Missing woman
34-year-old woman last seen nearly a month ago reported missing: Mission RCMP
MISSION - Police in Mission are appealing to the public for help in locating a woman who was last seen nearly a month ago but was just reported missing last week, and may have ties to Maple Ridge.Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr says Ashley-Blaze Calzuolo was reported missing on Wednesday, September 9, ...
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Motor vehicle incident
Commercial truck rolls over Monday morning in Chilliwack near Highway 1
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack first responders were called to the Yale Road West overpass near Highway 1 Monday morning after a commercial truck rolled over. Chilliwack Fire Department engines, Chilliwack RCMP and BC Emergency Health Services paramedics were dispatched to the overpass in Greendale at approximately 7:04 a.m. ...
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Municipal election
Trustees for Change calls for safer conditions in Chilliwack schools
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StatCan says Canada's 2026 census participation was among highest ever
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Municipal election
Trustees for Change calls for safer conditions in Chilliwack schools
CHILLIWACK - Trustees for Change, a five-member group of candidates for the Chilliwack Board of Education, has unveiled its latest policy proposal aimed at creating safer working conditions for SD33 students and staff and more orderly classrooms for teachers.In a statement, Trustees for Change says the Chilliwack schoo...
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What were they thinking?
25-year-old motorists who appeared to be racing at over 170 km/h in Abbotsford caught by police
ABBOTSFORD - Two motorists in their 20s who appeared to be racing each other at over 170 km/h on Highway 1 early Monday morning in Abbotsford will need to find an alternate form of transportation for the next week. Andrea Macpherson, communications and engagement specialist for the Abbotsford Police Department, says th...
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Businesses coming and going
New Chilliwack retailer occupies former gaming business on Vedder Road
CHILLIWACK - A new retailer has taken the place of a shuttered gaming business in Chilliwack. Buddy's Cigars & Smoke has opened up in unit 120A at 6640 Vedder Road in the Vedder Pointe shopping centre. The cigar retailer is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, and is closed on Monday. The retailer se...
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New location
New location eyed for proposed Chilliwack-area motocross park
CHILLIWACK/POPKUM - A new location is now being considered for a proposed motocross park development in the greater Chilliwack area.Over the weekend, sports promoter Moto Energy announced that it has decided to shift from a previously envisioned location at the former Bridal Falls driving range/golf facility over to a ...
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British Columbia
Milobar's new party gains seventh B.C. legislator as Donegal Wilson joins
VICTORIA - The new party led by former B.C. Conservative legislator Peter Milobar has gained a seventh MLA as a member, Boundary-Similkameen's Donegal Wilson. All are among the nine MLAs who have defected from the provincial Conservative caucus in rece...
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Home sales in B.C. down again in August amid 'gradual recovery,' association says
VANCOUVER - British Columbia home sales fell again in August on a year-to-year basis, although the real estate industry says a "gradual recovery" is underway. The British Columbia Real Estate Association says there were 5,653 residential property sales...
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Indigenous legislation among top issues at Union of B.C. Municipalities convention
An annual gathering of municipal leaders from across British Columbia is underway with the province's Indigenous rights legislation high on the agenda, along with housing and public safety, among other topics. The Union of B.C. Municipalities conventio...
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Two pulled from water near B.C. Lower Mainland after fishing vessel sinks
DELTA, B.C. - British Columbia's ferry operator says two people were pulled from the waters between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island after their fishing vessel sank. BC Ferries spokesperson Sheila Reynolds says the marine rescue happened Sunday ...
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Student's door-to-door Chinese ballads break down barriers, win fans and lamb chops
When Kieran Michael MacNeill started going door to door in Richmond, B.C., serenading householders in Mandarin, he was worried they might think he was a "weirdo." But instead, they embraced the efforts of the 22-year-old student, who spent summer singi...
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Man faces 22 charges over four shootings in Surrey, B.C., in 2025 and 2026
SURREY - Police in Surrey, B.C., say a man is facing numerous charges after four shootings in the Metro Vancouver city, including three shots-fired incidents at the same home. The shootings at the home on 140A Street happened last December, with an ass...
Sep 11, 2026
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Canada
StatCan says Canada's 2026 census participation was among highest ever
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the response rate for this year's census of the population was 98.4 per cent, one of the highest ever recorded. The data is collected every five years and the questionnaire includes age, gender, marital status and langu...
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Carney's investment summit draws protests by Indigenous leaders, eco groups
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's high-stakes pitch for foreign investment is also attracting protests by Indigenous leaders and civil society groups opposed to his agenda. Hundreds of executives and global asset managers descended on Toronto on Mo...
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Quebec party leaders are preparing for two debates this week in election campaign
MONTREAL - Quebec party leaders are preparing for two debates this week in the provincial election campaign. The first debate is scheduled on Tuesday evening and will feature all five party leaders. Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette a...
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Ottawa says it ended refugee residency sponsor exemption over 'integrity concerns'
OTTAWA - A permanent residency sponsorship exemption for some refugees was allowed to expire earlier this month due to unspecified "potential integrity concerns," an Immigration Department spokesperson said in an email. Three years ago, a memo drafted ...
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Here's a list of August inflation rates for selected Canadian cities
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 3.0 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. The agency also released rates for major cities, but cautioned that figures may have fluctuated widely because they are based on small statistical samples (prev...
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Here's a list of August inflation rates for Canadian provinces
OTTAWA - Canada's annual inflation rate was 3.0 per cent in August, Statistics Canada says. Here's what happened in the provinces (previous month in brackets): - Newfoundland and Labrador: 4.3 per cent (4.2) - Prince Edward Island: 4.4 per cent (4.0) -...
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World
Maduro ally Alex Saab expected to plead guilty in federal money laundering case
MIAMI (AP) - A close ally of ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is expected to plead guilty Tuesday in a federal case that accused him of bribing officials to win lucrative contracts to import food at a time of widespread hardship in the South ...
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Kennedy Center board to propose new options for honoring Trump as center confronts solvency worries
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees is planning to propose adding President Donald Trump's name to the facility's exterior in recognition of his saving the building from its "precarious fiscal position," according to a new court fili...
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A road crash involving multiple vehicles in South Africa kills at least 21 people, officials say
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Two minibus taxis collided head-on and a third vehicle crashed into them on one of South Africa's main highways, killing at least 21 people and leaving four seriously injured, authorities said Monday. The c...
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Sports
Joe Sakic plans to indefinitely stay in GM role for Avs with no search scheduled, AP source says
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) - Joe Sakic will remain in the role of general manager for the Colorado Avalanche indefinitely with no search scheduled, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. Already the president of hock...
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Buffalo Sabres bank on Noah Ostlund's potential by signing 22-year-old to 8-year, $52.8M contract
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Sabres are banking on forward Noah Ostlund's potential by signing the 22-year-old to an eight-year, $52.8 million contract, the team announced Monday. The sizable terms of the contract reflects the confidence the Sabres...
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Gabriel Diallo withdraws from Canada's Davis Cup tie against France due to leg injury
TORONTO - Gabriel Diallo withdrew from Canada's upcoming Davis Cup tie against France due to a leg injury, Tennis Canada said Monday. Diallo, who was hurt at the National Bank Open last month in his hometown of Montreal, was replaced by Keegan Rice fo...
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