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Convicted killer dies
Convicted killer serving life sentence at Abbotsford prison dies in custody
ABBOTSFORD - Federal correctional staff at a Fraser Valley prison say an inmate serving a life sentence has died while in custody of apparent natural causes. In a statement, CSC says Abraham Froesse-Friessen, an inmate at Pacific Institution and Regional Treatment Centre in Abbotsford, died on Saturday, June 14. At the...
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Wanted man
Chilliwack man wanted on multiple outstanding warrants
ABBOTSFORD - He's been a familiar face in the weekly Metro Vancouver Crime Stoppers bulletin. And now, he's on the Abbotsford Police Department's radar. In a brief social media post Wednesday morning, the Abbotsford Police Department says it is requesting the public's assistance in locating 42-year-old Scott Tonks, who...
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Fraser Valley man killed
22-year-old Fraser Valley man killed in hit and run Sunday in central B.C.
B.C. INTERIOR - A spokesperson for the B.C. Highway Patrol has confirmed that a 22-year-old pedestrian from the Fraser Valley was struck and killed while walking on Highway 97 south of Oliver, B.C., this past weekend. According to a statement from B.C. Highway Patrol spokesperson Constable Clyde Feero, Mounties from th...
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Property acquisition
Amid rising enrolment, Chilliwack school board OK's church purchase for site expansion
CHILLIWACK - The seven-member Chilliwack Board of Education approved the purchase of Christ Lutheran Church in Chilliwack at its meeting Tuesday night (June 17). In a statement released Tuesday night, the school district says the property at 9460 Charles Street next to Chilliwack Middle School affords SD33 with a "...
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency finds rare disease at B.C. commercial pigeon premises
CHILLIWACK - Canada's food inspection agency says it has uncovered a case of Newcastle disease at a commercial pigeon operation in Chilliwack, B.C., requiring the birds to be culled and the premises to be disinfected. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the virus affects both wild and domestic birds and can cause ...
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Renewed Indo-Canada ties concern protesters on anniversary of Nijjar killing
VANCOUVER - Protesters marking the second anniversary of the killing of B.C. Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar say they're concerned about the renewal of Canada's relations with India, whose agents police have linked to the shooting. Sikh Federation Canada spokesman Moninder Singh says it was "frustrating...
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B.C. government won't fund drug for rare disease for nine-year-old girl
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says it will no longer fund an expensive drug for a nine-year-old girl who has a rare and terminal condition. Health Minister Josie Osborne says in a statement that Charleigh Pollock's condition with Batten Disease has reached the point where she meets the criteria to disconti...
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Remains found identified as B.C. woman who went missing in 2017
SALMON ARM - Mounties in British Columbia's Interior say human remains found last month have been confirmed as being a woman who went missing near Sicamous nearly eight years ago. They say the remains were discovered on a rural property in Salmon Arm on May 5, and the BC Coroners Service has since linked them to Nicole...
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CSIS says India is a continued foreign interference threat as Canada renews diplomacy
OTTAWA - Indian officials and their proxy agents in Canada engage in a range of activities that seek to influence Canadian communities and politicians, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service said Wednesday in its annual report. When such activities are deceptive, clandestine or threatening, they are deemed to be fo...
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Keyera says $5.15B deal to buy Plains' Canadian business to help energy security
CALGARY - Keyera Corp.'s deal to buy the Canadian natural gas liquids business of U.S. firm Plains for $5.15 billion will help boost this country's energy security and economic resilience, its chief executive says. "This is by far the largest acquisition that we've ever undertaken. We don't take it lightly," ...
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency finds rare disease at B.C. commercial pigeon premises
CHILLIWACK - Canada's food inspection agency says it has uncovered a case of Newcastle disease at a commercial pigeon operation in Chilliwack, B.C., requiring the birds to be culled and the premises to be disinfected. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the virus affects both wild and domestic birds and can cause ...
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Carbon budget to keep global warming at 1.5 C could be exhausted in 3 years: report
The world is on pace to emit enough greenhouse gas emissions over the next three years to blow by an international target to limit global warming to 1.5 C, according to a new study co-authored by a Canadian researcher who says the finding underlines the need for urgent transformational change. The study by more than 60...
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Renewed Indo-Canada ties concern protesters on anniversary of Nijjar killing
VANCOUVER - Protesters marking the second anniversary of the killing of B.C. Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar say they're concerned about the renewal of Canada's relations with India, whose agents police have linked to the shooting. Sikh Federation Canada spokesman Moninder Singh says it was "frustrating...
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Union slams package company DHL's ask for federal strike intervention
OTTAWA - Unifor sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney and cabinet ministers this week decrying a request from package company DHL to intervene in a strike. That request was made by DHL in a letter that was shared on the union's website. The letter says the change that takes effect on June 20 to federal labour law...
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As Canada's only 'sugar tax' ends, a study suggests it may have been effective
ST. JOHN'S - A new study suggests Newfoundland and Labrador's tax on sugar-sweetened drinks may have dissuaded people from buying and drinking the beverages. The study tracked beverage sales in the province before and after the so-called "sugar tax" was implemented in September 2022. The Heart and Stroke Foun...
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Lawyer for Quebec truck attack accused says pedestrian deaths were an accident
RIMOUSKI - The lawyer for a Quebec man charged with killing three pedestrians with his truck has told a jury the deaths were an accident, not a crime. Steeve Gagnon's lawyer said during final arguments that his client had reached down to retrieve an e-cigarette pod and accidentally drove off the road in a moment of ina...
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