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Section of Tyson Road, South Sumas Road to close overnight in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - City crews are looking to take advantage of the clear skies as night work resumes in a section of southwest Chilliwack. Night work was cancelled and rescheduled last week due to weather, but Tyson Road between Balmoral Avenue and Insley Avenue, and South Sumas Road between Dover Street and Evans Road will ...
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PERIOD POVERTY
Demand for period products grows over 7 million in Fraser Valley, Lower Mainland
FRASER VALLEY - As the need for products grows to millions across British Columbia, an annual campaign to combat period poverty is renewing its call ahead of Menstrual Health Day on May 28.United Way BC, in partnership with CUPE Local 1816, hopes to collect over 550,000 period products as part of its Period Promise fun...
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Probation for ex-Mountie, convicted of obstruction after 'sexting' violence victim
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Upcoming concerts in Agassiz, Chilliwack
Cheam Mountain Singers to hold concerts in Agassiz, Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - The Cheam Mountain Singers will launch the first of three concerts, all by donation, starting Saturday evening in Agassiz, followed by a Monday night concert in Chilliwack. The Cheam Mountain singers are headed up by Rev. Phillip Barker, a former surgeon who is now the vicar at All Saints Anglican Church i...
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Athletes Lab Youth Football Camp
Future stars set to shine at Athletes Lab Youth Football Camp in Chilliwack next week
CHILLIWACK - Three former GW Graham standouts who have continued their football careers in U Sports will headline the Athletes Lab's Youth Football Camp in Chilliwack next weekend. Athletes ages 5 and up will get a chance to come train with the likes of quarterback Lucas Feaver of the University of Alberta, wide receiv...
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SEX OFFENDER RECAPTURED
Police re-arrest high-risk sex offender hours after release from Mission Institution
MISSION - Police have re-arrested 59-year-old sex offender Randall Hopley, only hours after his release from Mission Institution Thursday morning (May 22).Hopley was released from prison under directions to stay at a halfway house in Vancouver. He refused those orders from his parole officer and left the halfway house....
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SD33
Chilliwack School District expects boost of over $1 million from int'l student enrolment vs. previous year
CHILLIWACK - The Chilliwack School District has experienced a fairly significant enrolment boost in international students during the current budget cycle, resulting in a revenue increase of over a million dollars compared to the previous school year. According to a report from SD33 financial staff contained within thi...
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British Columbia
Probation for ex-Mountie, convicted of obstruction after 'sexting' violence victim
KELOWNA - A former Okanagan RCMP officer who exchanged explicit messages with a victim of domestic violence has been given a conditional discharge and 12 months of probation for attempting to obstruct justice. Former Kelowna Mountie Sean Eckland pleaded guilty in the case that began when he and another officer responde...
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Man arrested after allegedly setting fire to RCMP detachment in Fort Nelson, B.C.
FORT NELSON - A man has been arrested after someone allegedly set fire to an RCMP detachment building in British Columbia's Northern Interior region. Police say the Northern Rockies detachment building in Fort Nelson, B.C., had to be temporarily evacuated on Thursday after "a considerable amount of smoke" fro...
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Class-action lawsuit filed in B.C. over 2009 Interior Health data breach
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Interior Health Authority has been hit with a class-action lawsuit over a data breach in 2009 that allegedly compromised thousands of employees' personal information that ended up being sold on the dark web. The lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court on Thursday says the data breach occurred...
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'Soup Nazi' actor dips ladle for victims of Vancouver festival attack
VANCOUVER - "Soup Nazi" actor Larry Thomas will be picking up his ladle in a British Columbia restaurant to raise money for victims of last month's attack on Vancouver's Lapu Lapu Day festival. Thomas, who is best known for his guest role as a strict soup seller on the sitcom "Seinfeld," says he'll ...
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New Royal Roads University campus named in honour of John Horgan
LANGFORD - The new campus of Royal Roads University is being named after the late John Horgan, honouring the former B.C. premier in the Vancouver Island community of Langford where he lived. Premier David Eby says in a news release that the new John Horgan Campus in downtown Langford is a fitting tribute to his predece...
