Price drops
Real estate portal says over 1/4 of properties in Chillliwack, Hope are priced below previous asking price
CHILLIWACK - A British Columbia-based real estate technology platform and search portal says well over one-quarter of real estate listings in Chilliwack, Sardis and Hope are currently priced below a previous asking price.Hamidreza Etebarian, president of Zealty.ca, says his company recently assembled its first Price Cu...
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Traffic enforcement blitz
Multiple cars impounded, impaired motorists nabbed during overnight roadblock on Mission Bridge
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford teamed up with their partners in Mission for an overnight traffic blitz focused on keeping area roads safe, checking drivers for signs of impairment, and ensuring compliance with traffic laws. The combined efforts of the AbbyPD and Mission RCMP paid off as six vehicles were impounded, ...
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Motor vehicle incident
Update: Surrey Police appeal for dashcam footage after semi-truck struck 3+ cars, jack-knifed
UPDATE #5, 8:35 A.M. SATURDAY: Surrey Police Service spokesperson S/Sgt. Lindsey Houghton says police are appealing to the public for any dashcam footage leading up to yesterday's multi-vehicle crash in which a semi-truck and trailer struck three sedans and later jack-knifed. S/Sgt. Houghton says the truck was travelli...
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Special weather statement
Special weather statement issued for the Coquihalla Hwy. and Hwy. 3
COQUIHALLA HIGHWAY/CROWSNEST HIGHWAY - Things might be dry tonight on area highways, but Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Highway 3, 5 and 97C tomorrow. According to a special weather statement issued at 4:01 p.m. Friday (Oct. 16) by the national weather agency, a fall storm will bring mixe...
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Charges laid
27-year-old man arrested, charged in deaths of 2 people, indignity to human remains: IHIT
BURNABY - Homicide investigators in B.C. say a 27-year-old man has been charged with two counts of second-degree murder and a single count of indignity to human remains in the homicides of two people whose bodies were discovered four years ago. IHIT Sgt. Freda Fong says police in Burnaby located the bodies of 31-year-o...
Oct 16, 2026
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Police investigation
Two semi-truck drivers arrested, DLs seized, after being found with suspected heroin in Hope: RCMP
HOPE - Police in Hope say two commercial truck drivers were arrested recently and had their commercial driving licenses seized after RCMP officers located both individuals with suspected heroin in their possession. According to a bi-weekly recap from Hope RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener for Sept. 28-Oct. 11, a...
Oct 16, 2026
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British Columbia
CentreBC pledges $25M 'rural ER stabilization fund' to keep emergency rooms open
SURREY - CentreBC Leader Elenore Sturko has announced plans for a $25-million-a-year "rural ER stabilization fund" to help keep emergency rooms open in the province. The party's campaign pledge says the fund would pay locum doctors and nurses, and fund...
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B.C. voting for mayors and councillors before general election next week
VANCOUVER - Voting is underway in British Columbia, but if you're confused, you're probably not alone. B.C. residents vote today for local representatives on councils, school boards and other regional posts, choosing from 3,500 candidates across the p...
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B.C. man arrested, charged in 2022 double homicide in Metro Vancouver
A 27-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with two homicides in Burnaby, B.C., three years ago. Investigators say Mohammed Arif Ansari was arrested Friday, and two counts of second-degree murder and one count of indignity to human ...
Oct 16, 2026
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B.C. begins voting without Conservatives' costed platform, Doerkson calls it imminent
British Columbians have started voting in the provincial election without the release of a costed platform from the B.C. Conservatives, whose leader says it will be announced "imminently." Interim leader Lorne Doerkson said at a Metro Vancouver campaig...
Oct 16, 2026
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Vancouver officer tells Myles Gray's family his 'tragic' death was not intended
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver police officer involved in the fatal arrest of Myles Gray has addressed the man's family, telling them the "tragic" outcome was never the intention of police. But Const. Beau Spencer had told the public hearing in Vancouver earl...
