Police investigation
Chilliwack RCMP investigate vehicle vs. cyclist Monday night, determine cyclist was highly intoxicated
CHILLIWACK - A report about a vehicle hitting a cyclist Monday night near Yale Road and Hodgins Avenue had a slightly different outcome once Chilliwack RCMP members investigated. According to a statement from RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, first responders attended the Yale/Hodgins area for the report of a v...
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Motor vehicle incident
Motorist strikes BC Hydro pole, causing road closure in Chilliwack Tuesday morning
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack first responders were called to Hope River Road Tuesday morning after a vehicle struck a hydro pole on a rural country road, the second incident of its type in the area in just over a week.According to scanner traffic and the Pulse Point app, first responders were notified about a motor vehicle ...
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Pain at the pump
Chilliwack gas prices spike overnight
CHILLIWACK - Just when Chilliwack gas prices seemed to be trending lower the past couple days, motorists got a rude awakening overnight with a double-digit increase per litre. Prices surged from $1.809 litre on Monday to over $2/litre by Tuesday morning at several Chilliwack gas stations along the Yale Road corridor be...
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Look West strategy
Province to fund Abbotsford business nearly $200,000 to create 27 more jobs
ABBOTSFORD/SURREY - The province says it will pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into two manufacturing companies in Abbotsford and Surrey to help grow their operations and create more than 35 new jobs. In a statement, the B.C. government says it will invest nearly $600,000 to support Binquip MFG Solutions Ltd. in A...
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Speaking up for constituents
Abbotsford MLA calls for end to violent, dangerous encampments along Highway 1
ABBOTSFORD - Following two murders in the past month at two separate encampments along Highway 1, Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman is calling for an end to dangerous homeless camps in Abbotsford. Banman's remarks come after a fire at the Peardonville Road homeless encampment Friday evening (Apr. 24) left a 47-year-old...
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Police investigation
2 people arrested after Chilliwack RCMP receive weapons-related call Friday night
CHILLIWACK - A spokesperson for the Chilliwack RCMP detachment has confirmed two people were taken into custody Friday night after a weapons-related incident near Vedder Road and Luckakuck Way. According to a brief statement from RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, RCMP members attended the area for a report of a...
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British Columbia
VPD officer's testimony dropped from schedule of Myles Gray death hearing
VANCOUVER - A public hearing in Vancouver into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is set to resume after a six-week adjournment. But the first testimony from one of the Vancouver officers under investigation for the violent confrontation h...
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Former White Rock dance teacher faces se
Former White Rock dance teacher faces sexual assault charges, RCMP says
WHITE ROCK - A man who taught girls to dance at a studio in White Rock, B.C., faces multiple sexual assault charges alleged to have taken place between 2006 and 2011. RCMP says 45-year-old Nigel Brock Jellison faces five counts of sexual assault and o...
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Feds need to bring in social media and AI protections for kids, B.C. AG Sharma says
VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general says if the federal government doesn't bring in protections on social media and AI chatbots for children, then the province will look to follow Manitoba with its own regulatory regime. Niki Sharma says pa...
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Early resolution process for family disputes expands in B.C.
VICTORIA - British Columbia is expanding its early resolution process for family disputes to all provincial court locations along the central coast, B.C.'s Interior and Vancouver Island starting Friday. The process was initially launched in Victoria i...
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B.C. man who viewed child abuse images in B.C. café gets 535 days in jail
RICHMOND - A British Columbia man has been sentenced to more than 17 months in prison after police found several collections with thousands of child sexual abuse images in a multi-year investigation in which he was arrested at least four times. Richmon...
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Blockbuster $22B Shell-ARC deal bodes well for expansion to LNG Canada, experts say
CALGARY - Global energy heavyweight Shell PLC's plan to buy one of Canada's biggest natural gas producers bolsters the likelihood an expansion of the LNG Canada plant will move ahead, industry experts say. The deal to buy Calgary-based ARC Resources L...
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Canada
In the news today: Interest rates, Manitoba First Nation lockdown, Missing N.S. kids
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Bank of Canada expected to keep benchmark rate at 2.25% amid Iran war oil price spike The Bank of Canada is widely expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unc...
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Davis Schneider's brother died of an overdose. The Blue Jay says naloxone can save others
TORONTO - To Davis Schneider, his older brother Steven was "kind of like a Superman." "He worked as a nurse up until he died. He worked every single day to help people in need," the Toronto Blue Jays player said in an interview with The Canadian Press....
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A timeline of key events in the Nova Scotia missing kids investigation
HALIFAX - Four-year-old Jack Sullivan and his six-year-old sister Lilly were reported missing from their home in Lansdowne Station, N.S., on May 2, 2025. Almost a year later, the investigation continues into their disappearance. What follows is a timel...
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One year later, RCMP saying little about disappearance of two Nova Scotia children
HALIFAX - Almost a year after RCMP began investigating the sudden disappearance of two children from their rural Nova Scotia home, the Mounties still say there is no evidence of an abduction or criminal offence. Investigators say that on May 2, 2025, f...
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VPD officer's testimony dropped from schedule of Myles Gray death hearing
VANCOUVER - A public hearing in Vancouver into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 is set to resume after a six-week adjournment. But the first testimony from one of the Vancouver officers under investigation for the violent confrontation h...
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Bank of Canada expected to keep benchmark rate at 2.25% amid Iran war oil price spike
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is widely expected to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 2.25 per cent when it announces its latest decision later this morning. The central bank is also set to release its latest economic forecast in its quarter...
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World
Search suspended for 5 missing crew of ship that overturned near Northern Marianas during typhoon
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) - The search has been suspended for five missing crew members of a cargo ship that overturned near the Northern Mariana Islands during a typhoon, authorities said Wednesday. Six people were aboard the...
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Iran's rial currency hits record low as shaky ceasefire with US and Israel still holds
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's national rial currency hit a record low Wednesday of 1.8 million to $1 as a shaky ceasefire with the U.S. and Israel still holds. The rial had remained stable for weeks during the war, which began Feb. 28, in pa...
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King Charles highlights US-UK bond in speech to Congress noting 'times of great uncertainty'
WASHINGTON (AP) - King Charles III acknowledged "times of great uncertainty" as he expressed gratitude to the American people and marked the 250th anniversary of independence from Britain in a speech to the U.S. Congress that highlighted the bonds betw...
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Sports
Oilers seek to stay alive in playoffs after 4-1 win over Ducks, still trail in series
EDMONTON - Have the Edmonton Oilers turned the tide? An 4-1 win over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday to avoid elimination from the playoffs was the Oilers' most complete game yet in the first-round series. Edmonton still trails the best-of-seven affair 3-...
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Tempo set to tip off inaugural pre-season schedule tonight at home
The Toronto Tempo will get their first taste of Women's National Basketball Association competition tonight when they host the Connecticut Sun in pre-season action at Coca-Cola Coliseum. The Sun finished 11th overall last season with an 11-33 record an...
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Davis Schneider's brother died of an overdose. The Blue Jay says naloxone can save others
TORONTO - To Davis Schneider, his older brother Steven was "kind of like a Superman." "He worked as a nurse up until he died. He worked every single day to help people in need," the Toronto Blue Jays player said in an interview with The Canadian Press....
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