AVIAN FLU SUPPORT
$2.5M project to help protect Fraser Valley poultry farms against avian flu
ABBOTSFORD - Dozens of poultry farmers in the Fraser Valley are getting more support against the threat of avian flu through a $2.5 million collaboration between the province and key stakeholders. The Novel Tools and Technologies Program will equip roughly 75 egg and poultry farmers with tools such as air filters and U...
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Shots fired
Mission RCMP investigating targeted shooting
MISSION - Mounties in Mission are investigating an incident of shots fired that happened earlier this week. According to a statement from police, Mission RCMP were dispatched for a report of a shooting on Wednesday evening, Aug. 13 at 10:33 p.m., in the 3700 block of Lakeview Drive. Police say bullets struck a residenc...
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GOLF CLUB REBRAND
Chilliwack Golf Club unveils website, corn husk logo in latest rebrand
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack's 67-year-old golf club is looking to keep its image on par with the 21st century - without losing sight of heritage. The Chilliwack Golf Club has recently replaced its two iconic geese with a new corn husk logo, designed in part with the creative agency Par Six Golf."Our club is surrounded...
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LOW FIRE ACTIVITY
Silver Creek wildfire that sparked early July still being held
HOPE - The wildfire that erupted on Serpent's Back Trail has been downgraded back to being held after intensifying earlier this month.A mix of hard work from BC Wildfire crews, rain, and decreased fire behaviour has helped to contain the blaze in Silver Creek this week. It has now reverted to a 1.5-hectare smouldering ...
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SAFETY REMINDER
RCMP issue warning after pedestrians crawl under stopped train in White Rock
WHITE ROCK - Police in White Rock are asking residents to stay safe around tracks and trains after a dangerous incident near the pier head on Wednesday (Aug. 13). At around 7:15 p.m., the RCMP responded to a stopped train blocking the crossing and saw pedestrians, including children and their parents, crawling under it...
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MLA REPLACEMENT
Abbotsford school board to hold trustee by-election this fall
ABBOTSFORD - The City of Abbotsford has now announced some dates for the upcoming school board by-election to replace B.C. MLA Korky Neufeld in the fall, ending his over 15-year tenure with the district.As of May 2025, the province has enacted a new act prohibiting members of the Legislative Assembly from holding posit...
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British Columbia
First in Canada unexplained wealth order issued in B.C. against alleged pot growers
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger says she's "pleased" that the B.C. Supreme Court has issued Canada's first unexplained wealth order against two accused illicit pot growers tracked down by police who followed a trail of blood after a shooting. A court ruling issued in Victoria...
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B.C. legislator shocked by American senator's 'nonsense' pitch to join U.S.
VICTORIA - A British Columbia legislator says he went from "disappointed" to "enraged" after receiving a pitch from a Republican state senator for Canada's four western provinces to join the United States. Brennan Day, with the Opposition B.C. Conservative Party, says his office had to first confirm...
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B.C. to fund upgrades to reduce avian flu risk for Fraser Valley poultry farms
ABBOTSFORD - British Columbia says it will be providing $2.5 million in funding that will allow about 75 poultry farms in the Fraser Valley to upgrade their barns to reduce the risk of avian flu. The Agriculture Ministry says in a news release that the flu can enter barns through airflow, water sources and other means ...
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'Free Palestine' banner hung on B.C. legislature sets off probe of 'security breach'
VICTORIA - A protest banner hung on the outside facade of the British Columbia legislature has set off a police probe and an investigation by the clerk's office into the "external security breach." A statement from the Office of the Clerk says the banner was put up overnight between Aug. 13 and Aug. 14 and th...
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B.C. nurse gets suspension, fines for comments about transgender people
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia nurse has been suspended and fined nearly $94,000 for making "discriminatory and derogatory statements" about transgender people. The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives says a disciplinary panel has issued a decision against Amy Hamm, suspending her for one month, while also or...
