Community Emergency Preparedness Fund
Fraser Valley communities receive $90K for fire department upgrades
HARRISON - Three communities in the Fraser Valley have received new funding from the B.C. government to improve emergency response ahead of wildfire season.The province is supporting 86 projects across various volunteer and composite fire departments in B.C. through the Community Emergency Preparedness Fund (CEPF).Harr...
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Steps of Hope
Abbotsford to host epilepsy awareness walk in May
ABBOTSFORD - Residents are invited to join a walk in support of people and families living with epilepsy in the community. The Abbotsford-based B.C. nonprofit, Centre for Epilepsy & Seizure Education (ESEBC), is hosting Steps of Hope - an all-ages epilepsy awareness walk at Mill Lake Park next month. "The even...
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Community Emergency Preparedness Fund
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Road Safety
Police remove nine impaired drivers from Abbotsford roads Friday night
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford have had a busy few days on the road heading into the long weekend.On Wednesday and Thursday, April 1 and 2, Traffic Enforcement Unit officers issued over 100 violation tickets across the city for the two-day speed enforcement blitz.Frontline officers then removed nine impaired drivers...
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Lithium-Ion Battery
Chilliwack Fire urges safety reminder after battery-related fire in detached garage
CHILLIWACK - Firefighters have tackled a smoking shed in Chilliwack early Friday morning (Apr. 4).At roughly 3:35 a.m., crews from Halls 1 and 4, as well as RCMP, responded to reports of smoke coming from the property in the 8800 block of Elm Drive, but found no active smoke or flames when they arrived.Further investig...
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Chilliwack Chiefs
Series Opener Heads to Overtime
By Shaelee Dombrowski Game 1 did not go the Chiefs' way after Coquitlam took the series lead in overtime. Round 1 of the 2026 Rogers BCHL Playoffs commenced Friday night as the Chilliwack Chiefs hosted their first-round opponents, the Coquitlam Express. Game 1 of the series brought a lot of what you can [...]
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Restaurant Closure
Langley sports bar shuts doors after more than a decade in service
LANGLEY - A local pub and restaurant has now closed its doors to service, not long after it switched to new management. Oak & Thorne, which was located in the Walnut Grove neighbourhood in the Township of Langley, announced that it has permanently closed on Tuesday, March 31. "To everyone who's walked through ...
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British Columbia
Suspicious fire at waste management facility under investigation in Victoria
VICTORIA - Police say a fire near a Victoria waste management facility has been ruled suspicious. The Victoria Police Department says the fire department called officers to attend the area of Bridge Street at Bay Steet on Friday in response to a fire n...
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Air quality is being monitored after a barge fire in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - Officials say they are monitoring the air quality after a barge fire in Surrey, B.C., sent large plumes of smoke into the air. Metro Vancouver Regional District says it's aware of a barge fire near the stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge, also known as River...
Apr 03, 2026
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B.C. mother and seven-year-old daughter freed from ICE, says MLA
VANCOUVER - A Canadian mother and her seven-year-old daughter who spent three weeks detained at an immigration facility in Texas were released from detention on Thursday. Amelia Boultbee, an independent MLA who represents the electoral district of Pent...
Apr 03, 2026
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'Absolute betrayal': First Nations blast Eby in leaked transcript of DRIPA meeting
A leaked transcript of a meeting between Indigenous leaders and British Columbia Premier David Eby, about his plan to suspend the province's Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, or DRIPA, shows them accusing him of "absolute betrayal" a...
Apr 03, 2026
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Does your single friend excel? Try a PowerPoint dating pitch
VANCOUVER - Harjot Rai had three minutes to make his PowerPoint pitch. The subject? His cringing friend, Matt White. And the audience was a far cry from executives in a corporate boardroom. Instead, it was 150 strangers at the Hollywood Theatre in Vanc...
Apr 03, 2026
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B.C. Appeals Court sides with First Nation over Aboriginal title on Nootka Island
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has overturned a lower-court ruling after finding the judge used an "arbitrary boundary" to determine a First Nation's Aboriginal title over a swath of Nootka Island off western Vancouver Island. A three-judge pane...
Apr 02, 2026
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Canada
Iran war the latest crisis affecting food banks as usage in Toronto hits record high
Toronto's largest food bank says it's been dealing with crisis after crisis as the war in Iran makes it even more expensive to feed the thousands of food insecure Torontonians who rely on it. Neil Hetherington, CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank, says fo...
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'Unsettling:' Minister says one patient attacked another at Edmonton emergency room
EDMONTON - Alberta's hospitals minister says a patient seeking care at a major Edmonton emergency room was taken into custody after attacking another patient on Friday. Matt Jones says in a social media post that Edmonton police and other hospital pers...
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In Toronto's Little Italy, fans line up to swap jerseys and embrace Team Canada
TORONTO - Fans lined a chilly street in Toronto's Little Italy outside Café Diplomatico for Canada Soccer's "Our Game Now" World Cup jersey swap. The Canada jerseys ran out in under 30 minutes, with scarves, hats and posters also disappearing fast. Can...
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Why the Iran war has renewed calls for a sovereign medical supply chain
OTTAWA - The fallout from the war in the Middle East has led to cuts in helium supplies for health services in at least one province - and experts are warning that Canada still hasn't done enough to secure sovereignty over critical medical supply chain...
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Could Trump follow through on his threats to quit NATO? Experts say it's possible
OTTAWA - President Donald Trump's comments to a British newspaper this week revived speculation about whether he is ready to pull the U.S. out of the NATO defensive pact, of which Canada is a member. Venting his frustration over what he claimed is the ...
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Canadian Space Agency's first space to Earth video call with Col. Jeremy Hansen
LONGUEUIL - Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen connected with Earth from deep space early Saturday morning in a historic first for the Canadian Space Agency, as part of a live question-and-answer session during the Artemis II mission. The virtual event...
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World
5.8 magnitude quake hits Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing 8 in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 rattled parts of northern and eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan late Friday, killing at least eight people in Afghanistan, authorities said. The region is...
Apr 03, 2026
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Myanmar's parliament elects ruling general as president, keeping the army in charge
BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar's parliament on Friday elected Min Aung Hlaing, a general who ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government in 2021 and kept an iron grip on power for the past five years, as the country's new president. The move m...
Apr 03, 2026
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Cuba releasing 2,010 prisoners as the US pressures the island's government
HAVANA (AP) - The Cuban government said Thursday it would release 2,010 prisoners in a move that comes while the Trump administration puts extreme pressure on the island's government with a suffocating oil blockade. The announcement said ...
Apr 03, 2026
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Sports
Ryan Hartman scores twice for Minnesota Wild in 4-1 win over Ottawa Senators
OTTAWA - Ryan Hartman scored twice to lead the Minnesota Wild to a 4-1 win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday afternoon. Jonas Brodin and Jake Middleton also scored, while goaltender Jesper Wallstedt made 33 saves for Minnesota (43-21-12). Linus Ullm...
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Sargent scores first goal, Toronto FC earns wild comeback win over Colorado Rapids
TORONTO - Toronto FC earned a wild 3-2 comeback win over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday thanks in part to a blooper-reel own goal. Leading 2-1 in the 75th minute, Rapids right back Keegan Rosenberry attempted to reset play from midfield by kicking the...
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In Toronto's Little Italy, fans line up to swap jerseys and embrace Team Canada
TORONTO - Fans lined a chilly street in Toronto's Little Italy outside Café Diplomatico for Canada Soccer's "Our Game Now" World Cup jersey swap. The Canada jerseys ran out in under 30 minutes, with scarves, hats and posters also disappearing fast. Can...
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