BOLAWRAP DEMO
Abbotsford police launch new non-lethal restraint device
ABBOTSFORD - Officers with the Abbotsford Police Department now have a more modern way of subduing people in unpredictable incidents. On Thursday (Aug. 7), AbbyPD announced that it has deployed the BolaWrap- a non-lethal, painless restraint device designed to stun individuals from a distance. "It provides another ...
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JULY JOBS REPORT
Chilliwack, Abby-Mission unemployment rates dip as 16K jobs drop across B.C.
CHILLIWACK - Core cities in the Fraser Valley still managed to dent their monthly unemployment rates in June as significant job losses propped up across B.C.Statistics Canada's latest Labour Force Survey reported that Chilliwack lost 1,000 jobs, but the unemployment rate still decreased from 6.1 to 5.6 percent between ...
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ANNUAL AIRSHOW
Annual Abbotsford Airshow takes off for 63rd year this weekend
ABBOTSFORD - The largest aerospace showcase in Canada is back for its 63rd year with a weekend of jet noise and aviation marvels at the Abbotsford International Airshow. Visitors can catch headliners like the Canadian Forces Snowbirds and the F-35 Lightning II Demonstration Team, as well as get hands-on with interactiv...
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PELLET GUNSHOTS
AbbyPD investigates overnight incidents involving airsoft guns being shot at pedestrians
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are investigating an alarming string of incidents that saw pellet and airsoft guns being randomly shot at pedestrians overnight. Between 6:20 p.m. and 9:46 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 6), the Abbotsford Police Department received five separate reports of similar incidents, with one person rec...
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Murderer who reportedly kissed prison manager challenges transfer to Agassiz prison
PORT COQUITLAM - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a first-degree murderer be moved back to a minimum-security prison after he challenged his transfer to a higher-security institution for allegedly kissing a staff member. The ruling posted this week says Treyvonne Willis was transferred from minimum-security William H...
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Impaired tractor-trailer driver
Impaired big rig driver caught by police on Hwy. 1 in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - There's a certain standard that commercial truck drivers need to maintain when they're operating tractor trailers in B.C. And when they fail to meet that standard, whether by not properly maintaining their rig or by being impaired, the BC Highway Patrol stands ready to intervene when it can. Case in point,...
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British Columbia
Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to B.C. after tour boat runs aground
Canada's Transportation Safety Board says it is looking into what happened when a sightseeing vessel ran aground in the waters off Metro Vancouver last weekend. The agency says investigators have been deployed to Vancouver Harbour to investigate the Aug. 3 accident that injured one passenger. The MV Harbour Princess ra...
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Resident still nervous despite returning after evacuation from home for B.C. wildfire
A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week. Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose home is a few kilometres from the Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron Lake, says she is waiting a bit longer to bring bac...
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One hurt in series of pellet gun attacks targeting pedestrians in Abbotsford
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford, B.C., are investigating a series of pellet or airsoft gun attacks targeting pedestrians on public roads. Investigators say the attacks happened on Wednesday between 6:20 p.m. and 9:46 p.m., when police received five separate calls. Police say each of the victims described being approa...
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Murderer who reportedly kissed prison manager allowed to return to minimum security
PORT COQUITLAM - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered a first-degree murderer be moved back to a minimum-security prison after he challenged his transfer to a higher-security institution for allegedly kissing a staff member. The ruling posted this week says Treyvonne Willis was transferred from minimum-security William H...
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Poilievre says of B.C. Premier Eby that 'one man can't block' pipeline proposal
CALGARY - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Canadians, including British Columbians, want a new oil pipeline and Premier David Eby can't be allowed as one man to block the project. Poilievre says the country can't wait for complete agreement on the idea, calling it a "basic fact" that a new pipeline i...
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B.C. debt grows 50 per cent in two years to $134b despite lower-than-expected deficit
VICTORIA - British Columbia's final deficit for the fiscal year has come in at $7.3 billion, but the B.C. Conservative's finance critic points out that the governing B.C. NDP have added $15.78 billion in new operating debt while health care services have not improved. $564 million lower than the original projected numb...
