Ongoing police investigation
Langley man comes forward about fatal pedestrian collision, as RCMP look to ID vehicle of interest
LANGLEY - Police in Langley now say an elderly Langley man has come forward and identified himself as being connected to a fatal pedestrian collision last month. In the early morning hours of Saturday, May 16, Langley RCMP were called to a section of Fraser Highway between 232 Street and 240 Street at 4:40 a.m. where t...
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Motor vehicle incident
Tractor valued at over $1 million damaged in collision Monday in Abbotsford: AbbyPD
ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department says a large John Deere tractor valued at over $1 million was damaged during a motor vehicle accident involving a passenger vehicle Monday afternoon in rural Abbotsford. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker tells Fraser Valley Today that police were calle...
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15-hectare wildfire deemed out of control breaks out SE of the Coquihalla Summit, west of Princeton
GRASSHOPPER MOUNTAIN (BRITISH COLUMBIA) - A 15-hectare wildfire has ignited in the remote backcountry southeast of the Coquihalla Summit, north of the boundaries of E.C. Manning Provincial Park, and generally northwest of Tulameen, B.C. According to the BC Wildfire Service's online dashboard, the fire was discovered ea...
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No criminality suspected after 12 students injured at Chilliwack-area waterpark
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in British Columbia's Fraser Valley say early indications show no criminality after 12 students were hospitalized Monday in what appears to have been an electrical accident at a water park. Const. Brad Holditch with the Upper Fras...
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Wildfire
Update: Wildfire NE of Merritt significantly expands to over 145 hectares
UPDATE (4:50 p.m.): The Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD) has issued an evacuation order for one property directly affected by the Kullagh Creek wildfire near Stump Lake. Occupants of 8805 Kullagh Creek Road are ordered to leave immediately. More information can be found here. An evacuation alert is in place for...
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Motor vehicle incident
First responders called to reported motor vehicle rollover Tuesday morning in Cultus Lake
CULTUS LAKE - First responders were called to a reported motor vehicle rollover on Columbia Valley Highway Tuesday morning. Cultus Lake Fire Department crews, B.C. EHS paramedics and Chilliwack RCMP units were called to Columbia Valley Highway near Parmenter Road. A blue hatchback-type vehicle wound up in a ditch just ...
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British Columbia
Inside Lytton's contentious recovery, where concerns smoulder 5 years after wildfire
Mayor Denise O'Connor concedes that Lytton, B.C., looks "pretty empty" these days, aside from the homes of about 75 residents and a couple other buildings. It's almost five years since a wildfire killed two people and nearly wiped the village off the m...
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One of Canada's most prominent MAID providers reflects on divisive decade
TORONTO - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has never been one to shy away from risk. It started with the very first patient she provided with a medically assisted death: Hanne Schafer, a 66-year-old Calgary psychologist diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis thre...
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B.C. murder suspect to represent himself and give closing arguments
The man accused of murdering Tatjana Stefanski in rural British Columbia more than two years ago will now represent himself, including delivering closing arguments in the case. B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bradford Smith told jurors in the second-degree ...
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No criminality suspected after 12 students injured at Chilliwack-area waterpark
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in British Columbia's Fraser Valley say early indications show no criminality after 12 students were hospitalized Monday in what appears to have been an electrical accident at a water park. Const. Brad Holditch with the Upper Fras...
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Evacuation order downgraded to alert as wildfire is held in West Kelowna, B.C.
WEST KELOWNA - Joe Gluska, his wife and his daughter had 45 minutes to pack what mattered most to them after RCMP officers came to their door in West Kelowna, B.C., on Tuesday, telling them to get out as a wildfire grew nearby. The family lives about a...
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B.C. must learn from Site C dam before starting new projects, says environmentalist
VICTORIA - An environmental group is condemning plans by the British Columbia government to consider building two new hydropower projects, including a fourth dam on the Peace River, saying the province first needs to "come to grips" with the negative i...
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Canada
Vancouver bars rush beer and staff to the front line of World Cup's war on thirst
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Tyler Broers said he's never seen anything like what unfolded on Saturday. Australian World Cup fans filled his multi-level sports bar, Dublin Calling, before and after their team's match against Turkey, and nearly drank the bar...
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Police in Quebec municipalities issued thousands of fines for insulting officers
MONTREAL - Police in some of Quebec's largest metropolitan regions have handed out thousands of fines over the past six years to citizens for allegedly hurling insults at officers or other municipal officials, according to internal data obtained by The...
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Inside Lytton's contentious recovery, where concerns smoulder 5 years after wildfire
Mayor Denise O'Connor concedes that Lytton, B.C., looks "pretty empty" these days, aside from the homes of about 75 residents and a couple other buildings. It's almost five years since a wildfire killed two people and nearly wiped the village off the m...
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One of Canada's most prominent MAID providers reflects on divisive decade
TORONTO - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has never been one to shy away from risk. It started with the very first patient she provided with a medically assisted death: Hanne Schafer, a 66-year-old Calgary psychologist diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis thre...
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5 things to know about police fines for insults in Quebec
MONTREAL - Montreal's police brotherhood wants the power to fine people who hurl insults and foul language at officers and is pressuring the city to adopt a bylaw similar to rules in municipalities like Quebec City, Laval, Longueuil and Sherbrooke, whe...
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What you need to know as the deadline for formally extending CUSMA approaches
WASHINGTON - A major benchmark is coming up for the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, known in Canada as CUSMA. July 1 is the deadline for the three countries to either formally extend the agreement for 16 years or continue under annual reviews. H...
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Robert White Jr. wins Democratic primary for the District of Columbia's delegate to Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - Washington, D.C. Council member Robert White Jr. won the Democratic primary for the district's delegate to Congress on Tuesday, ushering in generational change for a position long held by the same candidate as the nation's capital fac...
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1 killed when small plane crashes on Texas highway. People leave vehicles to try to help
A business jet with six people on board crashed on a highway in Laredo, Texas, and caught fire Tuesday night, authorities said, killing one person and causing chaos as people left their vehicles to frantically try to smash the cockpit window and free t...
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Democrat Aisha Wahab advances in California special election to replace former US Rep. Eric Swalwell
Democratic state lawmaker Aisha Wahab advanced Tuesday to the special general election in California for the U.S. House seat vacated by Rep. Eric Swalwell after he resigned from Congress amid allegations of sexual assault. Wahab, a state...
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Vancouver bars rush beer and staff to the front line of World Cup's war on thirst
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Tyler Broers said he's never seen anything like what unfolded on Saturday. Australian World Cup fans filled his multi-level sports bar, Dublin Calling, before and after their team's match against Turkey, and nearly drank the bar...
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Vancouver bars rush beer and staff to the front line of World Cup's war on thirst
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Tyler Broers said he's never seen anything like what unfolded on Saturday. Australian World Cup fans filled his multi-level sports bar, Dublin Calling, before and after their team's match against Turkey, and nearly drank the bar...
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Fans set to welcome Ghana and Panama for their 2026 World Cup debuts in Toronto
TORONTO - Soccer fans are gearing up for Toronto's second FIFA World Cup match, as Ghana takes on Panama this evening. Ghana supporters are gathering at Sankofa Square in downtown Toronto for the Ghana Fun Fest Canada, where food and music will start a...
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