Fraser Valley

Support for a WHL team in Chilliwack
Chilliwack City Council reaffirms support for bringing a WHL franchise to Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack has released a statement on behalf of Mayor Ken Popove and all six councillors reiterating their support for bringing a Western Hockey League franchise to Chilliwack, despite media reports to the contrary. In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, the city says it has received med...
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Short-term solution
City of Chilliwack to consider utility refunds for missed curbside collections; Emterra brought in to help
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack now says council has directed municipal staff to explore options for passing fine revenues on to residents' utility bills as a result of the significant challenges from the new curbside collection program and its contractor. In a news release, the city says it transitioned to a new c...
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School district announcement
SD33 appoints seasoned educator as principal of new east side elementary school in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School District announced Wednesday that a seasoned educator with over 30 years of experience working for SD33 has been appointed principal of the new east side elementary school in Rosedale.According to a news release, Iain Gardner, the current principal at École Cheam Elementary, wi...
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Traumatic incident
Maple Ridge RCMP urge caution after child falls from 2nd storey window, suffers serious injuries
MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge are urging parents and families to ensure that their windows and doors are properly secured after a child fell from a second-storey window earlier this week and was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. According to a statement from police, Maple Ridge RCMP were dispatched o...
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British Columbia

Cocktail of pills, caffeine and fire retardant put B.C. chinook salmon at risk: study
British Columbia researchers found more than 200 contaminants in water and chinook salmon tissue samples collected from five sites in the Lower Fraser River estuary including everything from cocaine and antidepressants to caffeine and flame retardants....
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal in British Columbia mineral claims case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear British Columbia's appeal of a ruling that found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime are "inconsistent." The B.C. Court of Appeal rul...
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Fairy Creek anti-logging protesters win appeal in bid for class-action certification
VANCOUVER - Fairy Creek anti-logging protesters have won an appeal against a court ruling that denied the certification of their proposed class-action lawsuit against the federal and provincial governments. The class-action application now goes back to...
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Man rescued after days trapped in rolled vehicle on B.C. forest road
CHASE - A man has been rescued after being trapped for two days in his vehicle that crashed on a remote forest service road northeast of Kamloops, B.C. RCMP say the man was reported missing Tuesday and found later that day trapped inside the vehicle th...
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Child injured in fall from second-storey window in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - A four-year-old is in hospital after falling from a second-storey window in Maple Ridge, B.C. Police say the boy was transported via air ambulance on Monday and is currently in stable condition with serious injuries. Investigators spoke w...
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Carney lays out pipeline conditions before talks with Eby on B.C.'s priorities
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s economic priorities and Ottawa's role in national development projects. Carney met with Eby in a closed-door meeting in Vancouver ...
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Canada

Canadian truck dealers warn they can't buy new models until feds fix paperwork
OTTAWA - Canadian heavy-duty truck dealers say they won't be able to import any new models next year unless Ottawa moves quickly to fix a paperwork problem. The warn that Canada could face major supply chain disruptions if a solution isn't found. The d...
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In the news today: Public service transit, Canada aids Congo, Montreal plays Carolina
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Feds working with City of Ottawa to ease public service transit woes: memo An internal memo reveals that officials managing the federal government's return-to-offi...
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Cocktail of pills, caffeine and fire retardant put B.C. chinook salmon at risk: study
British Columbia researchers found more than 200 contaminants in water and chinook salmon tissue samples collected from five sites in the Lower Fraser River estuary including everything from cocaine and antidepressants to caffeine and flame retardants....
7h ago
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal in British Columbia mineral claims case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear British Columbia's appeal of a ruling that found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime are "inconsistent." The B.C. Court of Appeal rul...
7h ago
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Feds working with City of Ottawa to ease public service transit woes: memo
OTTAWA - Officials managing the federal government's return-to-office plans are concerned about the ability of Ottawa's troubled municipal transit system to actually get public servants to their workplaces, an internal memo shows. Canada's top public s...
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Air France flight diverted to Montreal amid U.S. Ebola travel restrictions
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says an Air France flight bound for the United States was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded "in error" amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak. A spokespe...
8h ago
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