Running from the law
Teens on e-dirt bikes flee police, get caught by Abbotsford PD
ABBOTSFORD - Amid a spike in e-scooter injuries throughout the province, the Abbotsford PD is reminding residents to play it safe after two teens on e-dirt bikes were seen travelling at over 55 km/h on a major road and weaving in and out of traffic last week. Police in Abbotsford say an officer observed two teens drivi...
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Personnel announcements
Chilliwack School District announces changes in executive leadership team
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School District on Wednesday announced a series of changes to its executive team. In a statement, the district said Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Simone Sangster will exit SD33 to join the University of the Fraser Valley as its associate vice-president of finance, effective August 2026.To ensure l...
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Canadian tennis player Andreescu returns to Wimbledon after one-year absence
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Guide Dogs
CNIB in need of volunteers to foster future service dogs across Canada
PM Carney to share plans for future of 24 Sussex on Friday
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Carney says new Canadians told to surrender citizenship documents deserve answers
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Fraser Valley
Feasibility study
City of Chilliwack hopes to secure new water source through Fairfield Island feasibility study
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack plans to conduct a water feasibility study for the Fairfield Island area with an underlying goal of identifying a new water source separate from the two aquifers currently used for source water throughout the city. According to bid and tender documents on the municipality's website, ...
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Wildfire activity
50-hectare wildfire ignites south of Lillooet
LYTTON/LILLOOET - The BC Wildfire Service is responding to a new wildfire between Lytton and Lillooet, which is believed to have been sparked by lightning. The largest fire is an estimated 50 hectares in size, and it's located in the Riley Creek area about 10 kilometres south of Lillooet. It's burning rank 3, meaning a...
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Personnel announcements
Chilliwack School District announces changes in executive leadership team
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School District on Wednesday announced a series of changes to its executive team. In a statement, the district said Secretary-Treasurer Dr. Simone Sangster will exit SD33 to join the University of the Fraser Valley as its associate vice-president of finance, effective August 2026.To ensure l...
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Prompt firefighter response
Vehicle torched at charging station in Hope Wednesday morning
HOPE - Firefighters in Hope are being credited with a swift response to a vehicle-charging fire outside a grocery store in Hope Wednesday morning.Hope Fire Chief Thomas Cameron says fire crews arrived within minutes and quickly contained the fire before it could spread to a nearby motel. "Their actions prevented w...
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British Columbia
Carney says B.C. condo buyout proposal is about affordability, not bailouts
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says a proposal to convert unsold condo units in British Columbia into affordable housing is about supporting Canadians, not distressed developers. Carney says the program laid out in Vancouver last week to "potentia...
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Two arrested, charged in Surrey, B.C., shooting linked to extortion violence
SURREY - Two foreign nationals have been arrested and charged in a case of shots fired at a Surrey, B.C., home linked to the recent wave of extortion violence in the city. Police say officers, border agents, and a tactical response team raided two hom...
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More B.C. heat records fall, but relief arrives as temperatures drop
VANCOUVER - Heat records have tumbled again in British Columbia, with Metro Vancouver breaking marks set 120 years ago, ahead of the arrival of much cooler conditions. Environment Canada says both Vancouver at 27.7 degrees and Richmond at 28 degrees br...
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Supreme Court of Canada won't hear U.S. stock fraud case involving B.C. man
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a former B.C. lawyer contesting a US$30 million judgment for allegedly masterminding a transnational securities fraud. The top court's decision comes years after the United States Securit...
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Dredging of Vancouver's Burrard approved to make room for big oil tankers
VICTORIA - The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority says it has received all federal permits to allow for the dredging of Vancouver's Burrard Inlet, making room for larger oil tankers loading up from the Trans Mountain pipeline. The agency says the dredgin...
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Teen badly hurt in latest in a series of electric dirt bike, scooter crashes in B.C.
BURNABY - A teenage boy has been seriously injured in a crash in Metro Vancouver involving an electric dirt bike, in the second such collision in two days. Police in Burnaby, B.C., say the latest crash happened between the e-bike and a vehicle on Tuesd...
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Canada
PM Carney to share plans for future of 24 Sussex on Friday
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will unveil plans for the future of 24 Sussex on Friday. Since the building was abandoned as the official residence of the prime minister, taxpayers have been shelling out tens of thousands of dollars per yea...
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Carney says new Canadians told to surrender citizenship documents deserve answers
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says people who were told to surrender their proof of citizenship deserve an explanation and he will "be following up to ensure they get that." Immigration Minister Lena Diab said Tuesday she ordered an investigation...
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Carney says B.C. condo buyout proposal is about affordability, not bailouts
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says a proposal to convert unsold condo units in British Columbia into affordable housing is about supporting Canadians, not distressed developers. Carney says the program laid out in Vancouver last week to "potentia...
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Carney says he and Trump discussed defence priorities, Arctic ahead of NATO summit
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump about efforts to protect the Arctic ahead of their attendance at the NATO summit in Turkey next month. Carney said Thursday the U.S. president called him Wednesday for a...
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Canada prepares to send aid to those hit by Venezuelan earthquakes
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa will be sending some amount of humanitarian aid to support Venezuelans following what he calls "catastrophic earthquakes" overnight. In a statement, Carney expresses his condolences to the injured, dead a...
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Canada now eligible to take part in Eurovision song contest
OTTAWA - Canada is cleared to participate in the Eurovision song contest after CBC/Radio-Canada became a full member of the European Broadcasting Union on Thursday. In last fall's federal budget, the government said it was looking at getting Canada int...
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World
Reflecting Pool liner was cut with a sharp knife or razor, National Park Service says
WASHINGTON (AP) - A liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project, a top official at the Natio...
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Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigration detention center is closing, governor says
The Florida immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" has shut down nearly a year after it was built in the Everglades, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday. DeSantis said the center was always supposed to be open for only abo...
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Federal judge halts Trump's election executive order seeking to create a federal voter list
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday halted President Donald Trump's executive order that sought to create a federal voter list and limit who can receive a mail ballot. U.S. District Court Judge Indira Talwani, who was nominated by D...
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Sports
Canadian tennis player Andreescu returns to Wimbledon after one-year absence
LONDON - Canada's Bianca Andreescu will make her return to Wimbledon next week as the women's main draw gets underway. Andreescu advanced to the grass-court Grand Slam with a 6-3, 7-6 (4) third-round win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus on Thursda...
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Canada's Diallo loses to Britain's Draper in Eastbourne Open quarterfinals
EASTBOURNE - Canada's Gabriel Diallo was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the Eastbourne Open tennis tournament Thursday with a 6-1, 6-4 loss to Britain's Jack Draper. Draper went up 5-4 in the second set with his fourth break of the match, then comf...
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The Latest from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada
Here are the latest developments from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. All times Eastern: 11:15 p.m. The expanded 48-team World Cup has reached its halfway point, with 54 of 104 matches complete. Thirteen teams - including co-hosts Canada, the United States an...
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