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Canada
'Outstanding' Mboko hailed as role model for young Canadian tennis players, girls of colour
TORONTO - After her extraordinary win at the National Bank Open in Montreal, 18-year-old tennis sensation Victoria Mboko is being celebrated as a role model for the next generation of Canadian athletes. The phenom from Burlington, Ont., took the National Bank Open title on Thursday after defeating four-time Grand Slam ...
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Transportation Safety Board sends investigators to B.C. after tour boat runs aground
Canada's Transportation Safety Board says it is looking into what happened when a sightseeing vessel ran aground in the waters off Metro Vancouver last weekend. The agency says investigators have been deployed to Vancouver Harbour to investigate the Aug. 3 accident that injured one passenger. The MV Harbour Princess ra...
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Canada's 2025 wildfire season now second-worst on record, fuelled by Prairies blazes
TORONTO - Canada's 2025 wildfire season is now the second-worst on record. The latest figures posted by the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre suggest fires have torn through 72,000 square kilometres, an area roughly the size of New Brunswick. That surpasses the next-worst season in 1989 and is about half the area...
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Resident still nervous despite returning after evacuation from home for B.C. wildfire
A Vancouver Island artist who was evacuated from her home studio near an out-of-control wildfire says she remains nervous despite being allowed back this week. Ina-Griet Raatz-von Hirschhausen, whose home is a few kilometres from the Wesley Ridge wildfire near Cameron Lake, says she is waiting a bit longer to bring bac...
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PM Carney says Israel taking over Gaza City will hurt both Palestinians and hostages
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Israel's announced plan to take over part of the Gaza Strip will further a humanitarian crisis for Palestinians and hostages. Israel's cabinet has approved a plan today to take control of Gaza City, with the country's foreign ministry saying it does not want to take over the Pal...
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CP NewsAlert: Carney announces 20% increase in military starting pay
TRENTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will boost the entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces privates by 20 per cent for the regular force and 13 per cent for reservists. Other military members will also receive pay raises, with smaller increases for higher ranks, as part of a plan to boost recruit...
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World
Trump says he will meet with Putin 'very shortly' to discuss the war in Ukraine
DNIPROPETROVSK REGION, Ukraine (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he will meet "very shortly" with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the war in Ukraine and that he will announce the location soon. "We're going to be announcing later, and we're going to have a meeting with Russi...
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Trump administration seeks $1 billion settlement from UCLA, a White House official says
The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said Friday. The person was not authorized to speak publicly about the request and spoke on condition of anonymity. The Trump administration has suspended $584 million in federal grants, th...
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Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97
CHICAGO (AP) - James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97. Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday. "Jim's character and steadfast courage helped our nation reach the M...
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Sports
Bombers head to Calgary looking to avenge early losses to Stampeders
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders and Winnipeg Blue Bombers have different motivating factors heading into their showdown Saturday at McMahon Stadium. While the Stampeders (5-3) are looking to bounce back from two straight setbacks, the Blue Bombers (4-3) will be looking to avenge a pair of losses they suffered to their...
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'Outstanding' Mboko hailed as role model for young Canadian tennis players, girls of colour
TORONTO - After her extraordinary win at the National Bank Open in Montreal, 18-year-old tennis sensation Victoria Mboko is being celebrated as a role model for the next generation of Canadian athletes. The phenom from Burlington, Ont., took the National Bank Open title on Thursday after defeating four-time Grand Slam ...
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Whitecaps ready for home stretch of MLS season after a welcome week off
VANCOUVER - It was the calm before the storm. The Vancouver Whitecaps used a weeklong break to rest and recharge - though they still made waves off the pitch with the acquisition of former Bayern Munich star Thomas Muller - before beginning the final 10 games of the Major League Soccer season. The Whitecaps (13-5-6) st...
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