Global Leadership
UFV students join Secretary of State in global change discussion panel
ABBOTSFORD - Global Development students and alumni have recently gathered to learn more about global leadership in uncertain times without leaving the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV). Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development, attended the school's "Changemaking in Complex Times - Why ...
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A Different Kind of Loss
Chilliwack Hospice Society to host month-long pet death grief support group
CHILLIWACK - Spring is coming next month, but it may not feel that way for pet owners who have lost their companion creature, and the Chilliwack Hospice Society is hoping to alleviate some of that grief with one of its upcoming programs.A pet death grief support group is set to run between 6 and 8 p.m. from March 16 to...
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UFV students join Secretary of State in global change discussion panel
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
Nine candidates make the cut in the race for the leadership of B.C. Conservatives
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Kane scores 2 more as Bayern beats Dortmund in Klassiker to open 11-point gap in Bundesliga
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Fraser Valley
Ski cross star Reece Howden back on top of the podium with World Cup win
KOPAONIK - Canada's Reece Howden overcame recent disappointments to race to victory Saturday at a World Cup men's ski cross event. Calgary's Howden finished ahead of Germany's Florian Wilmsmann and France's Youri Duplessis Kergomard to pick up his reco...
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One At Large
3 charged in extortion investigation after shots fired at Surrey home November 2025
SURREY - Three men are facing extortion-related charges after shots were fired at a Surrey home in November last year. Surrey officers responded to calls of a possible shooting at a residence in the 17000 block of 32 Avenue on November 8 and November 12. The BC Provincial Extortion Task Force then took charge of both f...
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Missing man
UPDATE: Missing 64-year-old Abbotsford man found
Update 7:50 a.m. Saturday (Feb. 28): Police in Abbotsford say the 64-year-old man who was last seen nearly two weeks ago has now been found. All identifying information has been removed for privacy reasons.
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Pedestrian fatally struck
Pedestrian struck, killed by train in Maple Ridge: RCMP
MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge have confirmed that a male pedestrian was struck and killed by a train on River Road Friday afternoon.According to a brief statement from the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment, police were called to the 22300 block of River Road Friday at approximately 2 p.m. Officers attended and conf...
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British Columbia
Nine candidates make the cut in the race for the leadership of B.C. Conservatives
VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservative Party says nine candidates have advanced to the next phase of the race to replace former leader John Rustad, but one of the candidates who did not make the cut says the party must remain "grounded in genuine Conservativ...
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B.C. RCMP say three foreign nationals charged with extortion, one suspect at large
SURREY - Police say three foreign nationals face extortion and firearms charges amid a spasm of shootings at homes and businesses in British Columbia. The charges were announced Friday by the B.C. Extortion Task Force, set up to investigate the dozens...
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Chilliwack, B.C., school trustee Laurie Throness resigns over free speech 'chill'
CHILLIWACK - A school trustee in Chilliwack, B.C., has resigned his position, saying he "no longer feels safe in expressing" himself after the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal's decision to fine former trustee Barry Neufeld $750,000. Laurie Throness says in...
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Pedestrian killed by train in Maple Ridge, B.C., RCMP say
MAPLE RIDGE - A man has been struck and killed by a train in Maple Ridge, B.C. RCMP say officers were called Friday afternoon to a report of a person being hit along the tracks on River Road. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. RCMP say they ar...
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Witness denies Vancouver officers on Myles Gray's back before his death
VANCOUVER - One of the Vancouver officers who responded to the scene after a man was beaten by police in 2015 faced questioned of discrepancies between notes he took that day and how he describes the situation more than 10 years later. Const. Chris Bow...
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Influencer charged in human trafficking case, police say
VANCOUVER - The RCMP say a social media influencer from Vancouver is facing six charges in a case where a victim is alleged to have been trafficked in British Columbia and Ontario. Charges against 31-year-old Tevin Douglas include trafficking in perso...
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Canada
Canada's pro-U.S. stance in Iran attack carries security risks, experts say
Canada's support for U.S. strikes against Iran could come with security risks as Iran looks to retaliate against perceived enemies abroad, say experts, who also note the political gamble of betting on an attack with uncertain aims and outcomes. On Satu...
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Here's the latest on the U.S. attack on Iran from a Canadian perspective
The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran in a major attack on Saturday, as U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to decimate the country's military, destroy its nuclear program and spur a change in government. Iran retaliated by firing ballist...
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'D-Day for Iranians': Some Iranian Canadians welcome U.S. attack of Iran
Some Iranian Canadians are expressing their support for foreign intervention in Iran after the U.S. and Israel launched a major attack on the Middle Eastern country, sending missiles into Iran overnight. Iranian Canadian filmmaker Ezra Soleh welcomed ...
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Carney says Canada supports U.S. action in Iran but won't get involved militarily
MUMBAI - Prime Minister Mark Carney said he supports the U.S. action in Iran, but Canada will not get directly involved in the conflict after American and Israeli militaries launched an attack on the Middle Eastern country overnight. "We have not been ...
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'Polarized' world is fuelling a growing number of protests in Canada, police say
For hours, protesters slowly marched shoulder to shoulder down Toronto's Yonge Street in what seemed like an endless throng. The scale of the rally could only be truly appreciated in photos taken far above street level, showing a kilometre-long stretch...
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Canada aiming to sign India trade deal this year, Carney says in Mumbai
MUMBAI - Canada is aiming to sign a comprehensive trade deal with India this year, Prime Minister Mark Carney told a business audience in Mumbai Saturday. "We are now negotiating a comprehensive economic partnership agreement, with the intention to dou...
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World
World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes on Iran as fears grow of a wider war
BRUSSELS (AP) - How long will it last? Will it grow? What will it mean to us - and to global security overall? Those questions echoed across the Middle East and the planet Saturday as world leaders reacted warily to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran tha...
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Russian Foreign Ministry condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as 'unprovoked act of armed aggression'
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Saturday condemned the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran as "a pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression against a sovereign and independent U.N. member state," demanding an immediate halt to the military campaign and a...
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Israeli officials say Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei is dead. No word from US or Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died in a major attack on Iran launched by Israel and the United States, Israeli officials told The Associated Press on Saturday. There was no immediate comment...
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Sports
Kane scores 2 more as Bayern beats Dortmund in Klassiker to open 11-point gap in Bundesliga
BERLIN (AP) - Harry Kane scored twice again and Bayern Munich opened an 11-point lead in the Bundesliga with a 3-2 win at Borussia Dortmund in Der Klassiker on Saturday. Joshua Kimmich let fly with his left boot to score the winner with a...
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Calgary teen skier dead, another survives after avalanche near ski hill
KANANASKIS - Mounties say a 15-year-old skier has died after an avalanche buried him under snow in southern Alberta. Cochrane RCMP say they responded to a call for two people missing after an avalanche near the Nakiska ski hill, located west of Calgary...
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Gaudet takes bronze in World Cup parallel grand slalom snowboard
KRYNICA - Canada's Arnaud Gaudet won the bronze medal in a World Cup men's parallel grand slalom snowboard event Saturday. Gaudet, from Montcalm, Que., beat Slovenia's Tim Mastnak in the small final to pick up his second World Cup medal of the season. ...
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