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CP NewsAlert: First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar
SECHELT - The shishalh First Nation says 41 "additional unmarked graves" have been found as a result of a search with ground-penetrating radar on the site of a former residential school. The nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says the discovery by archeologists brings the number of suspected graves t...
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Canada
First in Canada unexplained wealth order issued in B.C. against alleged pot growers
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Public Safety Minister Nina Krieger says she's "pleased" that the B.C. Supreme Court has issued Canada's first unexplained wealth order against two accused illicit pot growers tracked down by police who followed a trail of blood after a shooting. A court ruling issued in Victoria...
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B.C. legislator shocked by American senator's 'nonsense' pitch to join U.S.
VICTORIA - A British Columbia legislator says he went from "disappointed" to "enraged" after receiving a pitch from a Republican state senator for Canada's four western provinces to join the United States. Brennan Day, with the Opposition B.C. Conservative Party, says his office had to first confirm...
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'The same country': Canada often seen as extension of U.S., Indo-Pacific experts say
OTTAWA - Ottawa's Indo-Pacific strategy has yet to give Canada adequate visibility or distinguish it from the U.S. in the region, experts have told researchers commissioned by the federal government. The Liberals launched the strategy in late 2022 to make Canada a partner of choice for some of the fastest-growing econo...
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B.C. RCMP team helps rescue 12 stranded kayakers near U.S. border
SURREY - An RCMP team patrolling the waters near the border between Canada and the United States helped rescue a group of 12 kayakers, including six children. British Columbia RCMP says in a release that a team conducting patrols as part of the Canada-U.S. Shiprider program were alerted Thursday by a U.S. Coast Guard b...
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B.C. nurse gets suspension, fines for comments about transgender people
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia nurse has been suspended and fined nearly $94,000 for making "discriminatory and derogatory statements" about transgender people. The B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives says a disciplinary panel has issued a decision against Amy Hamm, suspending her for one month, while also or...
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CP NewsAlert: First Nation in B.C. says 41 more graves found by penetrating radar
SECHELT - The shishalh First Nation says 41 "additional unmarked graves" have been found as a result of a search with ground-penetrating radar on the site of a former residential school. The nation on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast says the discovery by archeologists brings the number of suspected graves t...
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World
Judge denies Trump administration request to end a policy protecting immigrant children in custody
McALLEN, Texas (AP) - A federal judge ruled Friday to deny the Trump administration's request to end a policy in place for nearly three decades that is meant to protect immigrant children in federal custody. U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee in Los Angeles issued her ruling a week after holding a hearing with the federal g...
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New Air Force policy denies transgender troops hearings before they're discharged
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Air Force says in a new memo that transgender airmen ousted under a recent Trump administration directive will no longer have the chance to argue before a board of their peers for the right to continue serving their country. The memo dated Tuesday says military separation boards cannot independent...
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Trump and Putin end their meeting that started with a warm handshake belying bloodshed in Ukraine
JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska (AP) - President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin met for about 2 1/2 half hours on Friday, a summit in Alaska that started with a handshake, a smile and a ride in the presidential limousine - an unusually warm reception for a U.S. adversary responsible for launching the ...
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Sports
Elks defeat Argos 28-20 for second straight win
EDMONTON - Steven Dunbar Jr.'s early fourth-quarter touchdown catch proved to be the difference as the Edmonton Elks emerged with a 28-20 victory over the Toronto Argonauts in a game between two teams clinging on to playoff hopes on Friday. The Elks (3...
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Toronto Tempo to play two WNBA games in Vancouver next season
VANCOUVER - The Toronto Tempo are set to play two games in Vancouver during their first season in the WNBA. Team president Teresa Resch and GM Monica Wright Rogers made the announcement in Vancouver on Friday during the second quarter of a game betwee...
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Kirk plays hero, steals first career base in Blue Jays' 6-5 win over Rangers
TORONTO - Alejandro Kirk's late-game heroics resulted in three deafening ovations from the 42,260 inside the Rogers Centre on Friday. The first roar arrived in the seventh inning when the Toronto Blue Jays catcher smacked an opposite-field two-run home...
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