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Fierce-looking B.C. fossil confirmed as new genus, days after death of discoverer
Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on. Now it has been confirmed that the ferocious-looking marine reptile he found with his then 12-year-old daughter on Vancouver Island 37 years ago is a new species - and an entirely new genus....
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Canada
Probation for ex-Mountie, convicted of obstruction after 'sexting' violence victim
KELOWNA - A former Okanagan RCMP officer who exchanged explicit messages with a victim of domestic violence has been given a conditional discharge and 12 months of probation for attempting to obstruct justice. Former Kelowna Mountie Sean Eckland pleaded guilty in the case that began when he and another officer responde...
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In Ottawa, U.S. senators push trade, Canadian tourism to their states
OTTAWA - Five United States senators are in Ottawa today to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and underscore the long-standing relationship between the two countries. Republican Kevin Cramer dismissed the current tensions between Canada and the U.S. as a temporary bump in the road. The delegation also includes Democ...
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Hockey player's statements to investigators, police, included at ex-teammates' trial
Portions of statements that a former member of Canada's world junior hockey team made to Hockey Canada investigators and police are now part of the evidence in the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Brett Howden told the court Friday that the comments reflect what he knew to be true at the time he made t...
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2024 sees record warm temperatures, less sea ice cover in Gulf of St. Lawrence
MONT-JOLI - Last year, the Gulf of St. Lawrence recorded its highest maximum surface temperature and lowest seasonal volume of ice cover in decades, say researchers with the federal Fisheries Department. Surface temperatures and ice cover are directly related to air temperature, said Peter Galbraith, a research scienti...
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Federal election: Newfoundland riding flips to Conservatives after judicial recount
ST. JOHN'S - Conservative Jonathan Rowe will represent the Terra Nova-The Peninsulas riding in Parliament. A recount in the rural Newfoundland riding has determined Rowe defeated Liberal Anthony Germain by 12 votes. The result reverses the first tally of the ballots after the April 28 federal election, which had Germai...
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Bloc Québécois files legal challenge of Terrebonne riding results after one-vote loss
TERREBONNE - The Bloc Québécois says it has filed a Superior Court challenge to overturn the election results in the federal riding of Terrebonne after losing by one vote. In a news release, the party says there is doubt about who won the riding in the April 28 federal election because a mail-in vote from...
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World
Trump administration takes first steps in easing sanctions on Syria
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration is granting Syria a waiver from one crippling set of sanctions as well as easing restrictions on businesses as a first step in his pledge to end a half-century of penalties. The moves announced by the Treasury Department on Friday follow Trump's announcement las...
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Pentagon lost contact with Army helicopter on flight that caused jets to nix landings at DC airport
WASHINGTON (AP) - Military air traffic controllers lost contact with an Army helicopter for about 20 seconds as it neared the Pentagon on the flight that caused two commercial jets to abort their landings this month at a Washington airport, the Army told The Associated Press on Friday. The aborted landings on May 1 add...
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12 people injured in stabbing at Hamburg train station, authorities say
BERLIN (AP) - An assailant stabbed people at the central railway station in the German city of Hamburg on Friday, injuring 12 people - six of them critically, authorities said. A suspect in the attack was arrested, police said in a post on the social network X on Friday evening. Hamburg's fire service said that six peo...
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Sports
No panic for Vancouver Whitecaps following three straight draws
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps knew their hot streak wouldn't last forever. While the club is undefeated in its last 13 games across all competitions (6-0-7), Vancouver doesn't have a win since May 3 when the 'Caps downed Real Salt Lake 2-1. "I don't think there's concern," striker Brian White said of th...
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McTominay and Lukaku goals lead Napoli to Serie A title
ROME (AP) - The two players who Antonio Conte wanted more than any others secured Napoli its second Serie A title in three years on Friday. Scott McTominay scored with an acrobatic bicycle kick before halftime and Romelu Lukaku doubled the lead with a solo goal after the break in the decisive 2-0 home win over Cagliari...
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Hockey player's statements to investigators, police, included at ex-teammates' trial
Portions of statements that a former member of Canada's world junior hockey team made to Hockey Canada investigators and police are now part of the evidence in the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates. Brett Howden told the court Friday that the comments reflect what he knew to be true at the time he made t...
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