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Mission-Abbotsford tenor honoured with invitation to King Charles III speech
MISSION - A Mission-Abbotsford native has been bestowed with a recent invitation to His Majesty King Charles III's Speech from the Throne. On May 27, Dustin Lee Hiles joined the list of 500 distinguished Canadians to attend the first Speech since Queen Elizabeth II in 1978. "This rare honor underscores Hiles' prof...
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Indecent suspect caught
AbbyPD apprehend man linked to reports of 'indecent act'
ABBOTSFORD - A 31-year-old male has been apprehended by authorities after police in Abbotsford received reports of an indecent act in progress Friday evening near a shopping centre. According to a brief statement from police posted to social media, a significant police presence was deployed to the 2300 block of Whatcom...
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Mission-Abbotsford tenor honoured with invitation to King Charles III speech
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Personalized Hearing Care
Fraser Valley Beltone brings the joy of sound back to Chilliwack
Canada focusing on peace, energy security and new partnerships at G7 meeting: Carney
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Coco Gauff defeats top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in 3 sets to win her first French Open title
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Fraser Valley
SHRED-A-THON
City of Chilliwack hosts Shred-a-Thon, food drive Saturday
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack residents who yielded stacks of paper during spring cleaning have another chance to get rid of them at the City's latest Shred-A-Thon today (Jun. 7). Each household is entitled to a maximum of 10 boxes of residential shredding materials, and anyone with more is asked to hold off until the next S...
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Rescue mission
Hope SAR lends a hand to stranded subjects on the Fraser River Friday
FRASER CANYON - Just days after an injured biker required assistance from a backcountry trail southeast of Hope, the dedicated volunteers from Hope SAR were at it again rendering assistance in critical moments Friday. Hope Search and Rescue volunteers were tasked to assist two stranded subjects on the Fraser River nort...
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HIGHWAY 5
Coquihalla Highway remains closed for sinkhole repairs
UPDATE 9:00 A.M. SATURDAY: The Coquihalla between Hope and Merritt is still closed to all traffic in both directions due to emergency sinkhole repairs. UPDATE 4:30 P.M. FRIDAY: More delays are expected as crews are on-site at a southbound lane closure between the Exit 217 and Exit 202 on the Coquihalla to assist with ...
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IMPAIRED DRIVERS
Mission RCMP seize Corvette after drunk driver lands it in ditch
MISSION - Mission RCMP's latest round-up of community stories features a number of impaired drivers stopped last week. On May 29 at around 1 p.m., first responders attended to a vehicle rollover at the intersection of Lougheed Highway and the Hayward Connector. Police found a blue 1979 Corvette damaged in a ditch- with...
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British Columbia
B.C. targets U.S. doctors and nurses with recruitment ads near American hospitals
British Columbia has launched a six-week, $5-million campaign of targeted advertisements to recruit doctors and nurses in the United States. The Ministry of Health says the campaign launched on Monday is being shown on thousands of advertising screens in Washington, Oregon and California, at locations within a 16-kilom...
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Manitoba premier eyes northern development that could include a pipeline
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew promoted his province Friday as the route for a future trade corridor, which could include a pipeline, in order to get goods from Western Canada to overseas markets. "The politics are (that) something needs to get built in Western Canada. I think everybody understands that,&qu...
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Warning that cold fronts could trigger 'extreme fire behaviour' in northeast B.C.
The British Columbia Wildfire Service is warning that forecasted cold fronts today and Sunday in northeastern B.C. are expected to bring strong winds and potential "extreme fire behaviour" to the Dawson Creek, Fort St. John and Fort Nelson fire zones. That comes after the Peace River Regional District issued ...
Jun 06, 2025
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Southern B.C. set to bake under 'early season heat event'
Environment Canada is warning of an "early season heat event" bringing elevated temperatures to most of southern British Columbia that will persist from Saturday into early next week. The weather office has issued more than 30 special weather statements, saying a ridge of high pressure is bringing temperature...
Jun 06, 2025
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Supreme Court of Canada says babysitter must be acquitted in toddler's death
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says an acquittal is the appropriate outcome for a British Columbia woman whose conviction in the drowning death of a toddler was set aside two years ago. Tammy Bouvette was charged with second-degree murder but pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of criminal negligence causing the ...
