Dave Barrett Extension
SkyTrain guideway nearly two-thirds done as construction moves into Langley
LANGLEY - Work is well on track for the future of transit in Metro Vancouver, with the Langley Launcher gantry coming home to finish its job. Standing more than 100 metres long and weighing over 440 tonnes, the gantry is integral to completing the Dave Barrett Extension guideway, which will expand the SkyTrain rapid tr...
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Missing Man
Police seek missing 19-year-old in Surrey
SURREY - Police in Surrey are asking for the public's help in finding a young man who went missing roughly two days ago.Surrey Police Service say 19-year-old Kyle Webber was last seen at around 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 24, in the 18000 block of Laurensen Place.He had left his home and is believed to be driving...
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Fraser Valley
Kids starting a fire, taking a vehicle set off warning from Mounties in B.C.
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mounties in Mission, B.C., are reminding parents just how "resourceful" children can be after separate situations last week. Police say a seven-year-old boy found a small blow torch in his home on Sept. 18, managed to connec...
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'Grossly intoxicated' man flips car over concrete roadblock in Mission: RCMP
MISSION - Mounties in Mission say they've taken multiple impaired drivers off the roads last week, including a repeat driving offender and a stubborn man who refused medical help, according to the detachment's latest round-up.At around 1 a.m. on Saturday, September 20, officers were called to Catchpole Avenue after a v...
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More outages
Update: 1 outage affecting 227 Chilliwack customers remains Saturday AM
UPDATE, 6:40 A.M. Saturday: One outage affecting 227 Chilliwack customers remains as of 6:40 a.m. Otherwise, power has been restored throughout Chilliwack. Original story: CHILLIWACK - On a night where strong winds have led to a downed tree that caused an outage affecting over 2,500 customers in the Chilliwack River Va...
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Power outage
Update: Power restored in Chilliwack and Hope
Update #2, 6:45 a.m. Saturday: Power has now been restored to 2,517 customers in the Chilliwack River Valley and Cultus Lake area. UPDATE: As of 10:52 p.m. Friday night, power has been restored to nearly 800 customers in Hope who had been without power for over 13 hours on Friday. Power is still out for over 2,500 resi...
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British Columbia
Kids starting a fire, taking a vehicle set off warning from Mounties in B.C.
MISSION, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mounties in Mission, B.C., are reminding parents just how "resourceful" children can be after separate situations last week. Police say a seven-year-old boy found a small blow torch in his home on Sept. 18, managed to connec...
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B.C. Conservative leader, Doerkson, gets game boost from current and former premiers
VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative Party Leader Lorne Doerkson estimates he's said 100 times in the last few days that he's open to advice on how to change the provincial government, and he got some of that in a meeting with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe a...
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B.C. Conservatives' Doerkson, ex-premier Clark attend Lions game
VANCOUVER - Interim B.C. Conservative leader Lorne Doerkson was spotted alongside former Liberal premier Christy Clark at a B.C. Lions football game on Friday night. Doerkson has had no public events or news conferences since Tuesday after NDP Leader D...
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'Horrifying': Focus on Tumbler Ridge shooter's AI chats
An article published by U.S. magazine Mother Jones this week provides a vivid account of what it says were conversations between the Tumbler Ridge shooter and an OpenAI chatbot. The report, which does not disclose its sources, has thrown a spotlight on...
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Officers' errors in carjacking not criminal: B.C. police watchdog
VANCOUVER - The Independent Investigations Office says Vancouver police officers who shot a man during an alleged carjacking two years ago made "errors," but the mistakes weren't criminal. The police watchdog says in its decision released Friday that ...
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B.C.'s Eby says NDP would tax new, unsold condos, raise speculation, vacancy fees
VICTORIA - British Columbia NDP Leader David Eby said a new tax on unsold condominiums would improve housing affordability, but the election promise is drawing criticism from the Conservatives and mixed reaction from experts. The proposed tax was among...
Sep 25, 2026
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Canada
Four people dead in a helicopter crash in Quebec
MONTREAL - Four people have died in a helicopter crash in Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville, 50 kilometres southeast of Montreal, according to provincial police. A spokesperson says police were called to the scene around 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. They found the ...
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B.C. Conservative leader, Doerkson, gets game boost from current and former premiers
VANCOUVER - B.C. Conservative Party Leader Lorne Doerkson estimates he's said 100 times in the last few days that he's open to advice on how to change the provincial government, and he got some of that in a meeting with Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe a...
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Que. opposition leaders call claims of U.S. interference a fear campaign, 'Hail Mary'
MONTREAL - Claims of American interference continued to churn on the Quebec campaign trail Saturday, the eve of the start of advance polling ahead of the Oct. 5 election. "I mostly want to raise awareness among Quebecers to the situation that could oc...
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Former federal public servant seeks better pensions for injured workers
OTTAWA - A former public servant is calling for changes to pension rules for workers who have to retire early after getting injured on the job. Paméla Marchand worked for Correctional Service Canada as a corrections officer for 15 years before her medi...
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Anand tells UN that Canada seeks 'strategic autonomy,' relies on civil debate
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand has put "strategic autonomy" at the forefront of Canada's address to the United Nations General Assembly today. Anand's speech echoes Prime Minister Mark Carney's quest for middle powers to work together by...
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'Horrifying': Focus on Tumbler Ridge shooter's AI chats
An article published by U.S. magazine Mother Jones this week provides a vivid account of what it says were conversations between the Tumbler Ridge shooter and an OpenAI chatbot. The report, which does not disclose its sources, has thrown a spotlight on...
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World
Trump rejects Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and other Mideast news
U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday rejected Iran's proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within a week if the U.S. meets certain conditions. Meanwhile, Iranian media outlets said the country's president has left New York after the ...
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Pope Leo draws 800,000 people to central Paris for open-air Mass on iconic square
PARIS (AP) - Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris' iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church's enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular coun...
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Gunmen target ambulance in Pakistan after suicide bombing at checkpoint killed 12
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) - Gunmen opened fire on an ambulance attending the scene of a suicide bomb attack at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan that killed at least 12 people on Saturday and wounded about 35 others, officials...
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Sports
Lena Silano scores twice to pace AFC Toronto to 3-0 win over Ottawa Rapid in NSL
TORONTO - Lena Silano scored twice for AFC Toronto in a 3-0 blanking of Ottawa Rapid FC in the Northern Super League on Saturday. Silano struck in the 44th and 49th minutes for Toronto (10-5-7), which ranked second in the women's pro soccer league stan...
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Hector Rodriguez's two-run triple powers Reds past Blue Jays 5-1
TORONTO - Hector Rodriguez had a two-run triple in the fifth inning as the Cincinnati Reds topped the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 on Saturday. JJ Bleday had a solo home run in the second inning for an early Cincinnati (75-86) lead. Sal Stewart's fielder's ch...
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Canadian women's rugby team falls 21-5 to host France
LA ROCHELLE - The Canadian women's rugby team fell 21-5 to host France on Saturday. Lizzie Gibson of Caledon, Ont., scored the lone try for Canada, which trailed 7-5 at the half. Canada's women rank third in the world ahead of France, at fourth, by Wor...
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