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Update: Chilliwack restaurant given green light to expand thanks to council rezoning vote
UPDATE: Chilliwack councillors have given third reading and adoption (approval) to a rezoning approval that will facilitate the expansion of an Italian restaurant at 45835 Airport Road in Chilliwack. Original story: CHILLIWACK - An Italian restaurant on Airport Road in Chilliwack could get the green light to expand at...
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Indoor amusement centre in Chilliwack
Indoor amusement centre in Chilliwack moves closer to opening
CHILLIWACK - An indoor amusement centre that was the subject of a temporary use permit vote by Chilliwack City Council last year appears to be moving closer to opening its doors. Crazy Corner Fun Park, as its name appears on a website containing limited information, has had its interior renovated with new flooring at 4...
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Outage
Power outage leaves over 1,300 without power in Langley, Abbotsford Tuesday night
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Public Notice
Pesticide Use Permit issued for Invasive Knotweed Control
Police response
Over 16 officers respond to what appeared to be a man with a rifle atop an Abbotsford building
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Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case
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Fraser Valley
Municipal election
FVRD director representing Fraser Canyon area to seek re-election
BOSTON BAR - An elected official on the Fraser Valley Regional District representing parts of the Fraser Canyon who were hardest hit by regional wildfires plans to run again in this fall's municipal election. Diane Johnson, Electoral Area A director for the Fraser Canyon encompassing communities like Boston Bar, North ...
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Ongoing construction
Traffic detour underway for evening, overnight travel on w/b Highway 1 in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Evening and overnight traffic-pattern changes are now underway for motorists driving westbound on Highway 1 through Abbotsford. The Ministry of Transportation and Transit says a detour at the Mount Lehman exit is now in effect on multiple nights between August 31 and September 11, from 8:30 p.m. until 5:30...
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Wildfire update
4 fires near Manning Park now being held
NEAR MANNING PARK, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Four wildfires that had been burning for roughly six weeks near E.C. Manning Park are now being held. The BC Wildfire says the four fires combined are over 3,046 hectares. They include the Big Burn Creek wildfire (898.5 ha), the Daynar Creek wildfire (654.76 ha), the Porcupine Cree...
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Enforcement activities
Abbotsford Police to step up enforcement efforts around illegal e-scooters, similar devices
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say they're going to step up education and enforcement efforts around the use of electronic scooters and other similar devices which are currently banned throughout the city. In a statement, Abbotsford PD Sgt. Paul Walker says traffic volumes on Abbotsford roadways are expected to incr...
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British Columbia
B.C. AG condemns report of death threats and raw bacon at Surrey mosque
British Columbia's attorney general is condemning Islamophobia after the Fleetwood Islamic Centre in Surrey says members of its congregation found the facility vandalized with threatening graffiti and pieces of raw bacon. Niki Sharma says her heart goe...
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RCMP ask to meet ex-B.C. Conservative who says he was offered job to quit as MLA
British Columbia legislator Ian Paton says RCMP have asked to interview him on Wednesday, and expects them to ask about allegedly being offered a job to give up his seat so Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay could run. Paton, who quit the Conserva...
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B.C. government confirms errors worth $1.46B in gas revenue forecasts
Errors including botched currency conversions led the British Columbia government to overstate its forecasted natural gas revenues by about $1.46 billion over five fiscal years, officials confirmed on Tuesday. Energy Minister Adrian Dix said the most s...
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Pentagon defends Hegseth's controversial post about Canadian cadet program
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is standing behind a controversial social media post by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about a Canadian cadet program as the Trump administration continues to denigrate Canada's armed forces. Hegseth on Monday posted an i...
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B.C. legislator Hon Chan pleads not guilty in alleged intimate partner violence case
RICHMOND - British Columbia legislator Hon Chan has pleaded not guilty to charges of assault and uttering threats in a case of alleged intimate partner violence. The BC Prosecution Service says counsel for the Richmond Centre MLA entered the not-guilty...
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B.C. boaters warned to avoid floating island that has mystified experts
Geologist John Joseph Clague said when he first heard that a floating island, bigger than a football field, had been spotted on a lake in British Columbia's northern Interior, he dismissed it as an "AI stunt." But Clague - a professor of earth sciences...
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Canada
RCMP ask to meet ex-B.C. Conservative who says he was offered job to quit as MLA
British Columbia legislator Ian Paton said RCMP have asked to interview him on Wednesday, and expects them to ask about allegedly being offered a job to give up his seat so Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay could run. Paton, who quit the Conserva...
5h ago
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B.C. government confirms errors worth $1.46B in gas revenue forecasts
Errors including botched currency conversions led the British Columbia government to overstate its forecasted natural gas revenues by about $1.46 billion over five fiscal years, officials confirmed on Tuesday. Energy Minister Adrian Dix said the most s...
7h ago
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Former Montreal priest convicted in 2019 of abusing boys facing new charges
MONTREAL - A former Montreal priest who was found guilty in 2019 of sexually abusing two boys is facing charges of possessing and accessing child sexual abuse material. Brian Boucher's lawyer appeared in a Montreal courtroom today on his behalf, and th...
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Champagne says U.S. move to invite Russia to G20 meeting caused 'a lot of discomfort'
OTTAWA - Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says Russia's presence at a G20 meeting hosted by the United States has made many countries uncomfortable. The United States invited Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov to attend the Tuesday mee...
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Check vaccinations before heading back to school: chief public health officer
TORONTO - Canada's chief public health officer is urging parents to check that routine childhood vaccinations are up-to-date as kids head back to school. In an interview on Tuesday, Dr. Joss Reimer said measles is still spreading, while vaccine misinf...
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B.C. boaters warned to avoid floating island that has mystified experts
Geologist John Joseph Clague said when he first heard that a floating island, bigger than a football field, had been spotted on a lake in British Columbia's northern Interior, he dismissed it as an "AI stunt." But Clague - a professor of earth sciences...
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World
Prominent Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong pleads guilty in second national security case
HONG KONG (AP) - Prominent Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to collude with foreign forces to endanger national security under a Beijing-imposed law that has effectively stifled the city's once-thrivin...
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The USS Abraham Lincoln arrives in Thailand following its Middle East deployment
LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (AP) - The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier docked at a port in eastern Thailand on Wednesday after its grueling deployment in the Middle East. Associated Press journalists watched the Lincoln, which is carrying...
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Sen. Ed Markey, 80, wins Mass. Democratic primary over opponent who called for generational change
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey secured the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts' Senate primary Tuesday, once again fending off a push for generational change as he seeks a third term. Markey, 80, defeated U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, 47, who had attem...
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Sports
Gavin Williams whiffs 13 in 7 innings and leads Guardians to 6-1 win over Blue Jays
CLEVELAND (AP) - Gavin Williams struck out a career-high 13 and allowed just two singles in seven innings, leading the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-1 win on Tuesday night over the Toronto Blue Jays in a matchup of teams in the thick of the AL wild-card r...
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Krutzen scores late, Forge FC draw 1-1 with Supra du Québec in Canadian Championship
LAVAL - Daniel Krutzen's 95th-minute equalizer helped Forge FC secure a 1-1 draw against FC Supra du Québec in the first leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal at Stade Boréale on Tuesday evening. Ibrahim Condé opened the scoring for Supra, who onc...
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Jackson Koivun added to American team for Presidents Cup 3 months after leaving college
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Jackson Koivun was added to the U.S. team for the Presidents Cup on Tuesday just three months after leaving Auburn, one of two newcomers to an American team that hasn't lost in 28 years. Koivun, who won the 3M Open in his...
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