Police incident
Police in Abbotsford apprehend armed man with knife, IIO notified
ABBOTSFORD - A spokesperson for the Abbotsford Police Department has confirmed that police apprehended an armed man with a knife by deploying less-lethal bean bag rounds earlier this week. According to a statement from AbbyPD spokesperson Sgt. Paul Walker, AbbyPD patrol officers were dispatched to the 32400 block of Em...
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Chilliwack School District
SD33 to consider leasing property on Luckakuck Way as an alternate school campus option
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack School District trustees will consider a motion today (June 26) to lease property on Luckakuck Way for students connected to Kwiyeqel Secondary School (KSS) and SD33's secondary schools. According to the text of a motion on today's special meeting agenda, SD33 trustees will be asked to approve f...
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Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people in his apartment
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Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
For Harrington, one bogey outshines the birdies and keeps him in share of lead at US Senior Open
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For Harrington, one bogey outshines the birdies and keeps him in share of lead at US Senior Open
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Fraser Valley
Another power outage
Major power outage leaves over 1,500 customers in Agassiz, Cheam FN and Popkum without power
AGASSIZ/CHEAM FN/POPKUM - Yet another power outage has been reported in the eastern Fraser Valley Thursday. A substation fault is being blamed for a power outage that cut power to over 1,500 customers in Agassiz, Cheam First Nation, Rosedale and Popkum Thursday afternoon. According to BC Hydro's dashboard, 1,554 custom...
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Wanted man
Man wanted on warrant for first-degree murder could be in the Lower Mainland: SPVM
MONTREAL, QUEBEC - Police in Montreal say a 38-year-old Quebec man who is wanted on a warrant for first-degree murder may be in British Columbia's Lower Mainland. According to a statement circulated to news outlets by the B.C. RCMP, Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (Montreal Police Service) say Pierry P...
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Power outage
Power restored to Fairfield Island customers after bird gets stuck on wires
UPDATE 2:52 P.M.: Power has now been restored to the 174 customers in Fairfield Island who lost power earlier today. UPDATE 11:34 A.M.: BC Hydro now says crews are on site in Fairfield Island and power should be restored by 12:30 p.m. Thursday afternoon. Original story below: CHILLIWACK - Nearly 175 customers in Fairf...
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OPINION
YOUR PERSPECTIVE: MLA Maahs says foster parenting should always be about a child's well-being
Has the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) completely lost interest in upholding the best interests of children when it comes to foster parenting placements? A series of recent incidents has demonstrated how bureaucrats are choosing considerations such as ethnicity ahead of well-being, and as a result, ...
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British Columbia
B.C.'s Interior health authority confirms additional measles cases
KAMLOOPS - British Columbia's Interior health authority says it has confirmed additional cases of measles in the region spanning the province's southern Interior. A statement from Interior Health says communities in the region with confirmed cases now include Kamloops, Kelowna, Salmon Arm and the Nelson area. The updat...
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B.C. billionaire Ruby Liu gets keys to first retail store once owned by The Bay
DELTA - British Columbia billionaire Ruby Liu has received the keys to a store taken over from Hudson's Bay, the first of more than two dozen that she has her eyes on. Liu plans to turn the former Saks OFF 5th store in the Tsawwassen Mills mall in Delta, B.C., into a cultural, tourist and retail destination. It's the s...
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B.C. police watchdog calls hearing into officers' 'racist, sexist' WhatsApp group
British Columbia's Police Complaint Commissioner says he's called a public hearing to probe misconduct allegations against three current and three former Nelson police officers over alleged racist, sexist and inappropriate comments made in a private WhatsApp chat group. Prabhu Rajan says the allegations "go to the...
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Minister says police intelligence behind B.C. call for Bishnoi gang's terror listing
British Columbia's public safety minister says police intelligence has linked many cases of extortion against the South Asian community to India's Lawrence Bishnoi gang, giving the government confidence to recently seek its listing as a terrorist organization. Garry Begg, who is also solicitor general, says the governm...
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Federal bank loaning $1B for BC Ferries to buy Chinese-made ships
VICTORIA - A federal Crown corporation is loaning BC Ferries $1 billion to help buy four Chinese-made ferries, a purchase that federal transport minister Chrystia Freeland recently said was dismaying and should involve no federal funds. Canada Infrastructure Bank confirmed the loan on Thursday, saying the new electric ...
