Fraser Valley

JOB CUTS
Hundreds of B.C. health care workers risk deportation after cuts to immigration program
CHILLIWACK - Over 500 health care workers in Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal are expected to face deportation after the federal government slashed its immigration targets this year. The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) was designed to attract skilled workers looking to become permanent residents in Canada. Last yea...
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CLIMB THE WALL
Hope Fire to 'climb the wall' in annual BC Lung fundraiser
HOPE - The Hope Fire Department is racing other fire halls atop the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre for this year's Climb the Wall event. Since 2002, the BC Lung Foundation has challenged firefighters to run up the stairs of a nearly 50-storey building. Moon Pruvost with Hope Fire is looking forward to beating her time ...
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POETRY EVENT
Local poets set to take the stage at downtown Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Voices from diverse, underrepresented groups are being amplified at a spoken poetry event in downtown Abbotsford later this February. Diverse VOICES will feature poets and troubadours with Indigenous, Black and People of Colour (IBPOC) backgrounds- a lineup inspired by the organizer's own life with the wri...
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Most Wanted
CRIME STOPPERS: Most Wanted - Week of February 2, 2025
CHILLIWACK - Here are two people wanted by police in our region this week. This list is provided by Crime Stoppers.Name: Waylon VendraminiAge: 45Height: 5'8" ft Weight: 170lbs Hair: Grey/Brown Eyes: BlueWanted: AssaultWarrant in effect: January 20, 2025Parole Jurisdiction: ChilliwackName: Brian Kiraly-MillerAge: 3...
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Canada slaps retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of U.S. goods, outlines response plan
OTTAWA - Ottawa is imposing 25 per cent tariffs on hundreds of goods originating in the United States - from meat and milk to carpets and curtains - in response to steep new American levies against Canada. A federal official also signalled that Canada will pursue available legal remedies in response to the U.S. breachi...
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B.C. political leaders call for premier to do more amid looming trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia politicians are calling on the premier to do more as the province prepares to face U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods as well as retaliation by Ottawa. The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Saturday to slap Canada with duties of 10 per cent on energy and 25 per...
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10 to 20 centimetres of snow hit Metro Vancouver today as arctic air invades region
VANCOUVER - British Columbians need to get their winter jackets and shovels ready as a snowfall warning is in effect for the Lower Mainland in B.C. Environment Canada says about 10 to 20 centimetres of snowfall will hit Metro Vancouver today until Monday morning after arctic air invades the region. A special weather st...
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B.C. Premier says he has directed BC Liquor Branch to stop buying American liquor
British Columbia Premier David Eby was quick to retaliate to "crushing" 25 per cent tariffs announced by the U.S. on Saturday, including targeting U.S. liquor. Eby called the tariffs implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump "a complete betrayal" of the historic bond between Canada and the U.S. on ...
Feb 02, 2025
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Which industries will feel the pinch of Trump's tariffs the hardest?
OTTAWA - U.S. President Donald Trump signed an order Saturday to impose tariffs of 10 per cent on Canadian energy and 25 per cent on everything else beginning on Feb. 4. Statistics Canada says the value of Canadian exports to the United States in 2023 exceeded $594 billion. More than 43 per cent of that came from just ...
Feb 01, 2025
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One man died after a fight outside a pub in Coquitlam, says IHIT
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says two men are in custody after a 35-year-old man was fatally stabbed outside a pub in Coquitlam, B.C. A release from IHIT says RCMP responded to a report of a fight around 9:42 p.m. Friday outside the John B Pub in the city. When police arrived, bystanders...
Feb 01, 2025
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Canada

B.C. political leaders call for premier to do more amid looming trade war
VANCOUVER - British Columbia politicians are calling on the premier to do more as the province prepares to face U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods as well as retaliation by Ottawa. The move came after U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Saturday to slap Canada with duties of 10 per cent on energy and 25 per...
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Toronto Raptors fans boo American national anthem as trade war heats up
TORONTO - Fans at Scotiabank Arena loudly booed during the American national anthem before the Toronto Raptors hosted the Los Angeles Clippers. They then switched to loud cheers when "O Canada" began. The strong reactions to both national anthems was likely in response to a mounting trade war between Canada a...
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Support, silence and confusion: Republicans respond to Trump's trade war
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's unprecedented move to pull America's closest neighbours into a trade war has left some Republican lawmakers precariously navigating how to support the leader's tariff agenda while their local economies brace for impact. Many Republicans - caught between risking the president's...
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford announces removal of U.S. booze from LCBO amid tariff feud
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says American products will be removed from LCBO shelves on Tuesday, as U.S. President Donald Trump's promised tariffs come into effect. The Ontario premier says every year, the Ontario liquor store sells nearly $1 billion worth of wine, beer, spirits and seltzers from the U.S., but not anymor...
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Groundhog Day 2025: Willie and Sam at odds over spring's arrival
Canada's famous prognosticating rodents were split over spring's arrival on Groundhog Day. Ontario's Wiarton Willie reportedly did not see his shadow on Sunday morning, which is good news for people tired of wintry weather, but Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam saw her shadow predicting a long winter ahead. The tradition ...
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'Here we are again': Death row Canadian waits as Montana looks at resuming executions
CALGARY - The fate of a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for the past 42 years has been thrown into more uncertainty as state legislators try again to remove obstacles to resuming executions. Ronald Smith, 67, is originally from Red Deer, Alta., and has been on death row since 1983, a year after he and ano...
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