by July 1. That's the required deadline for the United States to notify its neighbours about ...
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Carney reiterates call to respect international law as Trump threatens 'civilization'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says leaders involved in the war in Iran need "choose their words" and act prudently, without specifically criticizing President Donald Trump over recent inflammatory statements about American military action. Trump ...
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World
American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released, an Iraqi official tells the AP
BAGHDAD (AP) - American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad streetcorner last week, has been released, an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday. Kittleson was freed in the afternoo...
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Over 80 migrants are missing from a boat that capsized after leaving Libya, UN says
CAIRO (AP) - More than 80 migrants went missing after a boat that departed a Libyan coastal town capsized in the central Mediterranean, the U.N. migration agency said Tuesday. The bodies of at least two of them have been recovered. About...
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Iran has allowed two French former detainees to leave the country, Macron says
PARIS (AP) - Iran has allowed two French former detainees, Cécile Kohler and Jacques Paris, to leave the country, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday. They had been holed up in French diplomatic premises there since their release from prison ...
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Sports
Romanian soccer great Mircea Lucescu has died at age 80
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Mircea Lucescu, the Romanian soccer great who was a serial trophy winner as a player and a coach, has died. He was 80. Lucescu's death was confirmed by Bucharest University Emergency Hospital on Tuesday. He had b...
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Canadian Hockey League players helping reshape college hockey after rule change permits them to play
Sidney Crosby never played for an NCAA title. Neither did Nathan MacKinnon, Connor McDavid or, going way back, Wayne Gretzky. For decades, the stars of the Canadian Hockey League were deemed pros as juniors - they received stipends - and ruled ineligib...
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Coach Sheldon Keefe and the Devils face uncertainty after GM Tom Fitzgerald's departure
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Tom Fitzgerald called Sheldon Keefe on Monday to tell the coach he hired that after more than six years as general manager of the New Jersey Devils, he was leaving the organization. "It's not a good feeling to hear the news," Keefe ...
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