Unexpected delivery
Hope RCMP officer helps deliver puppies
First responders never know where their day will take them.However, one call recently for a Hope RCMP new recruit was a getaway from the everyday.Upper Fraser Valley RCMP posted the story on their Facebook page saying sometimes, police work takes them to the most unexpected places.While following up on a call, the Hope...
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Warning from police
Scammers spoof Langley RCMP phone number
The Langley RCMP detachment is among the latest targets of scammers spoofing their phone number. Police are advising residents to be cautious after getting reports of fraudsters posing as police officers investigating identity theft. The scammers request personal information while making it appear as though the call is...
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Chiefs lose to Rivermen
Chiefs fall in home ice return
The Chilliwack Chiefs were back on home ice Friday night (Nov. 6, 2026) for the first time in over a month but fell 5-3 to the Langley Rivermen.It was the first contest of a six-game homestand.According to a game summary released by the Chiefs, Adam Boatter opened the scoring for Chilliwack in the first but Langley tie...
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So much for temporary
Fraser Health announces another round of maternity diversions at area hospital
MAPLE RIDGE - Expecting moms in Maple Ridge and the surrounding community who had planned to give birth at their local hospital will have to head elsewhere this coming week. In a social media post, Fraser Health confirmed earlier today at 2:01 p.m. that there will be a four-day diversion at Ridge Meadows Hospital start...
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Avian flu detected in B.C. poultry flock
Avian flu detected in B.C. poultry flock for first time this season in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced the first detection of avian flu in a commercial poultry flock in British Columbia this season. The agency says the infection was detected on Friday in Chilliwack. It's the first case among...
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Police announce charges
Exortion Task Force makes arrests in Surrey shootings
The BC RCMP says the Provincial Extortion Task Force has charged two men after two separate shooting incidents in Surrey in 2025. The first happened on 103A Avenue on October 12, 2025, when shots were fired at a home, injuring a female victim. Police were called out several days later on October 16 to a report of shots...
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British Columbia
'Minor' coastal flooding possible as rain soaks Vancouver Island
Parts of Vancouver Island have seen up to 210 millimetres of rain since Thursday in the first major weather system of British Columbia's storm season, which could combine with high tides to soak some low-lying coastal areas. B.C.'s River Forecast Centr...
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Photographer's new book tells the stories behind Canada's war graves and monuments
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia author and photographer Len Wagg was on his day off 30 years ago when he discovered how powerful and poignant a war cemetery could be. Wagg was on assignment for the Halifax Chronicle Herald in Italy when he accepted an invitation...
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Avian flu detected in B.C. poultry flock
Avian flu detected in B.C. poultry flock for first time this season in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has announced the first detection of avian flu in a commercial poultry flock in British Columbia this season. The agency says the infection was detected on Friday in Chilliwack. It's the first case among...
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Suspects charged in Surrey extortion shootings, including at Kap's Café
SURREY - British Columbia Mounties say two people have been arrested and charged in two separate extortion-related shootings in Surrey last year, including one that targeted Kap's Café, owned by Indian comedian Kapil Sharma. RCMP say B.C.'s extortion t...
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U.S. Treasury sanctions Canadian firms connected to Ryan Wedding
OTTAWA - The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on eight Canadian businesses for allegedly helping to evade sanctions on Iran's government. The department says it sanctioned money services businesses in British Columbia and Ontario...
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Police commandeer local ferry to rescue youth from river in New Westminster, B.C.
NEW WESTMINSTER - The rescue of a girl spotted struggling to stay afloat in the Fraser River this week involved an improvised rope and the commandeering of a local ferry. Police in New Westminster, B.C., say the rescue unfolded Wednesday, when witnesse...
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Canada
Justin Trudeau named distinguished fellow at Oxford's Blavatnik School of Government
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau has joined England's Oxford University in a new role. Trudeau, 54, joined the Blavatnik School of Government as a distinguished fellow and member of the World Leaders Circle, the school said in a news release Frida...
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Aid sector calls out lack of any mention of foreign aid in federal budget
OTTAWA - Canada's aid sector is expressing dismay over the first federal budget in more than 15 years to make no mention of foreign aid, and is calling on Ottawa to outline its vision in an upcoming foreign policy review. "The budget is largely silent ...
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Crisis in Cuba sending Canadian travellers to pricier sun destinations: travel agents
As the winter holiday season approaches, one of the most popular sunny destinations for Canadian travellers remains out of reach. The United States' oil blockade against Cuba triggered severe fuel shortages in the country and prompted Canadian airlines...
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Federal budget looks to restore auditor general's access to privileged information
OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to restore the auditor general's access to privileged information. In Thursday's federal budget, a line item in a list of proposed legislative changes indicated Ottawa plans to update the Auditor General Act "...
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U.S. Treasury sanctions Canadian firms connected to Ryan Wedding
OTTAWA - The United States Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on eight Canadian businesses for allegedly helping to evade sanctions on Iran's government. The department says it sanctioned money services businesses in British Columbia and Ontario...
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Carney says Canada welcomes 'any moves' to restore free trade after U.S. midterms
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government welcomes "any moves" to restore free trade between Canada and the United States as officials south of the border push to end the trade war. In the days since the U.S. midterm elections gave the De...
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World
Gunman opens fire in Polish city of Krakow, killing 5 people and injuring at least 12
KRAKOW, Poland (AP) - Five people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon in a busy market square in Krakow, Poland, police said. The gunman, a Polish citizen, aimed at random people as he d...
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An airstrike has killed 25 people near Yemen's capital, Houthi official says
CAIRO (AP) - Airstrikes hit homes in a village near Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 30 others, mostly women and children, a spokesman for Yemen's Houthi-run Health Ministry said. Speaking to T...
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Powerful Haitian gang reaches out to state disarmament group as gunfights persist
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - One of Haiti's most powerful gangs said Friday that it reached out to a government agency responsible for dismantling armed gangs in a push for "peace, stability and national reconciliation." The 400 Mawozo ga...
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Sports
Canada's Andreescu advances into Cali Open final
SANTIAGO DE CALI - Canada's Bianca Andreescu defeated France's Alice Tubello 6-0, 6-4 in the semifinals of the Cali Open on Saturday morning. The match was mostly played Friday before a thunder storm became cause for delay. Andreescu led 6-0, 5-4 at t...
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Mone Chiba's elegant free skate edges quad queen and mom Alexandra Ignatova for Cup of China win
SHENZHEN, China (AP) - The returning Russian quad queen of figure skating was edged for victory Saturday at the Cup of China by the elegant free skate of Japan's Mone Chiba. Alexandra Ignatova landed a quad lutz early in what was the highest-scoring fr...
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Gauthier scores winner to extend goal streak as Ducks beat Flames 5-3
CALGARY - The scoring rampage continues for Cutter Gauthier. The NHL's hottest sniper extended his goal streak to five games Friday by scoring the game-winner as the Anaheim Ducks beat the Calgary Flames 5-3. "Just keeping it simple and shooting the p...
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