Provincial politics
Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA says she's 'deeply disturbed' by reports about private investigator
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack-Cultus Lake MLA Á'a:líya Warbus released a brief statement of dismay Thursday night following allegations that the party she once belonged to hired a private investigator to allegedly investigate her and other political figures in British Columbia. "It has come to my attention...
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Impaired driving
Chilliwack RCMP locate impaired driver with 3 children in her vehicle
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack say a motorist with three children under the age of 16 in her vehicle failed a pair of roadside breath tests during a traffic stop last week. According to a recap compiled by RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener for the week of Monday, Sept. 7 through Sunday, Sept. 13, an RCMP memb...
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In the news today: Carney caucus meeting, BC election speculation, IKEA affordability
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Public Notice
Pesticide Use Permit issued for Invasive Knotweed Control
Goulet found a friend in Gilles Villeneuve while filming biopic premiering at TIFF
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Clutch moments galore, on friends' epic road trip from Vancouver to Arctic and back
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Fraser Valley
Municipal election
Candidate whose family was evacuated during Fraser Canyon wildfires files to run for FVRD board
FRASER CANYON/CHILLIWACK - A Fraser Canyon resident whose family was evacuated during the massive wildfires near Boston Bar over the summer has filed to run for the FVRD board in next month's election. Attila Banhegyi says his family was evacuated during the wildfires that impacted Highway 1 and the Fraser Canyon. The ...
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Full road closures in effect
Intermittent street closure on key Chilliwack road to last a month during weekdays
CHILLIWACK - Intermittent weekday road closures lasting a month are now in effect for a key arterial near two schools in Chilliwack. As part of the Sardis-Vedder Trunk Sewer Project, the City of Chilliwack says South Sumas Road between Reid Road and Wiltshire Street will experience intermittent full-road closures start...
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Crackdown
16 arrested in Abbotsford shoplifting blitz dubbed 'Pumpkin Spice LAW-tte'
ABBOTSFORD - Sixteen people have been arrested as part of a large-scale retail theft blitz initiated by the Abbotsford PD in conjunction with a nationwide theft operation targeting crooks connected to retail crime.In a statement, AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says Project Pumpkin Spice LAW-tte operation was led ...
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Missing man found deceased
Police confirm missing man found deceased in the Harrison area
HARRISON - An Agassiz RCMP spokesperson has now confirmed that a missing man believed to have gone camping at East Harrison last weekend has been located deceased.RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police located Ryan Tran sometime on Wednesday, Sept. 16. "I can confirm that Agassiz RCMP located Ryan Tr...
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British Columbia
Clutch moments galore, on friends' epic road trip from Vancouver to Arctic and back
VANCOUVER - When Jaden Konishi rolled his 1986 Porsche 944 into Vancouver after an 8,000-kilometre road trip to the Arctic Circle, he had a surplus of new memories but no clutch. It had died about 3,000 kilometres earlier, somewhere in the Yukon's Tomb...
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Premier Eby will speak to local politicians amid snap election speculation
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby will speak to local politicians at their annual convention today just as he contemplates disrupting their upcoming municipal elections with his own provincial vote. The premier's annual speech to delegates...
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Your Perspective
Rents continue to fall across British Columbia
I've heard from so many people that their top concern is finding a place to call home that they can afford.As our population has grown and global inflation has increased, finding affordable rentals has been more and more difficult for many families and individuals in B.C. That's why we've been working hard to make it e...
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B.C. adopts Pacific time, PCT, for new, year-round daylight time zone
VICTORIA - British Columbia has adopted a new time-zone code to coincide with its decision to remain permanently with year-round daylight time. The Ministry of Citizens' Services says in a statement that the province has begun using Pacific time with t...
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B.C. watchdog investigating after youth injured jumping off school roof
CRANBROOK - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a youth was seriously injured while jumping from the roof of a school. The Independent Investigations Office and the RCMP say in separate statements that it began Wednesday morning ...
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Alberta man charged with arson for major fire at Burnaby, B.C., hospital
BURNABY - An Alberta man has been charged in connection with arson at a Metro Vancouver hospital six years ago. RCMP in Burnaby, B.C., say the 29-year-old man was living in the area at the time when fire broke out at Burnaby Hospital on Nov. 15, 2020. ...
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Canada
In the news today: Carney caucus meeting, BC election speculation, IKEA affordability
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... PM Carney to deliver remarks at caucus meeting in Ottawa today Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address his Liberal caucus in Ottawa today. The Liberal caucus...
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Clutch moments galore, on friends' epic road trip from Vancouver to Arctic and back
VANCOUVER - When Jaden Konishi rolled his 1986 Porsche 944 into Vancouver after an 8,000-kilometre road trip to the Arctic Circle, he had a surplus of new memories but no clutch. It had died about 3,000 kilometres earlier, somewhere in the Yukon's Tomb...
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Premier Eby will speak to local politicians amid snap election speculation
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby will speak to local politicians at their annual convention today just as he contemplates disrupting their upcoming municipal elections with his own provincial vote. The premier's annual speech to delegates...
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Von der Leyen's pitch for EU security council involves Canada, but it's not clear how
OTTAWA - A proposed new European security forum would include Canada, Britain and Ukraine as partners - but defence experts here say it's not clear what the council, or Ottawa's involvement, ultimately would look like. European Commission President Urs...
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PM Carney to deliver remarks at caucus meeting in Ottawa today
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to address his Liberal caucus in Ottawa today. The Liberal caucus retreat comes just before the fall sitting of the House of Commons gets underway on Monday. Among the Liberals' first bills of the sitting wil...
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Canadian Medical Association updates code of ethics to address racism, discrimination
OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association has updated its code of ethics to clarify how doctors are expected to address racism and discrimination in health care. The CMA says the updates give physicians clearer guidance on providing culturally safe, tr...
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World
Alabama carries out execution of Jeffery Lee for 1998 double murder at pawnshop
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - Alabama executed a man by lethal injection on Thursday for a 1998 double murder, three months after a judge's ruling blocked the state from putting him to death with nitrogen gas. Jeffery Lee, 49, was pronounced dead a...
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Postal Service chief says work stopped on computer system key to Trump effort to limit mail voting
WASHINGTON (AP) - The top official at the U.S. Postal Service said Thursday that the agency has stopped work on developing a controversial computer system that was central to President Donald Trump's effort to limit mail voting after the Supreme Court ...
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The driver who slammed into an LA bus before a news helicopter crash is charged with murder
LOS ANGELES (AP) - An SUV driver was under the influence of drugs when she swerved into the wrong lane, blew a red light and slammed into a Los Angeles city bus, killing two riders, prosecutors said Thursday as they charged her with murder. ...
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Sports
Goulet found a friend in Gilles Villeneuve while filming biopic premiering at TIFF
TORONTO - Actor Rémi Goulet was on the set of Canadian hockey movie "Major Junior" when a producer mentioned he was working on a film about the late Formula One star Gilles Villeneuve. Christian Larouche was convinced Goulet was meant to play the Canad...
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Canada women top Netherlands, advance to gold-medal game at wheelchair hoops worlds
OTTAWA - Canada's women's wheelchair basketball team will be playing for gold on Saturday. Arinn Young had 34 points, 12 rebounds and 13 assists, while Kady Dandeneau led all scorers with 35 points and Canada defeated the Netherlands 85-73 in the wheel...
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New head coach Manny Malhotra brings intensity to Vancouver Canucks training camp
PENTICTON - Manny Malhotra has been waiting for this moment a long time. "It's definitely something that felt really good this morning, almost like a Christmas morning feeling," the Vancouver Canucks' head coach said Thursday as his team opened traini...
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