Multiple fires
Three fires break out in Hope Thursday, including one at a homeless camp where tents and tarps burned
HOPE - Firefighters in Hope responded to three blazes across the community Thursday morning, including one at an encampment that involved tarps and tents on fire. According to a statement from the Hope Fire Department, five firefighters from two engines were dispatched at 6:15 a.m. for a fire burning in the root of a d...
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Workplace readiness program
Province, feds to invest $1.3M into new program to help adults in Chilliwack gain workplace skills
CHILLIWACK - The province says a new $1.3 million employment readiness program in Chilliwack will help up to 90 adults annually gain workplace skills, earn certifications and prepare for potential job placements.In a statement from the B.C. Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction dated Sept. 21, the provin...
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Provincial election
Amid mill closures and long waits for healthcare procedures, Maahs says Eby's snap election is ill-advised
CHILLIWACK - Amid endless mills being shuttered, ER closures, and extended wait times for healthcare procedures across B.C., Chilliwack North MLA Heather Maahs says Premier David Eby's decision to call a snap election that could cost upwards of $90 million is misguided and ill-advised. In a statement sent to Fraser Val...
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Missing dinghy
Search crews activated after couple's small boat disappears in the Fraser River, leaving them stranded
FRASER RIVER - Search and rescue crews were activated last week after a couple's dinghy disappeared from an island in the Fraser River where they anchored in the middle of the night, prompting a call to first responders for help.Mission RCMP Corporal Harrison Mohr says police were contacted at about 1:30 a.m. early Wed...
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Impaired driving
Police arrest 'grossly intoxicated' driver after he strikes concrete block, rolls over: Mission RCMP
MISSION - Police in Mission say a motorist who struck a concrete block and rolled over was arrested for allegedly being "grossly intoxicated" while driving last weekend. In a statement, Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr says police were called to Catchpole Avenue (near Hatzic Middle School) at ...
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Police investigations
Mission RCMP investigate two potentially-dangerous incidents involving 2 young boys
MISSION - Police in Mission say they investigated two potentially-dangerous situations caused by a pair of young boys, including one incident where a 4-year-old boy started his parents' Cadillac Escalade and drove it into two parked cars. Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr says the two incidents were acci...
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British Columbia
Report on Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT conversations shocks B.C. attorney general
British Columbia's attorney general says she's shocked by an article describing alleged interactions between the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter and ChatGPT, in which the AI chatbot vividly describes the effectiveness of a shotgun in a classroom. The report...
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OneBC 'overwhelmed' with candidates but fails to get party status before B.C. vote
VANCOUVER - OneBC failed to gain official party status in the British Columbia legislature before the provincial election was called, but its leader says hundreds of people want to be their candidates in the Oct. 24 vote. Dallas Brodie says in a video...
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Three B.C. glaciers face extinction within decades due to climate change, study says
Three glaciers in British Columbia's southwest could "disappear completely" within decades in what a researcher says is the result of years of inaction on climate change. A new study from Simon Fraser University published in the journal Annals of Glac...
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Rustad's partner in rise of B.C. Conservatives hails him as party's 'founding father'
VICTORIA - John Rustad is a trailblazer who transformed British Columbia's political scene, but the "founding father" of the provincial Conservative party will not be running in the Oct. 24 province vote. Angelo Isidorou, the former B.C. Conservative ...
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Alcohol believe to be a factor in separate crashes in B.C.'s Interior, killing 3
WEST KELOWNA - Police say alcohol is believed to be a factor in two separate vehicle crashes in the B.C. Interior where three people have been killed. The first crash happened Saturday near Osoyoos as police received a call of a pickup truck that went...
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NDP's David Eby says some Conservatives want B.C. to be 'American protectorate'
New Democrat Leader David Eby says some members of the British Columbia Conservative Opposition have a vision of B.C. as a protectorate of the United States, and the party's leader isn't doing enough to rein them in. Eby said Thursday that interim Con...
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Canada
Report on Tumbler Ridge shooter's ChatGPT conversations shocks B.C. attorney general
British Columbia's attorney general says she's shocked by an article describing alleged interactions between the Tumbler Ridge mass shooter and ChatGPT, in which the AI chatbot vividly describes the effectiveness of a shotgun in a classroom. The report...
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Carney, Poilievre pay tribute to Canada Revenue Agency employee killed in Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal party leaders are paying tribute to a 45-year-old Canada Revenue Agency employee who was killed in Montreal on Tuesday. The Union of Taxation Employees identified the woman as Leïla Ben Salem. Prime Minister Mark Carney offered condo...
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Netanyahu crosses Canadian airspace with arrest warrant in effect
OTTAWA - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travelled through Canadian airspace on Thursday, despite facing an international arrest warrant. Online flight tracker data shows Netanyahu flew over Greece, Italy, France and Canada on his way to addr...
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Defence minister downplays PM's comments on prospect of U.S. military action
OTTAWA - A day after Prime Minister Mark Carney told a U.S. media outlet his government has studied the possibility of U.S.-led military action in Canada, Defence Minister David McGuinty said all militaries consider such risks. "It is normal. All milit...
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Three B.C. glaciers face extinction within decades due to climate change, study says
Three glaciers in British Columbia's southwest could "disappear completely" within decades in what a researcher says is the result of years of inaction on climate change. A new study from Simon Fraser University published in the journal Annals of Glac...
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A list of the whales and dolphin that died after being moved out of Marineland
Four beluga whales and one dolphin that were shipped out of Marineland this summer have since died at their new homes. Another beluga, Beethoven, lived at Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, but died after the move. Here is the list of the animals who died: -- ...
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World
Powerful Hurricane Polo drenches Mexico's coast as Nolo takes aim at Hawaii
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Residents along Mexico's west coast stacked sandbags to fortify beachfront shops and evacuated their homes, while Hawaii's Big Island and Maui braced for potentially catastrophic flooding, as separate hurricanes swirled in the Pacifi...
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Man who was shot during 2024 Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died
James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76. Copenhaver was in the bleachers during the e...
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Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to allow quick third-country deportations to continue
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to again clear the way for continued quick deportations of immigrants to third countries where they have no ties. The government asked for an im...
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Sports
Sun beat Tempo 95-81 in franchise's final game in Connecticut before moving to Houston
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Sun fans, many decked in the orange shirts they have been wearing for years, turned out one last time as the franchise played its final game before moving to Houston, a 95-81 win over the Toronto Tempo on Thursday n...
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Jamieson drives Redland Rocket Man to victory in Grade 1 Little Brown Jug
DELAWARE, OHIO - It was a historic win for Redland Rocket Man and driver Jody Jamieson. Jamieson, of Moffat, Ont., drove Redland Rocket Man, a US$45,000 supplemental entry, to a 4 1/4-length win in the Grade 1 $550,000 Little Brown Jug on Thursday at t...
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Félix Roussel opens Canadian short track championships with two gold medals
MONTREAL - Félix Roussel opened the Canadian short track speedskating championships with two gold medals on Thursday. The Sherbrooke, Que., won the men's 1,500-metre event in two minutes 17.538 seconds ahead of Mathieu Pelletier (2:17.705) of Laval, Qu...
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