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Chilliwack Council expected to spend $300,000 to replace electric bear fence around landfill
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack council will consider spending nearly $300,000 to replace an electric bear fence that surrounds the Bailey Sanitary Landfill during its meeting Tuesday (May 19).A staff report recommends Mayor and Councillors approve a contract worth $299,286.17 to FenceFast Ltd. for supply and installation of n...
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Healthcare fundraiser
Classic Car Show planned for Chilliwack in June
CHILLIWACK - Classic cars and motorcycles will come together next month as the Fraser Valley Classic Car Show returns to Chilliwack. The annual event is scheduled for June 7 at the University of the Fraser Valley Chilliwack campus parking lot near Caen Avenue and Calais Crescent.The show is a fundraiser for the Fraser ...
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Update: Eastbound Highway 1 clear after motor vehicle crash in Chilliwack
UPDATE, 11:42 A.M. MONDAY: DriveBC now says eastbound Highway 1 is clear from the motor vehicle crash earlier this morning. Original story: CHILLIWACK - A motor vehicle incident on Highway 1 in Chilliwack has completely clogged eastbound traffic on Victoria Day this morning. DriveBC reported at 11:04 a.m. Monday that a...
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Public Particpation
McKee public park feedback sought in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Residents have their chance to comment on the development of a new neighbourhood park in the McKee area.The City of Abbotsford says the park will be located near the intersection of Dawson Road and Sumas Mountain Road. It's expected to include a large forested area and a smaller cleared area that will hou...
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Motor Vehicle Incident
1 airlifted to hospital after motorcycle accident in Mission
MISSION - Residents may have heard a number of sirens fly towards a section of Dewdney Trunk Road after a serious collision this afternoon. First responders were paged out to the area of 11749 Dewdney Trunk Road, roughly three kilometres south of the Sanitary Landfill, for a motorcycle accident at around 1:40 p.m. BCEH...
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Proactive Policing
Abbotsford police arrest drunk driver in stolen car Sunday morning
ABBOTSFORD - Proactive patrols have led to a double-whammy arrest in Abbotsford Sunday morning (May 17). Just before 11 a.m., AbbyPD patrol officers pulled up to Immel Plaza and made an arrest when plainclothes officers spotted a stolen vehicle in the area. Police took the individual into custody when he left the vehic...
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British Columbia
Two others injured
Woman presumed drowned after car careened into a river in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - RCMP say a 24-year-old woman is presumed to have drowned after the vehicle she was driving plunged into the North Thompson River in a residential area of Kamloops Sunday (May 17) evening.Police say the incident happened around 6:21 p.m. They note witnesses at the scene lost sight of the driver as she was car...
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Fire outside Vancouver strip club being investigated as possible arson: police
VANCOUVER - Police are investigating a fire on a boat out front of a Vancouver strip club as possible arson. Vancouver police say officers received calls of a boat on fire parked on a trailer in the parking lot outside the Gallery Show Lounge on Sunday...
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Two taken to hospital after vehicle plunges into North Thompson River in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Two people were taken to Royal Inland Hospital after a vehicle plunged into the North Thompson River Sunday (May 17) evening.BC Emergency Health Services (BC EHS) told CFJC Today that it was notified at 6:17 p.m. about a vehicle that left a residential road and landed in the river. It dispatched an ambula...
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'Lion' of journalism loses its voice as Vancouver's Langara College program faces end
VANCOUVER - Oksana Shtohryn, a former lawyer in Ukraine, was attracted to the two-year journalism program at Vancouver's Langara College because it was hands on, quicker to complete than a four-year course. She's graduating in June from the program she...
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Man sentenced to 4 years after shooting and killing friend in bulletproof vest 'game'
SOOKE - A man who shot and killed his friend while the victim was wearing a bulletproof vest as part of a "game" the pair had played before has been sentenced to four years in prison. Adam Steenbergen from Sooke, B.C., pleaded guilty to several charges...
May 17, 2026
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RCMP celebrates grand opening for new Pitt Meadows detachment
PITT MEADOWS - The other half of the former Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment has recently celebrated its own opening ceremonies in Pitt Meadows.Roughly 75 people attended the official move into the Pitt Meadows RCMP's central location behind City Hall on Harris Road, including council members for the City and q̓ic̓əy̓...
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Canada
Chinese Embassy in Canada denounces MP Chong's visit to Taiwan
OTTAWA - China's embassy in Canada says a Canadian MP's visit to Taiwan crosses a "red line" at a time when Ottawa is attempting to rebuild its relationship with Beijing. Conservative MP Michael Chong is in Taiwan this week to meet with Taiwanese offic...
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Quebec Premier Fréchette, French President Macron discuss opportunities in Paris
PARIS - Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Monday as part of a mission focused on economic co-operation with France. Ahead of their meeting, Macron told the press that Quebec ca...
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U.S. slaps duties on fresh Canadian mushrooms over subsidy claims
WASHINGTON - The United States has put countervailing duties on fresh mushrooms grown in Canada following a U.S. Department of Commerce investigation which the Canadian industry has called "deeply flawed." The change, posted in the federal register on ...
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Nearly all Canadians on Gaza-bound flotilla detained by Israeli military: organizer
Nearly all the Canadian activists who were on a Gaza-bound flotilla aiming to break Israel's naval blockade of the Palestinian territory have been detained, organizers said Monday. Global Sumud Canada, the Canadian chapter of the Global Sumud Flotilla ...
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U.S. says it's pausing long-standing military board with Canada
WASHINGTON - The U.S. undersecretary of defence for policy said Monday that the United States is pausing a long-standing military board, claiming "Canada has failed to make credible progress on its defense commitments." In a post on social media, Elbr...
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Former residence of Canada's consul general in New York is sold for US$8.05 million
WASHINGTON - The former residence of Canada's consul general in New York has sold for US$8.05 million after nearly two years on the market. Global Affairs Canada confirmed the sale price - which amounts to just over C$11 million - on Monday after rece...
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World
Mark Fuhrman, former LA police detective convicted of lying during OJ Simpson murder trial, has died
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Former Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman, who was convicted of lying during testimony at the OJ Simpson murder trial, has died. Fuhrman was one of the first two police detectives sent to investigate the 1994 ki...
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Police: Two suspects kill 3 people at a San Diego mosque before killing themselves
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two teenage suspects killed three men in a shooting at a San Diego mosque Monday before killing themselves a few blocks away, authorities said. Police Chief Scott Wahl said a security guard at the Islamic Center of San Diego was among ...
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Teenage gunmen open fire on San Diego mosque, killing 3 men and then themselves
SAN DIEGO (AP) - Two teenage shooters opened fire at a San Diego mosque on Monday and killed three men - then killed themselves a few blocks away - in an attack police are investigating as a hate crime. There was no specific threat made a...
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Sports
Wembanyama has 41 points, 24 rebounds as Spurs top Thunder 122-115 in 2OT to open West finals
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Victor Wembanyama had 41 points and 24 rebounds, Dylan Harper finished with 24 points and a team playoff-record seven steals, and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 122-115 in a double-overtime classic to open the...
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OTTAWA - There was a time when Rebecca Leslie wondered if she would play professional hockey. Her performance in Game 3 of the Professional Women's Hockey League Walter Cup final on Monday showed just how far the Ottawa native has come. Leslie scored t...
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Newhook scores in OT to lift Canadiens over Sabres 3-2 in Game 7
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Alex Newhook scored his second Game 7-winning goal of the post-season, this time 11:22 into overtime in the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night. Newhook drove up the left wing and as he approached the...
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