No respect for authority
Chilliwack youth arrested after refusing to leave bus during mischief call: RCMP
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack say they dealt with a case of mischief this past week after getting a report about unruly behaviour by youths aboard a city bus. Chilliwack RCMP Corporal Carmen Kiener says police were called to an undisclosed location in Chilliwack after a transit operator notified authorities that ...
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Curbside collection update
City of Chilliwack extends collection period for old bins - and offers residents a solution
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack hopes to stem some of the fallout from the ongoing curbside collection debacle by extending the pickup dates for old bins. According to an update dated Monday, May 25 on its website, the city now realizes its original goal of having old curbside bins collected by the final week of Ma...
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Police in Hope confirm driver not at fault in accident that sent E-scooter rider to hospital
HOPE - A spokesperson for the Hope RCMP detachment says the driver of a vehicle involved in a collision with an E-scooter rider last week was not responsible for the motor vehicle incident. A youth riding an electric scooter was transported to hospital after a collision with a vehicle Tuesday morning, May 19 on Beacon ...
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Advocacy for constituents
Abbotsford MLA says Fraser Health should step up to help Abbotsford senior displaced by fire
ABBOTSFORD/MISSION - Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman is faulting Fraser Health for what he says is their inability to find suitable housing for a local senior after a fire at Chartwell Carrington in Mission earlier this year displaced him and many others. Banman says Fraser Health needs to take urgent action to ensur...
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Power outage
Update: Power restored to over 3,500 after power outages in Langley, Aldergrove
UPDATE 10:10 A.M. TUESDAY: Power has now been restored to over 3,500 customers in the Langley and Aldergrove area. As of 10:10 a.m., there is one remaining outage impacting 132 customers in northeast Langley Township. Original story from 7:26 a.m. Tuesday morning: LANGLEY/ALDERGROVE - Three power outages affecting much...
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Wildfire activity
1.5-ha wildfire near Maple Ridge under control
MAPLE RIDGE - The City of Maple Ridge says a fire that once grew to 1.5 hectares during the weekend is now under control.According to a social media update posted Monday evening (May 25), the BC Wildfire Service has now updated the status of the wildfire along the interface of the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest to "...
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British Columbia
Man injured in police-involved shooting near home in Surrey, B.C.
SURREY - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man was shot during an interaction with officers in Surrey, B.C. Police say the shooting happened at around 7:30 p.m. Monday near a home on Southpark Crescent, when officers were cal...
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Minimum wage increase
B.C.'s minimum wage to increase next week
CHILLIWACK - British Columbia's minimum wage will increase by 2.1 per cent effective next week. The provincial government says the increase will boost the minimum wage from $17.85 to $18.25 per hour effective Monday, June 1. The same 2.1 per cent increase applies to the minimum rates for resident caretakers, live-in ho...
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Jogger hurt in bear attack after running into cubs and sow in Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH - A man has been injured in a black bear attack in Squamish, B.C., about 60 kilometres north of Vancouver. British Columbia's Conservation Officer Service says in a Facebook post that the attack happened Monday around 7 p.m., when a man was ru...
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Advocacy for constituents
Abbotsford MLA says Fraser Health should step up to help Abbotsford senior displaced by fire
ABBOTSFORD/MISSION - Abbotsford South MLA Bruce Banman is faulting Fraser Health for what he says is their inability to find suitable housing for a local senior after a fire at Chartwell Carrington in Mission earlier this year displaced him and many others. Banman says Fraser Health needs to take urgent action to ensur...
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Wildfire activity
1.5-ha wildfire near Maple Ridge under control
MAPLE RIDGE - The City of Maple Ridge says a fire that once grew to 1.5 hectares during the weekend is now under control.According to a social media update posted Monday evening (May 25), the BC Wildfire Service has now updated the status of the wildfire along the interface of the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest to "...
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Curbside collection update
City of Chilliwack extends collection period for old bins - and offers residents a solution
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack hopes to stem some of the fallout from the ongoing curbside collection debacle by extending the pickup dates for old bins. According to an update dated Monday, May 25 on its website, the city now realizes its original goal of having old curbside bins collected by the final week of Ma...
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Canada
Inclusion groups sign open letter calling on Ottawa to halt MAID for mental illness
OTTAWA - Inclusion Canada and dozens of other disability and mental health organizations are calling on Ottawa to call off a planned expansion of access to medical assistance in dying next year. People whose sole underlying condition is a mental illnes...
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As Alberta battles with separation, Saskatchewan's Moe affirms party wants to stay
KANANASKIS - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says while separatist agitation bubbles away in Alberta - and even in his own province -- his party stands with Confederation. "We support a strong and growing province of Saskatchewan with the united nation ...
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Wildfire activity
1.5-ha wildfire near Maple Ridge under control
MAPLE RIDGE - The City of Maple Ridge says a fire that once grew to 1.5 hectares during the weekend is now under control.According to a social media update posted Monday evening (May 25), the BC Wildfire Service has now updated the status of the wildfire along the interface of the Malcolm Knapp Research Forest to "...
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In the news today: Tumbler Ridge memo, Western premiers meeting ends, Stratford adieu
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Memo warned PM of public anxiety about mental health, firearms after B.C. shootings Three days after the February mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., government ...
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Memo warned PM of public anxiety about mental health, firearms after B.C. shootings
OTTAWA - Three days after the February mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., government officials warned Prime Minister Mark Carney that online sentiment was shifting from collective grief toward "emerging accountability narratives" - including questio...
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South Korean submarine in B.C. is floor model in sales pitch to supply Canada's fleet
VICTORIA - The flagship of South Korea's submarine fleet is docked in British Columbia where it's serving as a floating floor model in the Asian nation's pitch for Canada to buy 12 like it. The crew of the ROKS Dosan Ahn Changho, a KSS-III-class diesel...
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World
Federal court blocks Alabama plan for new congressional districts that could help Republicans
Federal judges on Tuesday blocked Alabama's plan to use a congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the midterm elections. A three-judge panel in the state's long-running redistricting case iss...
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A train collides with a minibus of children in Belgium and 4 people are dead
BUGGENHOUT, Belgium (AP) - A train traveling at high speed hit a minibus crossing a railway in Belgium on Tuesday, killing four people, including two children, and badly injuring five other children in what officials called one of the worst rail accide...
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Israel and Hezbollah clash along a strategic Lebanese river after overnight strikes
BEIRUT (AP) - Israel's military clashed with the Iran-backed militant Hezbollah group on Tuesday along a strategic river in southern Lebanon as Israeli troops pushed farther north, days ahead of talks in Washington between Lebanese and Israeli delegati...
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Sports
Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh signs with Octagon athlete agency
PORTLAND - Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh has joined the Octagon agency. The triple gold medallist at the 2024 Paris Olympics will be represented by a firm that includes gymnast Simone Biles, basketball player Steph Curry, hockey player Leon Draisait...
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Ticats sign star receiver Kenny Lawler to extension through 2028 season
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have signed star wide receiver Kenny Lawler to a contract extension through the 2028 season, the CFL club announced Tuesday. The 31-year-old earned league and East Division all-star honours last season. He recorded 86...
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Two N.S. youths plead not guilty in hockey hazing and sexual assault case
HALIFAX - Two teenage hockey players charged in Nova Scotia with sexual assault after an alleged hazing ritual last fall have pleaded not guilty. The Public Prosecution Service says one of the accused was present in Truro provincial youth court Monday...
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