Garage fire
No injuries reported after garage fire on Brooks Avenue in Chilliwack Friday morning
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack fire crews battled a garage fire at a home on Brooks Avenue Friday morning. Chilliwack Assistant Fire Chief Chris Wilson says fire crews were dispatched at about 7:10 a.m. Friday morning (May 15) for the report of a structure fire in the 46000 block of Brooks Avenue. Firefighters upgraded the ca...
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Charges laid
Abbotsford Police announce charges in 2025 fatal pedestrian crash
ABBOTSFORD - A driver has now been charged in connection with a fatal pedestrian crash along Harris Road in Abbotsford in early 2025. In a news release, the Abbotsford Police Department says investigators from its Major Crime Unit, have led an investigation over the last year that led to the charge approval stage. 29-y...
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In custody
First degree murder charge laid in fatal Abbotsford encampment fire
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Police investigation
Man arrested, charged with attempted kidnapping at Chilliwack elementary school
UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police will hold a media briefing Friday morning to address the child abduction that has resulted in charges against Joel McGillis. Original story: CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack have confirmed that charges have now been laid against a man who allege...
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Temporary use permit request
District of Kent Council grants temporary permit to operation that employs about 40, supports local students
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British Columbia
Canadian wineries say scrapping provincial trade barriers would add billions to GDP
HALIFAX - Canada's wine sector is worth more than $10 billion a year and the industry says a few tweaks - like scrapping domestic trade barriers - could add billions of dollars more to the national economy. A new report from Deloitte, commissioned by ...
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Arrest made
Observant parent thwarted abduction attempt of girl, 7, from Chilliwack Elementary : police
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack say the attempted abduction of a seven-year-old girl from a school on Wednesday, by a man wearing a "purple bunny-like mask", was thwarted by a concerned parent. RCMP were called to the grounds of Chilliwack Elementar...
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Black bear found wandering urban Vancouver is tranquilized and released
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Experts call for evenly applied forensic nursing services across B.C.
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B.C. emergency communications professionals vote in support of strike action
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Reaction to the Alberta-Ottawa agreement on carbon pricing, pipeline plans
CALGARY - Shovels could hit the ground on a new West Coast oilsands pipeline as early as September 2027, the federal and Alberta governments said Friday, after they announced a plan to gradually increase the province's effective industrial carbon price...
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Quebec reimbursing farmers for fuel tax, says measure will help competitiveness
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Ontario now testing asymptomatic people for hantavirus; low-risk cases to stop isolating if negative
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Lessons from an astronaut: Artemis II crew shares advice on risk, work and friendship
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Students missing following attack by armed groups on school in northeastern Nigeria, police say
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) - An unspecified number of students are missing after suspected jihadi militants attacked a secondary school in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state on Friday, police told The Associated Press. Several students cann...
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Iran's top diplomat says a lack of trust is impeding talks to end war with the US
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Sports
Connor Brown scores winner as Canada beats Sweden 5-3 at hockey world championship
FRIBOURG - Connor Brown scored the winning goal in the third period and Canada opened its 2026 world hockey championship with a 5-3 win over Sweden on Friday. Canada led 2-0 after the first period and 3-2 late in the second, only to find itself in a 3-...
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'A matter of time': Demidov breaks out with Canadiens now one win from third round
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