Police warning
Police in Surrey warn public about dangerous high-risk sex offender in the community
SURREY - Police in Surrey are warning the public that a 26-year-old man who has a history of violent and sexual offences towards people will be living in the community.In a statement from Surrey Police Service S/Sgt. Lindsey Houghton, police say Skylar Wayne Pelletier is a designated high-risk offender who has a histor...
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Motor vehicle crash
Update: 1 person deceased, 3 transported to hospital in serious condition after crash in Chilliwack
UPDATE: Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener has confirmed the death of a person following a single-vehicle collision overnight. According to a statement, Cpl. Kiener says police responded at approximately 12:10 a.m. to a report of a single-vehicle collision at the intersection of Boundary Road and No. 4...
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Gilles Villeneuve's daughter sees TIFF film as chance to share racing legend's life
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Pesticide Use Permit issued for Invasive Knotweed Control
B.C. journalist, harassed by 'cult-like' China protest group, wins defamation payout
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B.C. journalist, harassed by 'cult-like' China protest group, wins defamation payout
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Municipal election
Manley files to run for mayor of Harrison Hot Springs
HARRISON HOT SPRINGS - On a platform of transparent leadership, prudent fiscal management, and genuine community engagement, Cassandra Manley has filed to run for mayor of Harrison Hot Springs. According to the text of a social media post and her website, Manley says she's running because the village and its residents ...
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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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British Columbia
B.C. journalist, harassed by 'cult-like' China protest group, wins defamation payout
The crowds of protesters gathered outside Gao Bing Chen's home on a cul-de-sac in Surrey, B.C., for 11 weeks, rain or shine. The group of up to 60 people distributed pamphlets describing their baseless claims that the journalist and commentator was a t...
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B.C.'s deficit forecast up $450M to $13.8B after calculation errors on gas royalties
VICTORIA - The British Columbia deficit forecast has grown by $450 million to a record-setting $13.8 billion, largely because of a "calculation error" on natural gas royalties, in a situation one critic describes as a state of "fiscal crisis." Finance...
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Man arrested after Vancouver convenience store clerk shot during doorway conversation
VANCOUVER - Video surveillance shows a Vancouver convenience store clerk sitting behind a counter speaking to a man standing in the doorway just before the suspect appears to calmly shoot clerk. The gun isn't visible, but there's a flash of the muzzle ...
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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim amends defamation response as trial date is set
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has changed the way he's depicting a media briefing where he told reporters a councillor "handed out illegal drugs" on Christmas Day in 2025, with an amended legal filing in the defamation case against Sim calling it...
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Your Perspective
B.C. NDP MLA argues B.C. Conservatives would cut education, health care if elected
While it's always bittersweet to see the summer holidays come to a close, I know many students (and parents), love the feeling of going back to school every September.This year, our government is celebrating a milestone, with 250 school capital projects completed since 2017, including 23 new and improved schools openin...
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Border authorities have deported 111 due to extortion violence since last August
OTTAWA - Canadian border authorities say they have deported 111 people since August last year in efforts to combat extortion violence in South Asian communities. The Canada Border Services Agency says 58 cases were in the Pacific region, 30 were remove...
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Canada
B.C. journalist, harassed by 'cult-like' China protest group, wins defamation payout
The crowds of protesters gathered outside Gao Bing Chen's home on a cul-de-sac in Surrey, B.C., for 11 weeks, rain or shine. The group of up to 60 people distributed pamphlets describing their baseless claims that the journalist and commentator was a t...
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Quebec party leaders are set to spar in their first debate this evening
MONTREAL - Quebec party leaders and voters alike are preparing for the first major campaign debate tonight. The debate is scheduled for 8 p.m. and will feature all five party leaders. The host, TVA, has said the debate would explore three main themes...
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Carney to deliver remarks, hold press conference on day two of investment summit
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to deliver remarks and hold a press conference at his government's investment summit in Toronto today. The prime minister is also scheduled to participate in a discussion with Deborah Orida, the CEO of PSP In...
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Action needed to ensure groups aren't unduly 'de-banked' over terror risks: report
OTTAWA - There's "a near-total absence" of effective recourse for non-profit organizations and individuals whose banking services are cut off due to alleged ties to terrorist financing, a new report says. The International Civil Liberties Monitoring Gr...
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Day one of investment summit sees billion-dollar announcements, changes to tax policy
OTTAWA - Hundreds of executives and global asset managers are in Toronto this week for Canada's first-ever national investment summit. Prime Minister Mark Carney has set an ambitious goal of attracting $1 trillion in new investment to Canada over the n...
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Bell AI data centre expansion in Sask. announced at investment summit
TORONTO - Bell Canada intends to quadruple the size of its planned data centre project in Saskatchewan, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe announced at Canada's first-ever investment summit on Monday. Carney said the project ...
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World
Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots for the midterm elections, capping a flurry of last-minute legal action with voting already underway. The decision allows states...
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McConnell returns to the Senate for the first time since his June hospitalization
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky returned to the Senate on Monday for the first time since June 14, when he was hospitalized after a fall in his home. McConnell's three-month absence from the Senate generated ...
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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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Sports
Gilles Villeneuve's daughter sees TIFF film as chance to share racing legend's life
In the 44 years since Canadian race car driver Gilles Villeneuve's fatal crash, his daughter Melanie Villeneuve has seen her late father's story told many times. Often, it's on the anniversary of the fatal collision, which happened in May 1982 during ...
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Timeline: Kawhi Leonard's road to, from and back to Toronto
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard is returning to Toronto seven years after leading the Raptors to the franchise's only NBA championship. Here's a look at key dates from Leonard's first stint with the Raptors to his return to Toronto: July 18, 2018 - The Toronto...
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Tigers win fifth in a row with wild 6-5 win over Blue Jays
TORONTO - Zach McKinstry scored on Louis Varland's fielding error in the ninth inning as the Detroit Tigers slipped past the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday. Infielder Hao-Yu Lee grounded to Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., with Varland r...
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