Pub Night fundraiser, auction underway
Chilliwack pet food bank holding fundraiser, online auction to support over 500 local pets each month
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack pet food bank society has grown to the point it provides supplies to over 500 pets and 250 pet owners each month, and it hopes to continue that generosity through an upcoming fundraiser and an online auction that's already underway. Julie Chadwick with Zoey's Pawsome Pet Society based in Chill...
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Provincial skills exhibition
Hundreds of B.C. students to participate in Olympic-style Skills Competition in Abbotsford this week
ABBOTSFORD - With over 160,000 job openings projected in the skilled trades over the next 10 years in British Columbia, events like this week's Skills Canada B.C. provincial competition in Abbotsford couldn't have come at a better time. About 500 secondary and post-secondary students from across the province will compe...
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Man known to police nabbed
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ABBOTSFORD - A 37-year-old man known to police may have gotten away the first time, but it was only a matter of time before authorities caught up to him and brought him to justice. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says police initiated a traffic stop on Whatcom Road near Highway 1 in Abbotsford this past Sunday, Ap...
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Winter's back
Winter weather returns today to the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt
HOPE - Just when you thought winter was in the rearview mirror, snowfall accumulations are in the forecast for the Coquihalla Highway between Hope and Merritt today.Environment Canada says snowfall amounts of 15-25 cm is expected on the Coquihalla Highway (Highway 5) Tuesday and into Tuesday evening. The national weath...
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Remediation work
Hope and Area Recreation Centre to undergo repairs to remediate 'irregularities' in ice arena
HOPE - The Fraser Valley Regional District says the Hope and Area Recreation Centre is under construction to remediate "dimensional irregularities" in the corner of the rink, work that will be fully funded by the contractor responsible for the remediation. According to a statement from FVRD communications man...
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Wanted man
Public warned not to approach wanted 38-year-old man who may be heading to Abbotsford
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British Columbia
Police say 10 'unruly' passengers arrested on Vancouver flight departing for Mexico
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Gender-based violence costs B.C. $1.12 billion annually, YWCA report says
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B.C. police chase sees pickup truck lose couch, crash into two RCMP cruisers
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18,000 lives later, B.C. marks 10 years since declaring overdose emergency
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BC United executives eye Conservative race, as donations still flow for dormant party
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Police investigating after man dies 'under suspicious circumstances' in Sooke, B.C.
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Canada
Finnish president talks diplomacy in visit to Ottawa
OTTAWA - Finnish President Alexander Stubb made stops at Rideau Hall and a hockey rink during an official visit to Ottawa today. Stubb met with Gov. Gen. Mary Simon before joining Prime Minister Mark Carney for a skate alongside the Ottawa Charge women...
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Vancouver mayor Sim moves to launch bid for Major League Baseball expansion team
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Liberals to table spring economic statement on April 28
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Pro-Palestinian protesters in court after arrest for Montreal Scotiabank sit-in
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Man wanted in B.C. drug-ring case arrested in Germany, returned to Canada
SURREY - A man has been arrested and extradited back to Canada from Germany after a four-year police investigation uncovered an alleged dark-web trafficking ring that distributed counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. A statement from the RCMP's Pacifi...
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Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of Trump administration deportation flights
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Appeals court orders judge to end contempt investigation of Trump administration deportation flights
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Fernandez through to second round in Stuttgart with win over Eala
STUTTGART - Canada's Leylah Fernandez cruised into the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Alexandra Eala of the Philippines on Tuesday. Fernandez overcame six double-faults by breaking Eala four times on eight chance...
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Vancouver mayor Sim moves to launch bid for Major League Baseball expansion team
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