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Power outage in Hope
Power restored to over 425 Hydro customers in downtown Hope
UPDATE 3:10 P.M.: Power has been restored to downtown Hope and the surrounding areas. HOPE - Over 425 customers with BC Hydro in downtown Hope and the surrounding area lost power this morning. According to its online dashboard, BC Hydro says exactly 430 customers saw their power go out at 9:02 a.m. due to what the util...
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Canada
Premier Smith says Albertans' desire for leaving Canada has never been higher
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the public desire in her province to quit Canada has never been higher. Smith says a recent byelection that saw a separatist candidate garner almost 18 per cent of the vote shows Albertans are deeply frustrated and angry with Ottawa. Smith says she takes that frustration se...
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Minister says police intelligence behind B.C. call for Bishnoi gang's terror listing
British Columbia's public safety minister says police intelligence has linked many cases of extortion against the South Asian community to India's Lawrence Bishnoi gang, giving the government confidence to recently seek its listing as a terrorist organization. Garry Begg, who is also solicitor general, says the governm...
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Major projects: How Bill C-5 works and why it alarms its critics
OTTAWA - Parliament has passed controversial major projects legislation that Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to shore up its economy in the face of a trade war with the United States. Bill C-5 gives the federal government sweeping new powers to speed up permitting for what the Liberals call "nation-bu...
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CP NewsAlert: Senate passes controversial bill to fast-track major projects
OTTAWA - The Senate has passed C-5, the Liberal government's controversial major projects bill. The legislation gives the federal government the power to fast-track projects to boost the national economy. More coming. Nick Murray, The Canadian Press
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Just for Laughs founder's sex-assault civil trial disrupted by insults and threats
MONTRÉAL - One of the women accusing Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon of sexual assault lashed out at him during a break in his civil trial today. Actress Danie Frenette shouted in the courtroom that Rozon is a liar after he denied during his testimony her allegations and those of her stepdaughter. Her husb...
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A 49-year-old Canadian has died while in ICE custody in Florida
OTTAWA - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says that a 49-year-old Canadian has died while in its custody. A detainee death notification from the agency, commonly known as ICE, says that Johnny Noviello was pronounced dead by the Miami Fire Rescue Department at 1:36 p.m. on Monday. The agency says he was found u...
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World
Japan executes man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering 9 people in his apartment
TOKYO (AP) - A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had poste...
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Tampa Bay Rays' Wander Franco found guilty in sex abuse case, receives 2-year suspended sentence
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Wander Franco, the suspended Tampa Bay Rays shortstop facing sexual abuse charges, was found guilty on Thursday but received a two-year suspended sentence. Franco was arrested last year after being accused of having a four-month relationship with a girl who was 14 at the time, an...
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Prosecutors tell judge government plans to deport Abrego Garcia to a country that's not El Salvador
Federal prosecutors told a judge Thursday that the government plans to initiate removal proceedings against Kilmar Abrego Garcia and to deport him to a country that is not El Salvador upon his release from a Tennessee jail. But the prosecutors also said that they would comply with all court orders and that they're plan...
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Sports
For Harrington, one bogey outshines the birdies and keeps him in share of lead at US Senior Open
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Padraig Harrington said he thought it was one part nice, another part disappointing, to scrounge out a bogey after snapping a tee shot deep into the woods on the 15th hole of his opening round at the U.S. Senior Open. Either way, that scramble Thursday kept Harrington atop the leaderboard...
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For Harrington, one bogey outshines the birdies and keeps him in share of lead at US Senior Open
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Padraig Harrington made four birdies Thursday, though it was the bogey he saved after losing a tee shot deep in a thicket of trees on the 15th hole that helped him keep a share of the first-round lead with Mark Hensby at the U.S. Senior Open. The leaders shot 3-under 67 for a one-shot edg...
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Toronto Raptors select guard Alijah Martin 39th overall in NBA draft
BROOKLYN - Alijah Martin was taken 39th overall by the Toronto Raptors in the second round of the NBA Draft. Martin is a six-foot-one guard who finished his five-year U.S. collegiate career at the University of Florida, helping the Gators win an NCAA championship. Collin Murray-Boyles was drafted ninth overall by the R...
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