Municipal election
Retired elementary teacher, former dairy manager to run for Chilliwack Board of Education
CHILLIWACK - A retired elementary school teacher who later worked as the director of a homeless shelter and as the manager of a Fraser Valley dairy will run for a seat on the Chilliwack Board of Education. Retired educator Barbara Bednarski carries substantial experience both inside and outside the public school system...
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Enbridge to offer over 1,600 free tickets to space centre in Vancouver for Fraser Valley residents
FRASER VALLEY - Over 1,600 free tickets to attend the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver next month are now available to Fraser Valley residents living in Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Hope, Harrison Hot Springs and the District of Kent. Enbridge, an energy transportation company which operates a natural gas pipeline t...
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Municipal election
Lawyer, father of 4 to run for Chilliwack school board
CHILLIWACK - A commercial litigator and partner at a B.C. law firm who resides in Yarrow will run for a seat on the Chilliwack Board of Education in the fall election. Michael Carter, a partner at White Rock-based Cleveland Doan LLP where he practices commercial litigation, is a married father of four who resides in Ya...
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Charge laid
B.C. man charged in two-vehicle crash that killed 2, injured 4 in the Fraser Canyon
FRASER CANYON/LYTTON - A B.C. man is facing a BC Motor Vehicle Act charge and a provincial court date after an investigation into a fatal crash that happened on Highway 1 in the Fraser Canyon just south of Lytton last year. BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Sgt. Michael McLaughlin says two people died and four people were...
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Police investigation
Man hospitalized after machete attack at downtown Chilliwack park
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack say a man reluctantly agreed to go to hospital for treatment after a machete attack at a park next to the downtown Chilliwack library this past week. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP Corporal Carmen Kiener as part of her weekly recap for August 17-23, officers responded to...
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Motor vehicle incident
18-year-old driver crashes into utility pole in Mission, female passenger transported to hospital
MISSION - Police in Mission say the 18-year-old driver of an SUV was allegedly travelling at a high rate of speed and tried to pass another vehicle before losing control and crashing into a utility pole last weekend. According to a statement from Mission RCMP Corporal Harrison Mohr, emergency responders in Mission atte...
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British Columbia
Metro Vancouver outside workers halt job action with agreement on arbitrator
The union representing Metro Vancouver outside workers says its members have halted job action after both sides agreed on the appointment of a former British Columbia Supreme Court judge as an arbitrator in the ongoing labour dispute. The Greater Vanco...
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B.C. forestry leader backs Canada's trade walkout despite possible softwood progress
VANCOUVER - A leader in British Columbia's forestry sector is voicing support for Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States despite reported concessions on lumber tariffs in a scuttled deal. Kim Haakstad...
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Police vehicle hits man in Vancouver, prompting watchdog investigation
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's watchdog agency is looking for witnesses after a police vehicle hit a man lying on the ground in Vancouver last month, leaving him with serious injuries. The Independent Investigations Office says in a statement that the...
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Evacuation alert ends in Boston Bar, B.C., after weeks of threat from wildfire
BOSTON BAR - A series of evacuation alerts has been lifted for communities in British Columbia's Fraser Canyon that have been under threat from wildfires for more than a month. The Fraser Valley Regional District has given the all-clear for properties ...
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Division, defections, depletion: How the B.C. Conservatives lost 12 legislators
The B.C. Conservatives came within three ridings of victory in the 2024 provincial election, winning 44 seats. But since then, the party's caucus has been thinned by more than a quarter, amid differences over its ideology, and questions about its direc...
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Vancouver woman fined $100,000 for evading tax on rental property
VANCOUVER - A Vancouver woman has received a nine-month conditional sentence after evading more than $100,000 in income taxes by pretending a home occupied by a tenant was her principal residence. The Canada Revenue Agency says in a release that Thi Nh...
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Canada
B.C. forestry leader backs Canada's trade walkout despite possible softwood progress
VANCOUVER - A leader in British Columbia's forestry sector is voicing support for Prime Minister Mark Carney's decision to walk away from trade talks with the United States despite reported concessions on lumber tariffs in a scuttled deal. Kim Haakstad...
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The president says the U.S. doesn't need anything from Canada. Exports say otherwise.
OTTAWA - "WE DON'T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!" U.S. President Donald Trump's social media post this week was a continuation on a theme he's maintained throughout the trade war: that his country doesn't need anything from Canada. Experts - and exports ...
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New child safety measures Meta pledged in U.S. settlement not coming to Canada
OTTAWA - New child protection measures Meta has promised as part of a massive legal settlement in the United States won't be implemented in Canada. A spokesperson for Meta says the changes on its Facebook and Instagram platforms will only be made in th...
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As Carney pivots trade from U.S., here are some of Canada's new deals
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney was elected on a platform to stand up to the United States on tariffs, and diversify trade so Canada is no longer as dependent on the U.S. as it has been. Carney said on Saturday, hours after he suspended trade talks...
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Fact File: News story using Jim Balsillie to promote AI crypto platform is fake
An article made to look like it came from CBC News was shared on LinkedIn this month claiming that former BlackBerry chief executive Jim Balsillie was encouraging investment in an artificial intelligence-powered cryptocurrency platform. Balsillie says ...
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Saskatchewan's Premier Moe announces 50% retaliatory tax on U.S. booze amid trade war
PRINCE ALBERT - As Canada's trade war with the United States escalates, Saskatchewan is hitting back with a reciprocal tax on American alcohol. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced Wednesday that starting Sept. 8, Saskatchewan is to impose a 50 per...
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World
Nearly 1,000 are missing in Nepal and Tibet after catastrophic floods caused by a glacial collapse
UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal (AP) - China's Xinhua News Agency said Thursday that mudslides in Tibet caused by a glacial collapse have left three people dead and 558 missing, while police in Nepal reported at least 162 were killed after massive flash floods in a...
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More than 550 missing in Tibet after floods that left hundreds also missing in Nepal
UDIN DHUNGA, Nepal (AP) - China's Xinhua News Agency said mudslides Wednesday caused by a glacial collapse in Tibet have left 558 people missing, while police in Nepal reported Thursday morning that at least 162 were killed after massive flash floods i...
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Sal Veder, Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer who shot iconic 'Burst of Joy,' dies at age 99
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Slava 'Sal' Veder, best known for his picture of a U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel joyfully reuniting with his family after five years in a prisoner of war camp in Vietnam, died Aug. 22. H...
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Sports
Lukes powers Toronto to 3-0 win over Kansas City, ending Royals' nine-game win streak
TORONTO - Nathan Lukes hit a three-run homer and seven Toronto pitchers combined on a six-hit shutout as the Blue Jays blanked the Kansas City Royals 3-0 on Wednesday at Rogers Centre. The Royals threatened in the eighth inning as Tyler Rogers gave up ...
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Underdog Canada eliminated from Little League World Series by highly touted Japan
WILLIAMSPORT - Canada's improbable run at the Little League World Series has come to an end. Taiga Yumitori drove in three runs and scored twice as Japan eliminated Canada from the youth baseball tournament with a 7-3 victory on Wednesday. Canada's rep...
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NFL ends the Pro Bowl game, but players will still be honored as Pro Bowlers
ATLANTA (AP) - The Pro Bowl is no more, the NFL announced Wednesday, ending an exhibition of the league's top players that was held in some form almost every year since 1951. The game wasn't played in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but that was...
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