Restaurant opening
New restaurant offering burgers, flame-grilled chicken slated to open east of Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK/POPKUM - A new restaurant offering burgers, flame-grilled chicken, butter chicken and more is set to open east of Chilliwack in a Popkum shopping centre. According to a social media post from Abhi Patel, on behalf of the RNA Group, Burger Shack and Shack's Flame Grilled Chicken is set to open Friday morning,...
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Campground closures
2 Chilliwack River Valley campgrounds closed until further notice due to storm damage
CHILLIWACK RIVER VALLEY - Two campsites in the picturesque Chilliwack River Valley have been closed due to storm damage. According to a formal notice posted by Fireside Camping on Tuesday, May 26, Recreation Sites and Trails BC has officially closed Chipmunk Peninsula and Rapids Campgrounds until storm damage can be re...
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B.C. govt. expands provincial park in Mission, adds more parking to Maple Ridge park, at cost of $800,000
MISSION - The provincial government announced Thursday that it has significantly expanded the number of campsites at a provincial park in Mission and upgraded parking capacity at another provincial park northeast of Maple Ridge. In a statement, the B.C. Ministry of Environment and Parks says 32 new sites have been inco...
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Drug bust
23-year-old man who visited Abbotsford to sell coke and meth gets arrested: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a 23-year-old man who allegedly came to Abbotsford on Wednesday to sell drugs like meth, coke and fentanyl was arrested as a result of a traffic stop. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, members of the Abbotsford Police Department Gang Crime Unit (GC...
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Proposed housing development
Chilliwack-area First Nation says it has not consented to a proposed housing project outside its reserve
CHILLIWACK - A Chilliwack-area First Nation band has expressed concern over a proposed housing development on Yale Road outside of its reserve, saying it has direct impacts on the band's wellness, peace, privacy and overall quality of life.According to the text of an Official Community Plan and Zoning Amendment sign fr...
May 28, 2026
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Competing claims
Despite claims made in Chilliwack, Vancouver denies busing homeless out to other cities ahead of World Cup
VANCOUVER - Rumours have spread on social media that homeless people from Vancouver were being bused out of town in an attempt to "clean up" ahead of the FIFA World Cup that begins next month. But Vancouver denies the claims, and several British Columbia cities that were supposedly on the receiving end say th...
May 28, 2026
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VICTORIA - The B-C Conservatives will announce their new leader on Saturday in Vancouver six months after John Rustad was chased out of office, and two analysts say the final outcome will have long-term consequences for the party's direction. Former B....
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A First Nation treaty decades in making faces further delays, says B.C. minister
VICTORIA - B.C.'s minister responsible for Indigenous affairs says legislation to move a First Nation treaty forward won't pass this session, further delaying a treaty that has been more than three decades in the making. Spencer Chandra Herbert said t...
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B.C. woman returns home after 2 months in induced coma in China
VANCOUVER - The daughter of a British Columbia woman who slipped into a coma in China while visiting her family says her mom has returned home following a marathon journey. Elena Lanteigne says her mother, 78-year-old Lilia Avoutova, had an eight-hour...
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Wildfire forecast anticipates high risk for new wildfires in B.C., Prairies, N.W.T.
OTTAWA - This year's wildfire season has been slow compared with 2025, but the overall risk remains high in certain parts of Canada because of warm and dry weather conditions. Federal officials told reporters on Thursday that the levels of burning are...
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Why the B.C. Conservative leadership contest is hinge moment for the NDP too
VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservatives are expected to announce their new leader on Saturday, nearly six months after John Rustad was chased out of office. But the announcement at a leadership convention in Vancouver could also represent a pivotal moment fo...
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'Shattered': Daughters of murdered B.C. couple tell of anguish at sentencing hearing
ABBOTSFORD - Family and friends of Arnold and Joanne De Jong filled a courtroom in Abbotsford, B.C., on Thursday for the reading of anguished victim impact statements, weeks after three men were convicted of murdering the couple. Abhijeet Singh, Gurka...
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Canada
Fact File: No evidence planes are dropping ticks over Ontario
Social media posts shared a rumour originating from an anonymous forum that claimed Ontario pilots were being hired to spread ticks from the air. The posts fuelled a conspiracy theory that the ticks were being dropped with the intention of infecting mo...
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In the news today: Canada-China relations, Kenneth Law to enter plea, Habs vs. Canes
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... China's foreign minister Wang Yi set to meet Carney, Anand today China's foreign minister Wang Yi is in Ottawa today, the first such visit in a decade. He is in C...
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$122M in EV rebate claims made since start of new program as dealers wait to be paid
OTTAWA - Canadians claimed more than $122 million in federal subsidies for new electric vehicles since Ottawa reintroduced its rebate program in February, but many car dealers say they're still waiting to get the funds they are owed. Transport Canada p...
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Kenneth Law pleads guilty to aiding 14 suicides in Ontario
NEWMARKET - An Ontario man accused of selling deadly substances online to people at risk of self-harm has pleaded guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide. Kenneth Law entered the pleas in a Newmarket, Ont., court this morning. Law was scheduled to stand ...
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A timeline of key events in the case of Kenneth Law, accused of aiding suicides
Kenneth Law, an Ontario man accused of selling lethal substances online to people who later used them to take their own lives, is expected to plead guilty to 14 counts of aiding suicide after murder charges against him are withdrawn. Police have alleg...
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Canada slips into technical recession as economy stalls in Q1: StatCan
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says economic growth stalled in the first quarter, leading to a second consecutive decline in real gross domestic product. That meets some definitions for a technical recession, though not all economists weighing in on StatCa...
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World
Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump's $1.8B 'anti-weaponization' settlement fund
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's administration from paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president's allies who believe they were victims of a weaponi...
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Bus hits cars in Virginia, killing 5 people and injuring 34, state police say
STAFFORD, Va. (AP) - A bus struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia as traffic slowed for a work zone, killing five people and sending 34 to hospitals, state police said Friday. The crash happened at about 2:35 a.m. on southbound ...
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Kenyan police arrest 8 students on suspicion of arson after deadly girls school fire
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Kenyan police arrested eight female students on suspicion of arson, authorities said Friday, after a fire destroyed a dormitory at a boarding school, killing 16 children and injuring dozens of others. The motive remains under inve...
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Sports
In the news today: Canada-China relations, Kenneth Law to enter plea, Habs vs. Canes
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... China's foreign minister Wang Yi set to meet Carney, Anand today China's foreign minister Wang Yi is in Ottawa today, the first such visit in a decade. He is in C...
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Canada head coach Jesse Marsch set to unveil 26-player World Cup roster
CHARLOTTE - Canada is set to unveil its roster for the FIFA World Cup today. Head coach Jesse Marsch invited 32 players to a training camp in Charlotte, N.C., this week and he plans to narrow that group to 26 tonight. Captain Alphonso Davies is expect...
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