Community Help Sought
GoFundMe started for second family affected by car crash fire in Chilliwack home
CHILLIWACK - A local resident is asking for help after her family's home set ablaze in a car crash this week.On Tuesday, June 16, at around 1:45 a.m., a car flew through Lexi Hamilton's bedroom wall, nearly hitting her. The vehicle then exploded and lit up the rental house, destroying hers and another family's homes. A...
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Power outages
Hundreds without power in Lytton, Fraser Canyon as 100-ha wildfire rages
FRASER CANYON/LYTTON/SPENCES BRIDGE - On top of dealing with a wildfire that has swelled to 100 hectares Friday night, hundreds are without power in the Fraser Canyon and Lytton area.In the Lytton and Spences Bridge areas, 840 customers saw their electricity go out at 5:49 p.m., the exact same time as the outage in the...
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GoFundMe started for second family affected by car crash fire in Chilliwack home
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Hurricanes fans jam into downtown Raleigh for team's Stanley Cup parade, celebration
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Hurricanes fans jam into downtown Raleigh for team's Stanley Cup parade, celebration
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Fraser Valley
Questionable decision making
Teenage male dirtbike rider tries to elude police in Maple Ridge, crashes and racks up hefty fine
MAPLE RIDGE - Police in Maple Ridge are calling out the poor decision making of a 16-year-old male e-dirt bike rider after the teen was caught doing wheelies and illegal street manoeuvres and later crashed as he attempted to elude police. Maple Ridge Mounties say one of its Road Safety Target Team officers was driving ...
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Wildfire activity
Update: Evacuation orders in effect for Lytton
UPDATE 5:15 A.M., Saturday: Evacuation orders have been issued for roughly 47 properties in Lytton. A boil water advisory is also in effect for the Village of Lytton. UPDATE #2, 10:35 P.M. FRIDAY: Members of the Chilliwack Fire Department are deploying tonight to help support wildfire suppression efforts against the Sa...
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Ammonia leak at Langley ice rink trigger
Ammonia leak at Langley ice rink triggers shelter-in-place order, but no one hurt
LANGLEY - The City of Langley says an ammonia gas leak at an ice rink that triggered a shelter-in-place order has not resulted in any injuries. The city says the order was lifted early Friday afternoon after the leak at Langley Twin Rinks. It says in...
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Short-term rental shenanigans
Lower Mainland carousers busted by police in Hope after causing disturbance at short-term rental
HOPE - Police say multiple party animals from the Lower Mainland were required to leave a short-term rental in Hope last week after they created a disturbance in the neighbourhood and took items from the Airbnb-type residence, only to get caught by police. Upper Fraser Valley RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener sa...
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British Columbia
Beyond the gold rush: Totem poles at the Chilkoot Trail mark route's long history
Two carved cedar totems now flank either side of the Canadian end of the Chilkoot Trail, a permanent reminder that the route best known as the path to the Yukon gold fields during the 1890s gold rush has a history that stretches back much further. The ...
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Wildfire triggers evacuation order for Lytton, B.C., village ravaged by 2021 blaze
LYTTON - Some residents in Lytton, B.C., have been told to evacuate as a wildfire threatens the rural village, a community nearly wiped off the map by flames five years ago this month. The regional district declared state of emergency in Lytton and Bl...
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Ammonia leak at Langley ice rink trigger
Ammonia leak at Langley ice rink triggers shelter-in-place order, but no one hurt
LANGLEY - The City of Langley says an ammonia gas leak at an ice rink that triggered a shelter-in-place order has not resulted in any injuries. The city says the order was lifted early Friday afternoon after the leak at Langley Twin Rinks. It says in...
17h ago
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Environment Canada cancels tornado watch for Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - A tornado watch issued Friday for a section of central B.C. that includes Prince George has ended. Environment Canada had said conditions were ripe for severe thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes. It also warned of high winds, pin...
