Police investigations
Chilliwack RCMP investigate break and enters, property crimes this past week
CHILLIWACK - Police in Chilliwack investigated multiple property crimes and break and enters among the 800 calls for service it recorded this past week.In her weekly summary for Monday, May 11 through Sunday, May 17, Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Corporal Carmen Kiener says police were called to a business on Luckakuck ...
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Friday night concert performance
Country music recording artist to perform at this summer's 2026 Chilliwack Fair
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack & District Agricultural Society announced Wednesday that country music performer Nate Haller will headline the Friday night concert at the 154th Chilliwack Fair this summer. According to a news release, Nate Haller has firmly cemented himself as one of Canadian country's premier talents ...
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Canada's Galarneau comes up short in French Open qualification bid
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Police investigations
Chilliwack RCMP investigate break and enters, property crimes this past week
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Canadian truck dealers warn they can't buy new models until feds fix paperwork
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Fraser Valley
Support for a WHL team in Chilliwack
Chilliwack City Council reaffirms support for bringing a WHL franchise to Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack has released a statement on behalf of Mayor Ken Popove and all six councillors reiterating their support for bringing a Western Hockey League franchise to Chilliwack, despite media reports to the contrary. In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, the city says it has received med...
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Short-term solution
City of Chilliwack to consider utility refunds for missed curbside collections; Emterra brought in to help
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack now says council has directed municipal staff to explore options for passing fine revenues on to residents' utility bills as a result of the significant challenges from the new curbside collection program and its contractor. In a news release, the city says it transitioned to a new c...
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School district announcement
SD33 appoints seasoned educator as principal of new east side elementary school in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School District announced Wednesday that a seasoned educator with over 30 years of experience working for SD33 has been appointed principal of the new east side elementary school in Rosedale.According to a news release, Iain Gardner, the current principal at École Cheam Elementary, wi...
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Traumatic incident
Maple Ridge RCMP urge caution after child falls from 2nd storey window, suffers serious injuries
MAPLE RIDGE - Mounties in Maple Ridge are urging parents and families to ensure that their windows and doors are properly secured after a child fell from a second-storey window earlier this week and was airlifted to hospital with serious injuries. According to a statement from police, Maple Ridge RCMP were dispatched o...
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British Columbia
Cocktail of pills, caffeine and fire retardant put B.C. chinook salmon at risk: study
British Columbia researchers found more than 200 contaminants in water and chinook salmon tissue samples collected from five sites in the Lower Fraser River estuary including everything from cocaine and antidepressants to caffeine and flame retardants....
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal in British Columbia mineral claims case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear British Columbia's appeal of a ruling that found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime are "inconsistent." The B.C. Court of Appeal rul...
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Fairy Creek anti-logging protesters win appeal in bid for class-action certification
VANCOUVER - Fairy Creek anti-logging protesters have won an appeal against a court ruling that denied the certification of their proposed class-action lawsuit against the federal and provincial governments. The class-action application now goes back to...
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Man rescued after days trapped in rolled vehicle on B.C. forest road
CHASE - A man has been rescued after being trapped for two days in his vehicle that crashed on a remote forest service road northeast of Kamloops, B.C. RCMP say the man was reported missing Tuesday and found later that day trapped inside the vehicle th...
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Child injured in fall from second-storey window in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE - A four-year-old is in hospital after falling from a second-storey window in Maple Ridge, B.C. Police say the boy was transported via air ambulance on Monday and is currently in stable condition with serious injuries. Investigators spoke w...
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Carney lays out pipeline conditions before talks with Eby on B.C.'s priorities
VANCOUVER - Prime Minister Mark Carney and British Columbia Premier David Eby have agreed to enter negotiations on B.C.'s economic priorities and Ottawa's role in national development projects. Carney met with Eby in a closed-door meeting in Vancouver ...
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Canada
Canadian truck dealers warn they can't buy new models until feds fix paperwork
OTTAWA - Canadian heavy-duty truck dealers say they won't be able to import any new models next year unless Ottawa moves quickly to fix a paperwork problem. The warn that Canada could face major supply chain disruptions if a solution isn't found. The d...
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In the news today: Public service transit, Canada aids Congo, Montreal plays Carolina
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... Feds working with City of Ottawa to ease public service transit woes: memo An internal memo reveals that officials managing the federal government's return-to-offi...
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Cocktail of pills, caffeine and fire retardant put B.C. chinook salmon at risk: study
British Columbia researchers found more than 200 contaminants in water and chinook salmon tissue samples collected from five sites in the Lower Fraser River estuary including everything from cocaine and antidepressants to caffeine and flame retardants....
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Supreme Court of Canada to hear appeal in British Columbia mineral claims case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear British Columbia's appeal of a ruling that found the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the provincial mineral claims regime are "inconsistent." The B.C. Court of Appeal rul...
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Feds working with City of Ottawa to ease public service transit woes: memo
OTTAWA - Officials managing the federal government's return-to-office plans are concerned about the ability of Ottawa's troubled municipal transit system to actually get public servants to their workplaces, an internal memo shows. Canada's top public s...
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Air France flight diverted to Montreal amid U.S. Ebola travel restrictions
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says an Air France flight bound for the United States was diverted to Montreal after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded "in error" amid flight restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak. A spokespe...
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World
Facing intense internal pressure, DNC releases post-election autopsy
NEW YORK (AP) - Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin released a critical study of the party's performance in the 2024 campaign on Thursday, bowing to intense internal pressure from frustrated Democratic operatives who had publicly demanded th...
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India-Africa summit postponed as aid groups in Congo warn Ebola outbreak is 'gaining momentum'
BUNIA, Congo (AP) - NEW DELHI (AP) - India and the African Union have postponed the India-Africa Forum Summit scheduled to held next week in New Delhi, due to the "evolving health situation in parts of Africa." The announcement on Thu...
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3 dead in New Mexico and first responders treated for exposure to unknown substance, officials say
MOUNTAINAIR, N.M. (AP) - Three people are dead and more than a dozen first responders were quarantined and being treated Wednesday for exposure to an unidentified substance after being called to a suspected drug overdose at a rural New Mexico home, aut...
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Sports
Canada's Galarneau comes up short in French Open qualification bid
PARIS - Canada's Alexis Galarneau fell just short of clinching his first Grand Slam main draw berth after a 5-7, 6-2, 7-5 loss to Italy's Federico Cina in the third round of qualifying Thursday The 19-year-old Cina converted five break points to Galarn...
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Rockets hoping home crowd can spark another Memorial Cup run in Kelowna
KELOWNA - Kelowna Rockets owner Bruce Hamilton isn't thinking about legacy. He is still trying to live in the moment, with the Rockets hosting the Memorial Cup for the first time since winning on home ice in 2004. That tournament produced some of his f...
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Sinner opens French Open against wild card as he chases a career Grand Slam
PARIS (AP) - Jannik Sinner won't have the crowd on his side when he starts his quest for a career Grand Slam at the French Open this weekend. Sinner was on Thursday drawn a French opponent in the first round - Clement Tabur, ranked a career-high 165th....
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