Traffic stop
Hope motorist's attempt to elude RCMP during traffic stop backfires
HOPE - A motorist in Hope later found to have drugs in his possession thought his attempts to elude police would work by exiting his vehicle and walking away from the scene, but they backfired.According to a weekly recap of Hope-area police blotter, Upper Fraser Valley RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says an o...
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A few hiccups
City of Chilliwack acknowledges issues with new curbside collection rollout
CHILLIWACK - The rollout of Chilliwack's new curbside collection didn't exactly go as planned this past Friday. Some Sardis residents reported on social media that their garbage and compost bins weren't picked up on Friday (May 1), and instead saw their materials collected on Monday, May 4. In the past, Emterra collect...
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Fraser Valley
Vandalism
Chilliwack City Council condemns vandalism of downtown mural depicting a Stó:lō woman
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack City Council released a statement Wednesday afternoon condemning the the vandalism of a downtown mural depicting a Stó:lō woman. The joint statement signed by all six councillors and Mayor Popove says they were disheartened to hear about the vandalism which fell on the National Day of Aw...
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Contraband seizures
Lockdown ends at Abbotsford prison, but stabbing weapons and drugs found during exceptional search
ABBOTSFORD - A lockdown put in place at an Abbotsford prison nearly two weeks ago has ended, but not before drugs, weapons and other contraband were seized. According to a statement from Correctional Service Canada, federal prison staff at the Fraser Valley Institution in Abbotsford implemented a lockdown on Monday, Ap...
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Multiple traffic violations
Flatdeck driver caught being impaired, with speed limiter turned off, east of Chilliwack last week: BCHP
POPKUM/CHILLIWACK - A commercial flatdeck driver is facing the consequences after he was caught driving allegedly impaired over 20 km/h above the posted speed limit, with his speed limiter turned off, east of Chilliwack last week. According to a statement from BC Highway Patrol spokesperson Corporal Michael McLaughlin,...
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Project Clearview
Abbotsford PD unveils community camera registry to support and expedite investigations
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department says it is rolling out a voluntary community camera registry whose goal is to support criminal investigations and improve response efficiency.In a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, police say residents and business owners in Abbotsford can play an essenti...
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British Columbia
Police investigating Vancouver's fourth homicide in 2026 after man dies in stabbing
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a man has been killed in a stabbing that's being classified as the city's fourth homicide this year. Vancouver police say the attack happened at around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in an area near East Hastings and Columbia s...
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Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver Starbucks patron to death says the evidence doesn't establish that the suspect had stopped taking his schizophrenia medication months earlier, as he had testified. Daniel Pru...
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Whale in Vancouver Sea-Doo crash seen feeding, in good condition, next day: officials
VANCOUVER - Canada's Fisheries Department says a grey whale that was hit at high speed by a Sea-Doo in front of a horrified Vancouver crowd on Monday appeared in "good condition" the next day. The Fisheries Department says in an update that while asse...
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OpenAI did not respect Canadian privacy laws in developing ChatGPT, probe finds
OTTAWA - OpenAI failed to respect Canadian privacy laws when training its artificial intelligence-powered ChatGPT chatbot, federal and provincial watchdogs have found. The conclusion came Wednesday in a report on a joint investigation by federal privac...
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Flood watch issued in northwest B.C. due to snowmelt induced by high temperatures
VICTORIA - British Columbia's River Forecast Centre has upgraded a high streamflow advisory to a flood watch in the northwest of the province due to recent heat accelerating snowmelt. The centre says in a notice that the flood watch is active for the B...
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Vancouver council votes to fight downtown overdose prevention site
Two years ago, Guy Felicella received a proclamation from Mayor Ken Sim, naming a day in his honour for his work on harm reduction and recovery. Now the harm reduction advocate wants to return the proclamation of May 29, 2024 as "Guy Felicella Day," af...
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Canada
In the news today: Poilievre speaks to Tory event, social media poll, Sabres fans
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Pierre Poilievre set to speak at conservative conference in Ottawa Pierre Poilievre is set to give a keynote address today at a conference of Canadian conservativ...
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Most Canadians want social media, AI chatbot ban for kids under 16, poll indicates
OTTAWA - More than two-thirds of Canadians support banning access to social media and AI chatbots for children under 16, a new poll indicates. Seventy per cent of respondents to the Leger poll said they support age restrictions for social media like In...
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Pierre Poilievre set to speak at conservative conference in Ottawa
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is set to address a conference of Canadian conservatives today as the Canada Strong and Free Network meets in Ottawa. The Tory leader is scheduled to give a keynote address just before noon. The annual event also features a f...
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Road closures, drones, and new stadium rules for World Cup in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Organizers of the FIFA World Cup in Vancouver have unveiled details of preparations that include the closure of a major downtown road artery for more than two months. Taunya Geelhoed, chief operations officer for the host committee, says a ...
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Vancouver Starbucks murder suspect was still taking schizophrenia meds: prosecutor
VANCOUVER - A prosecutor in the murder trial of a man who stabbed a Vancouver Starbucks patron to death says the evidence doesn't establish that the suspect had stopped taking his schizophrenia medication months earlier, as he had testified. Daniel Pru...
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Do more for Iran activists and Canada diaspora threatened by regime, groups urge
OTTAWA - Iranian-Canadian groups are calling on Ottawa to do more to protect democracy activists inside Iran and to weed out transnational repression within Canada. "Unfortunately since the January mass-atrocity crimes occurred in Iran this year, we ha...
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World
China gives suspended death sentences to 2 former defense ministers accused of bribery
BEIJING (AP) - A Chinese military court gave suspended death sentences Thursday to former defense ministers Li Shangfu and Wei Fenghe, who were accused of bribery, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Li and Wei were removed from...
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Rubio arrives for audience with Pope Leo XIV to ease tensions after Trump's criticism over Iran
VATICAN CITY (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened a fence-mending visit to the Vatican on Thursday after President Donald Trump's broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran angered the Holy See and sparked ongoing spa...
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Dozens of passengers left hantavirus-stricken cruise ship after 1st fatality
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Dozens of passengers left a cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak on April 24 without contact tracing, nearly two weeks after the first passenger died on board, the ship operator and Dutch officials said Thursday...
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Sports
In the news today: Poilievre speaks to Tory event, social media poll, Sabres fans
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Pierre Poilievre set to speak at conservative conference in Ottawa Pierre Poilievre is set to give a keynote address today at a conference of Canadian conservativ...
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In the news today: Poilievre speaks to Tory event, social media poll, Sabres fans
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Pierre Poilievre set to speak at conservative conference in Ottawa Pierre Poilievre is set to give a keynote address today at a conference of Canadian conservativ...
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For many hockey fans in this part of Ontario, Buffalo Sabres are the hometown team
Montreal may be the last Canadian team standing in the second round of the NHL playoffs, but for many hockey fans in St. Catharines, Ont., the Buffalo Sabres are the local heroes.
At Kully's Original Sports Bar in downtown St. Catharines, fans wearin...
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