National Volunteer Week
Chilliwack River Valley honours volunteers at local appreciation event
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack River Valley locals have marked National Volunteer Week with their own celebration of the individuals who continue to step up for their community when it needs them most.Electoral Area E Director Patti MacAhonic hosted the special Volunteer Appreciation Event on Monday, April 20, highlighting th...
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Run for Mom
Annual Run for Mom returns to raise funds for maternity unit at Chilliwack hospital
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack residents are invited to celebrate some of the most important women in their lives for a good cause this Mother's Day.The annual 5K Run for Mom is returning for its 26th year on May 10, with fundraising proceeds supporting the purchase of a much-needed new fetal monitor for the maternity departm...
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Fraser Valley
Community Support
Research supports restorative justice nonprofit in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - A research hub at the University of the Fraser Valley is putting learning to practical use - and changing lives for the better - after a multi-year collaboration with the Abbotsford Restorative Justice and Advocacy Association (ARJAA). ARJAA conducts its work based on research showing that people who go th...
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Temporary Closures
Vedder Mountain Road closed for rock scaling work Tuesday
CHILLIWACK - A section of Vedder Mountain Road will be intermittently closed this coming week as crews continue to recoup damages from the December 2025 rainfall.On Tuesday, April 28, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., the road near Qoqó:lem Park is set to be closed for up to 15 minutes before opening back up to clear traff...
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Residential Structure Fire
5 residents displaced after latest house fire in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Fire Department is issuing a safety reminder after crews tackled a house fire in a northeast neighbourhood early Saturday morning. At around 4:50 a.m., roughly 15 firefighters from Hall 1 responded to reports of the incident in the 46000 block of Mayfair Avenue and found smoke and flames com...
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Chiefs Look to Force Game 7
Photo Credit: Darren Francis Chilliwack, B.C. - The Chilliwack Chiefs return home facing a must-win Game 6. After battling back from an early series deficit, the Chiefs now trail 3-2 in Round 2 following a hard-fought Game 5 in Prince George on Friday, April 24. The Spruce Kings opened the series with two wins [...]
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British Columbia
Man arrested after deadly fire at Abbotsford, B.C., homeless encampment
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., say a man has been arrested after a body was discovered in a burned out structure at a homeless encampment Friday evening. Abbotsford Police say officers responded to a reported fire at the Peardonville homeles...
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Richmond RCMP investigating after possible kidnapping in restaurant parking lot
RICHMOND - Police in Richmond, B.C., say they're investigating a possible kidnapping after a man was reportedly seen being forced into a truck in a restaurant parking lot Friday night. Richmond RCMP say they were called after a witness reported seeing...
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400-metre-wide landslide in Old Fort, B.C., shifted road 62 metres
British Columbia's Transportation Ministry says a landslide in the northeastern community of Old Fort has shifted the road 62 metres downslope since Sunday. The ministry says the 400-metre-wide slide, which destroyed part of Old Fort Road. The Peace R...
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What you need to know about the new Enbridge LNG pipeline approval
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said on Friday that the federal government has approved Enbridge Inc.'s $4-billion Sunrise natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia. Here's a quick rundown of the project and why it's important. What is the...
Apr 24, 2026
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Actions of ex-Mountie charged under security law affront Canadian sovereignty: Crown
VANCOUVER - The actions of a former RCMP officer accused of violating security law for the benefit of Chinese authorities were an affront to Canadian sovereignty, a Crown prosecutor told British Columbia Supreme Court on Friday. William Majcher pleaded...
Apr 24, 2026
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10 properties under evacuation alert due to nearby wildfire in B.C.
WILLIAMS LAKE - An evacuation alert has been issued in British Columbia's Cariboo region for a handful of properties as a wildfire burns out of control at the start of the province's wildfire season. The Xeni Gwet'in First Nation, the Tsilhqot'in natio...
Apr 24, 2026
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Canada
Liberals must show results in spring economic update: former PBO
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will be under pressure to show results from his economic agenda when his government tables an update to its fiscal outlook on Tuesday. The spring economic statement comes one year to the day after the party secured a...
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Church in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. becomes unlikely Habs playoff watch hub
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU - The sound of singing rises up from the packed pews of St-Jean-l'Évangéliste Cathedral in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. But the congregation is dressed in blue, white and red Montreal Canadiens jerseys, and the song they're s...
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Manitoba premier says social media ban coming for kids, like Australia
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government will move to ban children from using social media accounts and artificial intelligence chatbots, Premier Wab Kinew told fellow New Democrats on Saturday night. Kinew told some 900 people at a party fundraiser that the...
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Toronto man's HIV no longer detectable after bone marrow transplant
TORONTO - A Toronto patient who has been living with HIV for 27 years is in remission - and potentially cured, according to his doctors - after a bone marrow transplant from a donor naturally resistant to the virus. If he remains in remission for abou...
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Montreal airport installs memorial to Air Canada pilots who died in LaGuardia crash
MONTREAL - Montreal's airport authority has installed a memorial to two Air Canada pilots who died in a runway collision at LaGuardia Airport last month. The memorial at the Jacques-de-Lesseps plane spotting park states that Antoine Forest and Mackenzi...
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Governor General travelling to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., months after deadly mass shooting
TUMBLER RIDGE - Governor General Mary Simon will be in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., next week to support the community's "ongoing healing journey" months after a deadly mass shooting claimed eight lives. The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General say...
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World
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya wins London Marathon in world-record time, first to finish under two hours
LONDON (AP) - Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours. Sawe smashed the men's world record by winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday. The tim...
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An explosive device kills 13 and injures 38 on a bus in southwestern Colombia as violence persists
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) - An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a "terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug traffi...
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Officer killed, another critically injured in Chicago hospital shooting, police say
CHICAGO (AP) - A police officer died and another was critically injured after a man in police custody and receiving treatment at a Chicago hospital opened fire on them Saturday, according to officials. "Officers transported an individual...
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Sports
Sabastian Sawe of Kenya wins London Marathon in world-record time, first to finish under two hours
LONDON (AP) - Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours. Sawe smashed the men's world record by winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday. The tim...
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Sabastian Sawe of Kenya wins London Marathon in world-record time, first to finish under two hours
LONDON (AP) - Sabastian Sawe of Kenya has become the first person to run a marathon in under 2 hours. Sawe smashed the men's world record by winning the London Marathon in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 30 seconds on Sunday. The tim...
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Church in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que. becomes unlikely Habs playoff watch hub
SAINT-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU - The sound of singing rises up from the packed pews of St-Jean-l'Évangéliste Cathedral in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. But the congregation is dressed in blue, white and red Montreal Canadiens jerseys, and the song they're s...
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