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IIO seeks more witnesses for fatal December collision in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - B.C.'s police watchdog is continuing to investigate the extent of or lack of RCMP involvement in the pickup truck collision that claimed one life in December 2025. Shortly after 10:15 p.m. on Boxing Day, a white Ford truck hit a power pole near the intersection of Yale and Banford Roads and was pronounced ...
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More Traffic Changes
Latest Highway 1 traffic pattern change in Langley expected to last until November
LANGLEY - The B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Transit says a change to traffic patterns on Highway 1 in Langley, starting as early as this weekend, is set to last until late fall.On Saturday, July 11, the eastbound Highway 1 lanes are set to shift north of the median, and the eastbound off-ramp to 264th Street, or ...
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Investigation Continues
IIO seeks more witnesses for fatal December collision in Chilliwack
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Environmental Protection Notice
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Ottawa's Dabrowski, Brazil's Stefani advance to Wimbledon women's doubles final
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FIFA has nearly 1,200 tickets on sale for World Cup final at $7,380
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Police investigation
Maple Ridge school placed in hold and secure during weapon-related incident Thursday: RCMP
MAPLE RIDGE - Police in Maple Ridge say a local high school was placed in a hold and secure Thursday morning while RCMP members responded to a call involving a weapon, resulting in police taking a 16-year-old youth suspect into custody. Police were called to the 23000 block of 116 Avenue in Maple Ridge for the report o...
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Police investigation
Chainsaw-wielding man charged in Wednesday night incident: Vancouver PD
VANCOUVER - Police in Vancouver say a 67-year-old man has been charged after he brandished a chainsaw at people in downtown Vancouver Wednesday night, though it's unclear if he's been released to cause more trouble in the community. The VPD says the B.C. Prosecution Service has approved a charge of possessing a weapon ...
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Police investigation
Surrey Police appeal for help in ID'ing 2 youth suspects who bear sprayed another youth
SURREY - Police in Surrey need help identifying two youth suspects in an assault involving bear spray that happened outside a South Surrey business more than a month ago.SPS Staff Sgt. Lindsey Houghton says the assault happened at about 4 p.m. on May 31, 2026, outside the Menchies Frozen Yogurt store at 15775 Croydon D...
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Police investigation
36-year-old man charged in Abbotsford drug trafficking ring; over 12 kgs of drugs seized
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford say a 36-year-old man has been charged for his alleged role in a drug trafficking investigation that saw authorities seize more than 12 kgs of illicit drugs, over $60K in currency, body armour, a firearm and ammunition. AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker says patrol officers observed...
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British Columbia
Boston Bar, B.C., residents look on as wildfire burns near small highway community
BOSTON BAR - Jagdip Singh Bihal says he's opening his highway-side restaurant in Boston Bar, B.C., earlier than usual to accommodate wildfire crews battling blazes near the small community. The Brunswick complex of fires that's burning out of control j...
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Second boat was with B.C. charter before fatal sinking, raising rescue questions
RICHMOND - Top Vancouver Fishing Charter company took to social media on June 28 to brag about how its two vessels had gone out together and would head back to port with a haul of fish. "This is what makes fishing in Vancouver so addictive - every trip...
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Amber Alert for six-year-old Alberta boy expands to northern B.C.
GRANDE PRAIRIE - RCMP say the search for an Alberta boy has been expanded to northern B.C. and into the Northwest Territories or the Yukon. Mounties near the Alberta-B.C. boundary issued an Amber Alert late Wednesday for six-year-old Lanakai Morrison. ...
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Transport Canada detains boat linked to fatal B.C. sinking, citing violations
RICHMOND - Transport Canada has ordered the detention of a boat operated by a British Columbia fishing charter operation whose other vessel sank last month, leaving one person dead and six others missing and presumed drowned. The order, dated Thursday,...
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B.C. government approves higher Mount Polley tailings dam, 12 years after disaster
VICTORIA - Ministers in British Columbia have approved plans to increase the height of the tailings storage facility at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine, the site of a catastrophic dam collapse more than a decade ago. The government says the heigh...
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B.C. First Nation challenges dredging plan to accommodate larger tankers in Vancouver
NORTH VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation says it has launched a legal challenge against a plan by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to dredge Burrard Inlet to make room for oil tankers with larger loads to operate. In a release, the Tsleil-W...
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Canada
Supreme Court restores minimum sentence for obtaining sexual services from a minor
The Supreme Court of Canada has reinstated the mandatory minimum sentence for offenders who obtain or solicit sexual services from a minor in exchange for money. In doing so, the country's highest court overturns a May 2024 decision by the Quebec Court...
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by Canadian city
OTTAWA - The national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in June. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities. It cautions, however, that the figures may fluctuate widely because t...
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Here's a quick glance at unemployment rates for June, by province
OTTAWA - Canada's national unemployment rate was 6.5 per cent in June. Here are the jobless rates last month by province (numbers from the previous month in brackets): _ Newfoundland and Labrador 8.2 per cent (9.6) _ Prince Edward Island 7.6 per cent (...
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National employment numbers for June from Statistics Canada, at a glance
OTTAWA - A quick look at Canada's June employment figures (numbers from the previous month in brackets): Unemployment rate: 6.5 per cent (6.6) Employment rate: 60.8 per cent (60.7) Participation rate: 65.0 per cent (65.0) Number unemployed: 1,469,200 (...
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In the news today: U.S.-Iran tensions, B.C. wildfires, positivity in Ontario town
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... US and Iran exchange intensifying fire across Mideast, threatening ceasefire deal The United States has launched new airstrikes against Iran, and Tehran responded ...
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'It's infectious': Optimism a priority for Ontario town's chief positivity officer
NEWMARKET - When Newmarket Mayor John Taylor appointed a few dozen people to serve as positivity ambassadors in the southern Ontario town during the COVID-19 pandemic, he wanted someone at the centre of the effort. Longtime customer service supervisor ...
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World
Trump will let bipartisan housing bill become law without signing in protest over GOP voter ID law
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump will let the bipartisan housing bill approved by Congress become law without his signature, saying Friday that he was refusing to put his name on it because of the little progress made in passing a strict voter ...
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Many US Jewish adults have experienced assault or harassment over the past year, AP-NORC poll finds
WASHINGTON (AP) - Many Jewish adults feel unsafe in the United States, a new AP-NORC poll finds, with a majority saying they feel less safe than they did before Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The survey from The Associated Press-NO...
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One of Spain's deadliest wildfires has killed at least 12 people, with 23 others missing
MADRID (AP) - One of Spain's deadliest wildfires on record killed 12 people overnight into Friday, authorities said, as soaring temperatures grip much of the country. Several victims of the fire in the southern province of Almeria, a pop...
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Sports
Ottawa's Dabrowski, Brazil's Stefani advance to Wimbledon women's doubles final
WIMBLEDON - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazil's Luisa Stefani advanced to the women's doubles final at Wimbledon with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Japan's Shuko Aoyama and Taiwan's En-shuo Liang on Friday. Dabrowski and Stefani, the second seeds, have yet ...
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FIFA has nearly 1,200 tickets on sale for World Cup final at $7,380
NEW YORK (AP) - FIFA had nearly 1,200 category two tickets priced at $7,380 on sale Friday for the World Cup final on July 19 at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The governing body's last-minute tickets sales site, which at times had lis...
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Toronto Raptors sign free-agent centre Nate Bittle
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed free-agent centre Nate Bittle, the NBA club announced Friday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The seven-foot, 250-pound Bittle averaged a team-high 16.8 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1.8 blocks and ...
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