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Red Chris mine in B.C. expands with safety in mind after previous collapse
VANCOUVER - The operator of the Red Chris gold and copper mine in northwestern B.C. says it is applying safety lessons learned from a collapse last year that trapped three workers to a planned expansion of underground operations. The British Columbia g...
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B.C. approves block-caving for Red Chris Mine, site where three workers were trapped
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has approved an amended environment assessment certificate for block-caving at the Red Chris Mine, the same site where three workers were trapped last July. The copper and gold mine in northwestern B.C. is al...
Jun 19, 2026
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Canada
Bid to narrow transparency law 'a move in the wrong direction,' info watchdog says
OTTAWA - Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says a federal proposal to narrow the scope of the Access to Information Act is a move in the wrong direction that could exclude "entire swaths of government-held records" from public scrutiny. Maynard...
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Here's what you need to know about Ottawa's new policies on social media and AI
OTTAWA - Over the last two weeks of the parliamentary sitting, the Liberal government made a series of moves related to AI and digital regulation. It introduced a new AI strategy, a bill requiring social media platforms to ban kids under 16 and a long-...
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Beyond the gold rush: Totem poles at the Chilkoot Trail mark route's long history
Two carved cedar totems now flank either side of the Canadian end of the Chilkoot Trail, a permanent reminder that the route best known as the path to the Yukon gold fields during the 1890s gold rush has a history that stretches back much further. The ...
8h ago
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B.C. nurses vote 67 per cent to reject tentative deal in 'frustration,' union says
VANCOUVER - Members of the union representing 60,000 British Columbia nurses have voted to reject a tentative contract deal in what the union says reflects "growing frustration" with the pressures facing the nursing profession. The BC Nurses' Union sa...
17h ago
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Environment Canada cancels tornado watch for Prince George, B.C.
PRINCE GEORGE - A tornado watch issued Friday for a section of central B.C. that includes Prince George has ended. Environment Canada had said conditions were ripe for severe thunderstorms that could produce tornadoes. It also warned of high winds, pin...
17h ago
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Inuit could pursue foreign partners if relationship with Ottawa sours: ITK leader
OTTAWA - Canada's national Inuit organization is calling on the federal government to be better partners, saying Canada must respect Inuit rights to governance and self-determination. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami wrapped up a two-day Arctic sovereignty conf...
19h ago
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World
Hurricanes fans jam into downtown Raleigh for team's Stanley Cup parade, celebration
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes brought their Stanley Cup celebration to downtown Raleigh on Saturday, with thousands of fans arriving hours early to line sidewalks for the team's victory parade or packing in near the rally stage where the...
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Trump now says either Republican candidate would be a good pick in South Carolina's governor runoff
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump changed his tune Friday heading into South Carolina's runoff next week, saying either Republican contender for governor - not just Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, whom he endorsed before the primary earlier this mon...
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Without the injured Christian Pulisic, US beats Australia 2-0 to advance to World Cup knockout round
SEATTLE (AP) - Christian Pulisic's injury absence didn't hurt the Americans one bit. The U.S. national soccer team found a way to advance to the knockout round without the injured forward on the field, beating Australia 2-0 Friday for its...
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Sports
Hurricanes fans jam into downtown Raleigh for team's Stanley Cup parade, celebration
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes brought their Stanley Cup celebration to downtown Raleigh on Saturday, with thousands of fans arriving hours early to line sidewalks for the team's victory parade or packing in near the rally stage where the...
39m ago
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Hurricanes fans jam into downtown Raleigh for team's Stanley Cup parade, celebration
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The Carolina Hurricanes brought their Stanley Cup celebration to downtown Raleigh on Saturday, with thousands of fans arriving hours early to line sidewalks for the team's victory parade or packing in near the rally stage where the...
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'We just have to push': Canada in position to win FIFA World Cup group
VANCOUVER - Canada has already made history at this summer's FIFA World Cup. The team doesn't plan to stop any time soon. An emotional 6-0 drubbing of Qatar on Thursday vastly improved Canada's chance of not only advancing to the tournament's knockou...
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