Tense situation
Man pulls knife on Abbotsford first responders during medical call
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a combative man is facing a criminal charge after he became assaultive toward paramedics and brandished a knife during a medical call at an Abbotsford park Monday evening. Abbotsford PD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker told Fraser Valley Today in a text message that police were called...
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Public works improvements
Chilliwack motorists should expect congestion, delays as Vedder Road gets fixed starting today
CHILLIWACK/SARDIS - Motorists travelling in Sardis can expect delays on one of Chilliwack's busiest roads as daytime and nighttime paving gets underway today along Vedder Road. The City of Chilliwack says daytime and nighttime paving on Vedder Road from Knight Road to Alder Avenue will begin Tuesday, July 21, and last ...
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Here are the latest numbers on British Columbia's wildfire season
VANCOUVER - Wildfire and government officials in British Columbia have provided an update on the season to date. Here are some key figures, as of Tuesday morning. Fires burning: 85 Fires starts since April 1: 635 Causes of all fires to date: Human-caus...
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Proposed medical pain clinic
Chilliwack council to consider proposed pain clinic by local physician at Lickman/Progress
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack councillors are set to review a medical pain and rehabilitation clinic proposed for an industrial area near Lickman Road north of Highway 1 at their meeting today. According to item 7.5 on today's Chilliwack City Council agenda (Tuesday, July 21), PainScape Pain and Rehabilitation Clinic has app...
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Chilliwack soccer product Jordyn Huitema
Chilliwack soccer product Jordyn Huitema tears ACL, out for rest of NWSL season
CHICAGO - Canadian forward Jordyn Huitema has ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her left leg and will miss the rest of the National Women's Soccer League season. Chicago Stars FC placed Huitema on the season-ending injury list Tuesday after sh...
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Summertime event
CPBC leader Findlay to visit Chilliwack next month for summertime BBQ
CHILLIWACK - Conservative Party of British Columbia Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay will visit Chilliwack for a summertime BBQ next month in partnership with Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs.The Chilliwack North Riding Association says it will host a BBQ on Saturday, August 1, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., featuring food, old-fa...
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British Columbia
Here are the latest numbers on British Columbia's wildfire season
VANCOUVER - Wildfire and government officials in British Columbia have provided an update on the season to date. Here are some key figures, as of Tuesday morning. Fires burning: 85 Fires starts since April 1: 635 Causes of all fires to date: Human-caus...
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B.C. crews use drone in controlled burn during wildfire fight, in Canadian first
BOSTON BAR - Firefighters in British Columbia say they have successfully used a drone to ignite a controlled burn while fighting an active wildfire in what they call a Canadian first. The BC Wildfire Service says in a video posted to Facebook that crew...
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Man charged with murder, indignity to remains in 2025 Vancouver Island homicide
NANAIMO - A man has been charged with second-degree murder and indignity to human remains in the death of a 65-year-old woman on Vancouver Island. Nanaimo RCMP say Cameron Compton was arrested Monday after a months-long investigation. The investigatio...
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Heat warnings in daily temperature recor
Heat warnings in place for the Fraser Valley as daily temperature records fall
SQUAMISH - Heat warnings in British Columbia have expanded to much of the southern and coastal inland of the province, after several daily records fell. Environment Canada says heat warnings that now cover much of the east coast of Vancouver Island, Wh...
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Ford says Canada can 'dismantle' U.S. ahead of meeting between Carney and premiers
CHARLOTTETOWN - Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country's premiers are huddling for a virtual Team Canada meeting Tuesday afternoon after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened a dramatic increase in tariffs on some Canadian goods. P.E.I. Premier Ro...
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B.C. port flagged for federal fast track, but security concerns have lasted years
George Harvie, mayor of Delta, B.C., has been sounding the alarm over security and crime at the province's port facilities for years, and he has plenty of questions as the federal government pushes a massive port expansion project in his city. The Rob...
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Canada
Salmonella outbreak over but ban on pistachios from Iran still in effect: PHAC
TORONTO - The Public Health Agency of Canada says a salmonella outbreak from contaminated pistachios is over but people should still avoid pistachio products coming from Iran. The outbreak began in March 2025 and lasted more than a year, with the fin...
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Indigenous leaders meet premiers on sidelines of national meeting in P.E.I.
OTTAWA - Indigenous leaders meeting premiers on the sidelines of a national conference this week say their voices must be heard nationwide as provincial and federal governments pursue major projects and a new trade deal with the U.S. Provincial and ter...
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Fact File: Trump post on fighting Canadian wildfires with 'giant faucet' is a fake
This week, an image supposedly taken from U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social account spread online. In the post, Trump claims he will direct California to turn its "giant faucet" toward Canada to extinguish wildfires burning there. While the po...
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Here are the latest numbers on British Columbia's wildfire season
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Six Marineland belugas now swimming in new U.S. homes
NIAGARA FALLS - Six captive belugas from Canada are now swimming in the waters of their new homes in the United States. Marineland and a consortium of U.S. aquariums helped move the first batch of whales in a long, complex process that began Monday aft...
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Mother calling for 'indigo alerts' amid search for Calgary boy with autism
CALGARY - A Calgary mother of a seven-year-old boy with autism is starting a campaign to make changes to Alberta's emergency alert system after the disappearance of another boy with autism almost a week ago. Jennifer Ball says missing vulnerable childr...
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World
Hegseth estimates Iran war has cost $37.5B so far
WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday the U.S. war against Iran has cost $37.5 billion, so far, as he is facing questions and protests at a Senate hearing ahead of a $95 billion GOP budget package to fund the military, along wit...
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Ukraine's Zelenskyy fires military chief after protests and names a replacement
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday fired Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi as commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, following days of mass protests in Kyiv and other cities nationwide demanding his removal. Zelensk...
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Trump says US-Lebanon flights can resume, pledges help for that country after meeting its president
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump pledged to help Lebanon "a lot" during a White House meeting on Tuesday with the country's leader, Joseph Aoun, who came to push for long-term calm after months of war between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbolla...
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Sports
MLB players propose expanded draft eligibility in another sign of looming labor confrontation
NEW YORK (AP) - Baseball players proposed expanding eligibility for the amateur draft rather than decreasing it, maintaining 20 rounds of selections and moving it back to June in another proposal indicating the sport is heading to a labor confrontation...
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Tributes pour in for Halifax engineering professor who died after a road accident
HALIFAX - Tributes are pouring in for a Dalhousie University engineering professor and cyclist described as a mentor and father figure who died following a road accident in Halifax. A 71-year-old man was cycling along Strawberry Hill Street when the d...
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Repatriation money raised for man killed in crash with Saskatchewan Roughrider
REGINA - An online fundraiser for a man who died in a car crash that also killed a Saskatchewan Roughrider player has collected about $80,000. Tonish Patel says funds raised through GoFundMe for his friend Bhishma Rajyaguru are more than enough to cove...
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