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Safe Haven hires Chilliwack-based consultant to support 'difficult' transition period
CHILLIWACK - An animal shelter at the center of controversy over the past few weeks has now hired a consultant to support its transition process.The Chilliwack Animal Safe Haven Society's board of directors has hired Kelli Paddon from Equiiti Strategic Ltd. to take charge on a number of initiatives, including listening...
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Enforcement Project
Surrey police arrest 61, seize over 300 grams of drugs in three-month transit station crackdown
SURREY - Transit police had been chasing an enforcement dragon at the Surrey Central Station over the past three months, leading to dozens of arrests and a garden variety of drugs being seized.On November 22, 2025, the RCMP, the Surrey Police Service and CFSEU-BC tackled crime and safety concerns at the station and adj...
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Safe Haven hires Chilliwack-based consultant to support 'difficult' transition period
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
Canadian sit-skier Kurt Oatway goes for one medal after long road back to Paralympics
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Homicide Charges
2 charged after missing B.C. mathematician found dead in Mission
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Fraser Valley
Atmospheric River
High streamflow advisory issued for Lower Fraser ahead of rainy week
CHILLIWACK - The BC River Forecast Centre is issuing caution on river levels ahead of forecast rain in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley for most of the upcoming week.A high streamflow advisory is in place for the Lower Fraser and its tributaries along the Fraser Valley.A strong atmospheric river is set to impact B...
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Windstorm Blows Over
Cultus Lake reopens, many still without power in Chilliwack and Hope after windstorm
CHILLIWACK - Communities from Hope to Chilliwack are still cleaning up the remnants of a strong windstorm that struck on Wednesday night. At the time of writing, BC Hydro says roughly 234 Chilliwack residents - and over 1,400 in Hope - remain without power due to downed trees, wires and power lines during the storm. &q...
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Drug Reports
Investigation ongoing after police pull over suspected drug traffickers in Mission
MISSION - Mounties helped prevent an apparent drug trafficking last week after conducting a traffic stop in Mission.Mission RCMP's Crime Reduction Unit pulled over a grey Hyundai Elantra after spotting the incident on the afternoon of March 4.The 25-year-old driver and 21-year-old passenger were then arrested for posse...
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Seniors Care
Fraser Health team receives research award to expand Indigenous caregiver program in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - Two Fraser Health teams have received new provincial grants to support the care of the region's eldest members.The Chilliwack-based Indigenous Caregiver Support Model is a home-based program that supports Indigenous Elders with complex needs to age safely in their community. "This model is an example ...
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British Columbia
Two charged with murder after body of missing mathematician found in Mission, B.C.
Police say first-degree murder charges have been laid against two people in relation to the death of missing B.C. mathematician Masood Masjoody. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Masjoody's remains were found in Mission, B.C., on March 6...
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Accused cop killer has 'nuanced' understanding of trial, Crown tells fitness hearing
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor says the suspect in the killing of RCMP Const. Shaelyn Yang has an "exceptionally nuanced and sophisticated understanding" of the trial process. But Colleen Smith says the Crown isn't taking a position on whether Jongwon Ham is...
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B.C. to build undersea fibre-optic internet cable to Haida Gwaii for up to $24M
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia government is spending up to $24 million for the construction of a new subsea fibre-optic cable to Haida Gwaii in a bid to improve the islands' internet access. The province says the investment is being made through the...
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Kinew says it's time to survey Manitobans on changing clocks
WINNIPEG - Manitobans could soon be consulted on whether it's necessary to continue changing the clocks twice a year in the province. Premier Wab Kinew hinted the province is nearing the end of the practice of moving clocks forward an hour in the sprin...
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One hurt in drive-by pellet gun attacks targeting crowds in Nanaimo, B.C.
NANAIMO - Police are investigating a pair of airsoft pellet gun attacks against random people in Nanaimo, B.C., that left one injured. RCMP say both attacks happened in downtown Nanaimo on Thursday night, when pellets were fired at crowds from passing ...
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Shooting at business in Delta, B.C., believed linked to extortion: police
DELTA - Police say shots that were fired at a business in Metro Vancouver are believed to be linked to an extortion case. The Delta Police Department says the attack happened early Friday in the Tilbury Industrial Park. Officers confirmed bullet casin...
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Canada
Two charged with murder after body of missing mathematician found in Mission, B.C.
Police say first-degree murder charges have been laid against two people in relation to the death of missing B.C. mathematician Masood Masjoody. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says Masjoody's remains were found in Mission, B.C., on March 6...
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N.S. First Nation tells government and RCMP to stay out of cannabis and tobacco sales
HALIFAX - An Indigenous government in Nova Scotia has passed a new resolution saying the province and RCMP have no right to carry out enforcement on its lands, as police and provincial officials step up raids on what they claim are illegal cannabis ope...
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Weatheradio going off the air as Environment Canada moves emphasis to online and apps
ROB DRINKWATER - A cross-Canada radio service that for decades has delivered the latest local forecasts as well as critical alerts about severe weather 24 hours a day is signing off, with listeners being advised to switch to online or cellphone-based s...
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'One elbow up, one down': The Carney government after its first year
OTTAWA - If one thing is clear a year into his tenure, it's that Mark Carney is running the federal government very differently from the way Justin Trudeau did it. Much of Ottawa's chattering class has settled on describing the former central banker as...
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A new café in Montreal is offering its patrons a taste of Quebec independence
MONTREAL - When you walk into the Club Pays coffee shop in Montreal, the first thing you see are the posters with Quebec sovereignty slogans plastered on every wall. Complete with comfortable couches, a polished-wood espresso bar, a small stage and eve...
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Carney says Canada a reliable oil exporter with moves to increase production
OSLO - Prime Minister Mark Carney says that countries like Canada do not need to have oil reserves as a net exporter, after the energy minister announced Canada will contribute 23.6 million barrels to help stabilize international energy markets. The 3...
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World
Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96
BERLIN (AP) - Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died. He was 96. Habermas' publisher,...
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North Korea fires about 10 missiles toward sea in show of force, Seoul says
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Saturday fired about 10 ballistic missiles toward the eastern sea, South Korea's military said, staging its own show of force as the rival South conducts a joint military exercise with the United States. ...
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Tehran says the US attacked it from the UAE as Iran war enters its third week
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Iran issued an evacuation warning for three major ports in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, including the busiest in the Middle East, openly threatening a neighboring country's non-U.S. assets for the first time ...
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Sports
Canadian sit-skier Kurt Oatway goes for one medal after long road back to Paralympics
It's simply competition. And Kurt Oatway's desire is just to win and improve. "It is a bigger race, it's a more important race, but at the end of the day it's just a race," he said of the Paralympics. But the journey to being a two-time Paralympic meda...
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Canadian wheelchair curling team wins gold with 4-3 triumph over China at Paralympics
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO - Canada's wheelchair curling team defeated China 4-3 to win gold at the Milan Cortina Paralympics on Saturday. It's the first gold medal in the event for Canada since 2014. Canada won three straight gold medals since the event's inc...
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Canada to face U.S. with sights set on first Paralympic ice hockey gold in 20 years
Tyler McGregor has experienced all the team success there is to gain in para ice hockey. Except for one thing: a Paralympic gold medal. Canada's captain, from Forest, Ont., has been a fixture on the team since 2012. In that time, he has won three world...
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