Waterpark Closure
Cultus Lake Waterpark gears up for reopening following safety investigation
CHILLIWACK - A waterpark where 12 schoolchildren suffered burns in June is now preparing for a phased reopening after an investigation by Technical Safety BC. In a statement, Cultus Lake Waterpark says the organization provided non-compliance certificates and a facility-wide review that ensured conditions from the June...
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Fire Before Sunrise
Mission firefighters tackle burning mill early morning
MISSION - Some residents may have woken up to blaring sirens as crews in Mission put out a mill fire early Friday morning, July 24.The Mission Fire Rescue Service was on scene of the incident on Harbour Avenue at around 4:30 a.m."Crews arrived to find heavy smoke and fire at the rear of the mill involving the conv...
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Alberta wants provinces to address retail alcohol trade after direct-to-consumer deal
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Summer holiday
Think Kelowna is just wine tours? The locals would like a word
Alberta wants provinces to address retail alcohol trade after direct-to-consumer deal
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Surrey, B.C., police officer cleared in crash en route to scene that killed jogger
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Fraser Valley
Crime Rate
Crime rates up, violent crimes down in Chilliwack and Abbotsford-Mission: StatCan
CHILLIWACK - New data from Statistics Canada says while Chilliwack still tops the rest of the country in crime numbers, the region saw a drop in violent crime overall last year.Police reported 11,352 crimes per 100,000 people in Chilliwack through 2025, up 3 per cent from the previous year.Crime severity, however, is d...
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No Risk to Public
Suspect arrested in Maple Ridge shooting Tuesday evening
MAPLE RIDGE - Police say a suspect known to police has been arrested in relation to a recent shooting in Maple Ridge earlier this week. On Tuesday evening, July 21, police were called to the 21600 block of Lougheed Highway for a report of shots fired and found a 32-year-old male victim suffering from serious injuries. ...
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Traffic Diversions
Overnight traffic pattern changes on Highway 1 and 11 starting Monday
ABBOTSFORD - Work to expand the Fraser Valley corridor in Abbotsford continues with new overnight traffic diversions over the next couple of weeks. On Monday, July 27, crews will be on-site eastbound at Highway 11 to prepare for demolition as part of the Highway 11 interchange project. The eastbound Highway 1 off-ramp ...
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Wildfire Traffic
Section of Highway 3 reopens to single-lane traffic amid ongoing wildfire
HOPE - Highway 3 east of Hope has now reopened with some limitations as the Manning Park Complex of fires continues to burn from Manning Park to Sunshine Valley. DriveBC says there is single-lane alternating traffic for two kilometres in the stretch of the Crowsnest Highway between Skagit Bridge and Cayuse Flats. It wa...
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British Columbia
Alberta wants provinces to address retail alcohol trade after direct-to-consumer deal
EDMONTON - Fresh off multiple Canadian provinces agreeing this week to make it easier to get out-of-province alcohol shipped right to people's doorsteps, Alberta says it's now time to do the same for commercial retailers. Service Alberta Minister Dale ...
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Surrey, B.C., police officer cleared in crash en route to scene that killed jogger
SURREY - British Columbia's independent police watchdog has cleared a Surrey, B.C., officer of criminal wrongdoing in a crash last year where a woman was killed. The Independent Investigations Office says in a report that the crash happened on Dec. 14...
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Forecaster says smoke bad enough for health impacts in B.C.'s Okanagan, Fraser Canyon
VANCOUVER - Southeastern British Columbia is covered in air-quality warnings as wildfires burning across the province belch out thick smoke. Environment Canada has issued yellow and the more severe orange warnings from the U.S. border north to central ...
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Two wildfires merge in Boston Bar, B.C., as more properties under evacuation alert
Two of the three out-of-control wildfires burning near Boston Bar, B.C., have merged, while hot and dry conditions and a lightning storm led to even more fires and evacuation alerts across the province. The BC Wildfire Service says the 57-square-kilom...
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Has rise of the right primed B.C. politics for a party that breaks the binary?
VICTORIA - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says voters in the province face a choice between the "worst government in B.C. history" and an opposition headed by an unelectable leader. "She cannot win an election," Clark said of Conservativ...
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Hit man in former Air India suspect's murder gets 15 years for unrelated B.C. killing
ABBOTSFORD - A hit man who is already serving a life sentence for the 2022 murder of a former suspect in the Air India terrorist attack has been sentenced to another 15 years for an unrelated killing that took place less than four months earlier. The I...
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Canada
Alberta wants provinces to address retail alcohol trade after direct-to-consumer deal
EDMONTON - Fresh off multiple Canadian provinces agreeing this week to make it easier to get out-of-province alcohol shipped right to people's doorsteps, Alberta says it's now time to do the same for commercial retailers. Service Alberta Minister Dale ...
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Ottawa acknowledges "lasting impact" of forced adoptions but offers no apology
TORONTO - The federal government acknowledged this week that forced adoptions had a lasting impact on people and families in Canada after the Second World War but stopped short of offering the public apology sought by advocates, including some affected...
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First Nation evacuees fleeing wildfire face safety risks in Toronto, leaders say
TORONTO - First Nation chiefs and community members are highlighting the dangers that follow evacuees after they have fled northern Ontario wildfires, as they say those sheltering in Toronto hotels are facing elevated safety risks linked to drugs, alco...
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Deadline for public servants to apply for early retirement arrives
OTTAWA - Public servants have just hours left to apply for the federal government's early retirement program. The deadline lands at 2:59 a.m. ET and the Treasury Board website says more than 9,100 applications had been received as of Tuesday, though fi...
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Elmer MacKay, longtime Progressive Conservative MP for Nova Scotia, dead at 89
OTTAWA - Elmer MacKay, a Nova Scotia politician who spent more than two decades representing the Central Nova district in the federal government, has died at age 89. Peter MacKay, one of his five children and a former MP who also represented the Centra...
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Two wildfires merge in Boston Bar, B.C., as more properties under evacuation alert
Two of the three out-of-control wildfires burning near Boston Bar, B.C., have merged, while hot and dry conditions and a lightning storm led to even more fires and evacuation alerts across the province. The BC Wildfire Service says the 57-square-kilom...
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World
CBS NFL analyst and former Cowboys QB Tony Romo arrested on suspicion of OWI
MILWAUKEE (AP) - CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has been arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office's arrest report, Romo performed poorly ...
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ICC chief prosecutor removed from post over sexual misconduct allegations, diplomats tell AP
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Member state representatives of the International Criminal Court voted to remove the global tribunal's chief prosecutor on Friday, nearly two years after sexual misconduct allegations against him first emerged, two diplomats told ...
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Democrats select South Carolina for their first presidential nominating contest in 2028 election
WASHINGTON (AP) - South Carolina was selected Friday to once again lead off the Democratic Party's 2028 presidential nominating schedule, most likely cementing a dramatic break from decades of tradition by keeping Iowa off the top of the calendar and e...
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Sports
Blackhawks hoping that Patrick Kane will ignite Chicago's weak offense for a second time
CHICAGO (AP) - When the Chicago Blackhawks selected Patrick Kane No. 1 overall in the 2007 draft, they counted on the forward, then just 18, to give their rebuilding team and its sputtering offense an immediate boost. Fast-forward 19 years: The Blackha...
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CBS NFL analyst and former Cowboys QB Tony Romo arrested on suspicion of OWI
MILWAUKEE (AP) - CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has been arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office's arrest report, Romo performed poorly ...
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CBS NFL analyst and former Cowboys QB Tony Romo arrested on suspicion of OWI
MILWAUKEE (AP) - CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has been arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office's arrest report, Romo performed poorly ...
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