Citation of Excellence
Sardis high school principal honoured at BC School Sports Awards
CHILLIWACK - A local high school principal has recently been recognized for her continued leadership and dedication to student sports at this year's BC School Sports Awards.Sardis Secondary School principal Lynnet Schramm, whose lifelong connection to school sports began as a student-athlete at Chilliwack Secondary, re...
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Investigation Underway
Langley man taken to hospital after 'targeted' shooting: RCMP
LANGLEY - A 27-year-old man is now in hospital after allegedly being shot in Langley Saturday afternoon (May 16).Police say they responded to an assault incident in the 5400 block of Brydon Crescent at roughly 12:32 p.m.Frontline officers then found the victim and evidence consistent with a shooting, and the man was ta...
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Guilherme's stoppage-time goal helps Dynamo snap Whitecaps' 7-game unbeaten streak
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Pep Biel, Kerwin Vargas spark Charlotte to 3-1 win over Toronto FC
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Fraser Valley
Flood Protection Assets
FVRD to remove temporary flood barriers in Chilliwack River Valley
CHILLIWACK - The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) is wrapping up the emergency works near a Chilliwack River Valley resident's property after some significant heavy rainfall events in the area over the past few months.Temporary flood-protection Hesco barriers were initially installed in the Sheldon Road and Osbor...
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Another Pedestrian Struck
1 in serious condition after pedestrian collision in Mission
MISSION - One person is in serious condition after another pedestrian strike in the region late Friday night (May 15). First responders were paged out to Lougheed Highway and Haig Street in Mission at around 11:04 p.m. that evening. BCEHS says an ambulance with advanced care paramedics and three ambulances with primary...
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Downtown Chilliwack
Chilliwack Mural Festival artists revealed
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack Mural Festival has unveiled its 2026 roster of muralists, with 11 artists from five countries set to convert downtown walls into large-scale works of art this summer.Painting will begin June 15 and continue through to August 16. The 2026 works will focus on endangered wildlife, Indigenous he...
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Losing patience
City of Chilliwack grows frustrated with E360S, threatens fines for missed curbside collections
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack is losing patience with the contractor for its curbside collection program due to missed collections and other service shortcomings. In a social media statement posted at 5:10 p.m. Friday (May 15), the city now says there have been significant challenges with the transition since Chi...
May 16, 2026
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British Columbia
Canadian isolating in B.C. tests "presumptive positive" for hantavirus
British Columbia's provincial health officer says one of the four Canadians isolating in the province who had been on a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a "presumptive positive" test. Dr. Bonnie Henry told a news conferenc...
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B.C. allowed logging in caribou habitat despite its own ministry's recommendation
VICTORIA - Mike James doesn't know yet whether his first grandchild will be a boy or girl, but he hopes they will have a chance to see threatened southern mountain caribou during a future visit to his family's cabin near Quesnel Lake. The snowshoe-lik...
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BR-Logging-BC
British Columbia's Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship recommended that logging be prevented in an area where threatened southern mountain caribou live, but that was overruled by the government's Forests Ministry. The information is conta...
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Crown urges new trial in B.C. sex assault case, tossed over delays in 2025
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Court of Appeal has reserved judgment in a sexual assault case that was tossed out last year over delays, with Crown counsel and defence lawyers pointing fingers about who was responsible for derailing the case. A provincial court...
May 15, 2026
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Eby says Ottawa is rewarding Alberta's 'bad behaviour' with pipeline agreement
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the federal government is rewarding Alberta for "bad behaviour" by agreeing to push for a new bitumen pipeline to the West Coast. Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed an...
May 15, 2026
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Canadian wineries say scrapping provincial trade barriers would add billions to GDP
HALIFAX - Canada's wine sector is worth more than $10 billion a year and the industry says a few tweaks - like scrapping domestic trade barriers - could add billions of dollars more to the national economy. A new report from Deloitte, commissioned by ...
May 15, 2026
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Canada
Another man has died while waiting for care at hospital: Alberta Medical Association
EDMONTON - The Alberta Medical Association says another patient has died while waiting for care at a hospital, as the province's health agency investigates the case. AMA President Dr. Brian Wirzba says the man arrived at Edmonton's Royal Alexandra Hosp...
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Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette to meet Macron in Paris on economic mission
PARIS - Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette is in Paris on an official mission and is set to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at the Élysée Palace. She is also scheduled to meet her French counterpart, Sébastien Lecornu, at Matignon, alo...
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Canadian isolating in B.C. tests "presumptive positive" for hantavirus
British Columbia's provincial health officer says one of the four Canadians isolating in the province who had been on a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a "presumptive positive" test. Dr. Bonnie Henry told a news conferenc...
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Drake breaks three daily Spotify records for 2026 with new albums
Drake fans who might have felt left out in the cold waiting for new music after the rapper's last solo album in 2023 seem to have warmly embraced his latest drop. With the release of three albums Friday, the Toronto-born rapper broke three records on S...
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Canadiens playoff run has increased ridership on Montreal's light-rail network
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens' quest for the Stanley Cup has been giving the city's light-rail network a boost. The Bonaventure station of the REM - Réseau express métropolitain - connects to the Habs' home arena, the Bell Centre. Julien Hurel is ...
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Confusion around postgraduate work permit language resulting in rejections
OTTAWA - Lukas Troni graduated from the University of British Columbia in April 2025. He was putting his geography and environment degree to good use in a job at a Canadian environmental organization when a surprise rejection letter from the federal go...
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World
Sen. Cassidy knocked out of Louisiana Republican primary as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow advanced to a runoff in Louisiana's Republican Senate primary Saturday, capitalizing on the power of President Donald Trump's endorsement in another attempt to purge his party of people he views as disloya...
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Venezuela says it deported a close ally of Maduro to face criminal proceedings in US
MIAMI (AP) - Venezuela's government said Saturday it deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro facing several criminal investigations in the U.S. less than three years after the businessman was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap. ...
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Cardinals manager Marmol offers to buy tickets for fans to recreate shirtless revelry
ST. LOUIS (AP) - St. Louis Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol believes in the "no shirt, no problem," mantra. His club was boosted to a win Friday night by a group of college ball players in the right-field seats who took off and waved their shirts as the...
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Sports
Guilherme's stoppage-time goal helps Dynamo snap Whitecaps' 7-game unbeaten streak
HOUSTON (AP) - Guilherme Santos - known simply as "Guilherme" - scored a goal in the sixth minute of stoppage time, Jonathan Bond had three saves, and the Houston Dynamo beat Vancouver 1-0 on Saturday night to snap the Whitecaps' seven-game unbeaten st...
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Pep Biel, Kerwin Vargas spark Charlotte to 3-1 win over Toronto FC
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Pep Biel had a goal and an assist, Kerwin Vargas added two assists, and Charlotte FC beat Toronto FC 3-1 in Major League Soccer play on Saturday night. Wilfried Zaha scored in the 19th minute - with assists from Vargas and Biel -...
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Sabres replace netminder Lyon after three early goals in Game 6 against Canadiens
MONTREAL - The goaltending carousel for the Buffalo Sabres continued in Game 6 of their second-round playoff series against the Montreal Canadiens Saturday night at Bell Centre. Starter Alex Lyon was pulled 10:14 into the first period after allowing th...
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