Missing man
Police obtain surveillance showing missing man leaving Shoppers Drug Mart in Chilliwack nearly 4 months ago
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack say they have obtained video surveillance showing a 60-year-old missing man leaving a Shoppers Drug Mart on Yale Road in Chilliwack on the day he was last seen roughly four months ago. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener, Brian Sicard was l...
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Charges laid
Abbotsford man and Kamloops woman charged with first-degree murder in death of B.C. man: RCMP
WEST KELOWNA - An Abbotsford man and his alleged accomplice, a 33-year-old woman from Kamloops, have been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 22-year-old man whose body was found over ten years ago outside West Kelowna, B.C. According to a statement from B.C. RCMP spokesperson Staff Sgt. Kris Clark, Tura...
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Chilliwack councillors to vote on more downtown parking, maintaining former furniture store
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council is set to vote on a rezoning application this week that would see a former downtown business mall demolished in order to construct more downtown parking. According to item 7.12 on Tuesday's council meeting agenda, the City of Chilliwack is looking to rezone 9240 Young Road and 46010...
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School threats
Abbotsford PD investigating threats of potential violence directed at local schools
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are investigating multiple threats directed at several local schools on Monday morning. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police were notified by school officials just after 9 a.m. Monday morning that an email had been received containing threats of po...
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Contraband seized
Correctional staff seize over $160,000 in meth, contraband from Mission prison
MISSION - Vigilant correctional staff are being credited with intercepting over $160,000 in drugs and contraband at a medium-security federal prison in Mission earlier this month.According to a news release from Correctional Service Canada, a package containing contraband and multiple unauthorized items was seized in t...
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Motor vehicle incident
Vehicle rolls over, takes out hydro pole in Rosedale area Monday morning
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack first responders were called to Camp River Road in Rosedale after a vehicle rolled over and took out a hydro pole.According to scanner traffic, the traffic collision happened at approximately 9:45 a.m. Monday morning in the 49000 block of Camp River Road. The call initially came in as a rollover...
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British Columbia
Cracking at Old Fort slide in B.C. prompts evacuation order
FORT ST. JOHN - Residents of a community in northeastern B.C. were ordered out of their homes late Monday due to the risk of a landslide. Those in the area of the historic Old Fort slide were to head to the Pomeroy Sports Centre in the city of Fort St...
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Eby 'moving forward' with First Nations after latest climbdown on Indigenous law
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby said that "moving forward together" with First Nations leaders is now his top priority, explaining why he withdrew plans to table legislation to suspend key parts of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigen...
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Two charged with first-degree murder in 2016 death of B.C. man in West Kelowna
WEST KELOWNA - Police in British Columbia say two people have been charged with first-degree murder after a decade-long investigation into the death of 22-year-old Tura McCarty in West Kelowna. RCMP say 33-year-old Heather White of Kamloops and 60-yea...
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Alberta's government says it will do away with twice-a-year time change
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's government says Albertans will soon be ditching twice-a-year clock changes. Service Alberta Minister Dale Nally confirmed Monday the province plans to stick with daylight time year-round. "We'll be moving forward wit...
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Fact File: No evidence Carney threatened emergency powers against Alberta separatists
Claims that Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would invoke the Emergencies Act to quash Alberta independence appeared online last week. It was said Carney made the comments while addressing steelworkers at a March 29 event in Hamilton, Ont. A video fr...
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Fact File: Clip of Carney saying he would use emergency powers against Alberta separatists doctored
Claims that Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would invoke the Emergencies Act to quash Alberta independence appeared online last week. It was said Carney made the comments while addressing steelworkers at a March 29 event in Hamilton, Ont. A video fr...
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Canada
Mexico's Sheinbaum promises investigation into shooting that killed Canadian tourist
MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has promised an investigation into the shooting at a set of historic pyramids that killed one Canadian tourist and wounded another. Sheinbaum wrote on social media that Monday's shooting at the site of ...
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In the news today: Canadian killed in Mexico, High grocery prices, Drone deliveries
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canadian tourist killed, another injured after gunman opens fire at Mexico pyramids An armed man standing atop one of the historic Teotihuacán pyramids north of M...
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High fuel prices driving up shipping costs for northern grocers
Whether it's Florida oranges, Colombian coffee or even homegrown items from another province, food has often travelled a long way before it reaches grocery stores in Canada. The supply chain gets even longer for communities in the Far North. Typically...
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'I live in Vegas': Canadian ag producers take gamble with high fuel, fertilizer costs
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Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette to announce new cabinet today
QUÉBEC - Quebec's new Premier Christine Fréchette is set to announce her cabinet today. Fréchette has had just over a week to put her team together after winning the Coalition Avenir Québec leadership race April 12. In a recent appearance on Radio-Can...
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Kenneth Law to return to court next month, expected to plead guilty to aiding suicide
NEWMARKET - An Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives will return to court on May 29, when murder charges against him are expected to be withdrawn as he pleads guilty to aiding suic...
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World
Nigeria charges 6 including former general with treason over alleged coup plot
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerian authorities have charged six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, with terrorism and treason, over an alleged plot to overthrow the president, Bola Tinubu, according to a charge sheet ...
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Fired former UK official says he felt political pressure to approve Mandelson as US ambassador
LONDON (AP) - The ex-civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson 's appointment as British ambassador to Washington says he felt political pressure to rush through the appointment despite security concerns. Olly Robbins, ...
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Japan scraps a ban on lethal weapons exports in a change of its postwar pacifist policy
TOKYO (AP) - Japan on Tuesday scrapped a ban on lethal weapons exports, a major change in its postwar pacifist policy as the country seeks to build up its arms industry amid worries over Chinese and North Korean aggression. The approval ...
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Oilers goaltender Connor Ingram gets job done for Oilers in first career playoff win
EDMONTON - While it's a small sample size, Connor Ingram's first career playoff victory boded well for the Edmonton Oilers. The 30-year-old goalie from Saskatoon was clutch when he needed to be in Edmonton's 4-3 see-saw win over the visiting Anaheim Du...
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Senators goaltender Linus Ullmark stands tall in Game 2 loss to Hurricanes
RALEIGH - Linus Ullmark snagged Taylor Hall's one-timer with a jaw-dropping glove save midway through the second period to keep his team in the fight. After the Ottawa Senators pushed back with a pair of goals to tie the Hurricanes 2-2, their goaltende...
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