Jun 06, 2025
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Police investigating after vehicle crashes into Cirque du Soleil arena in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say it's a "miracle" no one was injured after a vehicle crashed into the Pacific Coliseum arena on Thursday evening. Police say a vehicle drove into the front entrance of the building around 8 p.m. while a Cirque du Soleil show was taking place. They say a 30-year-old Vancouver ma...
Jun 06, 2025
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Canada
Canada focusing on peace, energy security and new partnerships at G7 meeting: Carney
OTTAWA - Canada has unveiled its priorities for the G7 leaders' summit just one week before it gets underway in Alberta as the government defends its decision to invite India to the summit. Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says Ottawa's top priority for the summit will be strengthening global peace and security, whi...
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Wildfires in the Prairies having air quality impact on several provinces
MONTREAL - Poor air quality fuelled by wildfires burning across the Prairies left a large swath of the country enveloped in a haze for another day. Parts of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland and Labrador were experiencing poor air quality and reduced vis...
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Bank of Canada head Tiff Macklem says mandate should evolve in a 'shock-prone' world
OTTAWA - Tiff Macklem is wearing an Edmonton Oilers pin as he reflects on coming very close to beating big odds. It's a significant day for the governor of the Bank of Canada: he's just laid out his reasons to the entire country and a global audience for keeping the central bank's benchmark interest rate steady for a s...
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'The road is long': Syrian refugee engineering a fresh start in Montreal
MONTREAL - When Jad Albasha arrived in Quebec in 2016 as a 21-year-old fleeing his war-torn home of Syria, he landed in a snow-covered world that spoke French, a language in which he did not understand a single word. But now it rolls off the tongue as if Albasha has lived here all of his life. When he graduates on Satu...
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As his trade war faces legal pushback, Trump has other tariff tools he could deploy
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs are facing legal headwinds for the first time - but he has other tools he could deploy in his quest to realign global trade. A federal appeals court is still deciding whether there will be a stay on Trump's universal tariffs enacted through the International Emergency ...
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Marc Garneau left lasting legacy on Earth and in space, former colleagues say
MONTREAL - Canadian scientists working on asteroid missions, exploring the universe through the James Webb Space Telescope or helping to put rovers on Mars say they can in some way thank Marc Garneau, who left an enduring legacy both as an astronaut and head of the country's space agency. While best-known in later year...
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World
Coco Gauff defeats top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in 3 sets to win her first French Open title
PARIS (AP) - Coco Gauff has won the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday. The second-ranked Gauff came out on top of a contest that was full of tension and momentum swings to claim her second major trophy after the 2023 U.S Open, where she also came from a...
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Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage kidnapped into Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. The Prime Minister's office said Saturday that the body of Thai citizen Nattapong Pinta was returned to Israel in a special military operation. Pinta was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz and killed in capti...
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Russian drones and missiles target Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv, killing 3, officials say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - A large Russian drone-and-missile attack targeted Ukraine's eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring 21, local Ukrainian officials said. The Russian barrage - the latest in near daily widescale attacks by Moscow - included deadly aerial glide bombs that have b...
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Sports
Coco Gauff defeats top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka in 3 sets to win her first French Open title
PARIS (AP) - Coco Gauff has won the French Open for the first time by defeating top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-4 on Saturday. The second-ranked Gauff came out on top of a contest that was full of tension and momentum swings to claim her second major trophy after the 2023 U.S Open, where she also came from a...
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Washington Capitals' Spencer Carbery named winner of Jack Adams Award
NEW YORK - Spencer Carbery of the Washington Capitals captured the Jack Adams Award on Saturday as the NHL's top coach. Carbery was the runaway winner with 81 first-place votes and 464 points as selected by the NHL Broadcasters' Association. Scott Arniel of the Winnipeg Jets was second with 249 points while Martin St. ...
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Cristiano Ronaldo is almost certain he won't play at the Club World Cup
MUNICH (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo says he's almost certain he will not be playing at the Club World Cup, dealing a blow to FIFA president Gianni Infantino's hopes of having one of soccer's biggest attractions at the tournament. The Portugal star confirmed Saturday that he received "quite a few" offers from part...
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