Oct 16, 2026
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A Yes for Green's Lowan because 'someone has to save the trees,' voter says
VICTORIA - Jim Leard had just cast his ballot for Emily Lowan on Friday when he ran into the British Columbia Green Party leader outside a high school in Greater Victoria. "We have a saying in the family, because we all vote Green, 'someone has to tal...
Oct 16, 2026
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Canada
Expert says bus model involved in deadly Calgary crash considered 'extremely safe'
CALGARY - An expert on low-carbon transportation says the roughly 1,000 compressed natural gas buses running in Canada are still considered "extremely safe" after one such bus was involved in a deadly crash in Calgary that claimed the lives of three pe...
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More than one in four Montreal-area adults experienced poverty over eight years
MONTREAL - More than one in four adults in Greater Montreal experienced poverty at some point between 2016 and 2023, according to a new study suggesting poverty is more widespread than annual statistics indicate. The study, conducted by Quebec's Instit...
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Bank of Canada's Macklem warns global resilience 'under strain'
Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem is warning that persistently high global energy prices will drive up the outlook for inflation at home. While Macklem said global resilience is being tested after a series of shocks, he also expressed some confidenc...
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Rallies planned in final weekend before Alberta separation referendum
EDMONTON - It's all over but the rallies in the final weekend before Albertans vote on their place in Confederation. On Monday, voters go to the polls to decide if Alberta should stay in Canada or if it's time for a second, binding referendum on leavin...
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Alberta referendum expected to bring finality, but also more questions on separation
On Monday, Albertans vote on whether to stay in Canada or hold another binding referendum on quitting Canada. If the vote goes as polls suggest, a majority of Albertans will mark an X to stay in Confederation, and Premier Danielle Smith has said if tha...
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Separation, immigration, the Constitution: A look at Alberta's referendum questions
EDMONTON - Here are the 10 questions Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is sending to a provincewide referendum on Monday. Question 1: Do you support the government of Alberta taking increased control over immigration for the purposes of decreasing immigra...
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World
Hurricane Trudy strengthens to Category 2 as it approaches Mexico coast
MIAMI (AP) - Trudy strengthened to a Category 2 hurricane as it moved toward Mexico 's southwestern and west-central Pacific coast on Saturday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. A hurricane warning was in effect from Manzanillo in ...
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Pope returns to Vatican days after surgery; surgeon says he should be fit for Latin America tour
VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Leo XIV returned to the Vatican on Saturday days after lung cancer surgery, as his surgeon said there are "no clinical reasons" to prevent his planned trip to Latin America next month. "The Holy Father has put his...
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A fire guts a Bangladeshi beach resort, killing 10 people
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A fire gutted a beach resort in southeastern Bangladesh on Saturday, killing 10 people and injuring four, an official said. The fire broke out at Tuptup Resto and Resort at Inani in Cox's Bazar district, a popular...
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Sports
Former Jets forward Ehlers scores winner as Carolina Hurricanes top Winnipeg 3-2
WINNIPEG - Nikolaj Ehlers scored his first goal of the NHL season to lift the Carolina Hurricanes to a 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre on Saturday afternoon. The former Jet broke a 2-2 tie at 6:43 of the third period, firing a ...
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Gabby Williams scores 26 points, sends Valkyries to 68-64 Game 1 win in defensive WNBA Finals opener
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gabby Williams converted two free throws with 1:18 left to put Golden State ahead, two more with 4.1 seconds to go and finished with 26 points facing constant pressure from Atlanta's stingy defense, and the Valkyries held off the D...
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Johnson scores touchdown in final minute to lift playoff-bound Riders to victory
REGINA - A late touchdown by KeeSean Johnson lifted the Saskatchewan Roughriders into the CFL playoffs Saturday with a 16-12 victory over the Montreal Alouettes. Trailing 12-9 with 1:29 left in the contest, the Riders marched 74 yards and scored the ga...
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