Train derailment
Train derails in Abbotsford near Canada-U.S. border
ABBOTSFORD - Police in Abbotsford are advising the public about a train derailment that happened late Thursday night in Abbotsford near the Canada-U.S. border.According to a social media post, the train derailment happened on 4th Avenue near Riverside Road, causing a significant roadblock in both westbound and eastboun...
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Missing senior
Chilliwack RCMP seek help locating a 73-year-old man with dementia who left CGH on Wednesday
CHILLIWACK - Mounties in Chilliwack are asking for help from the public to help locate a 73-year-old man with dementia who left Chilliwack General Hospital earlier this week. According to a statement from Chilliwack RCMP spokesperson Sgt. Alexandra Mulvihill, police received a report earlier today (Thursday, July 17) t...
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Train derailment
Train derails in Abbotsford near Canada-U.S. border
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Train collides with car in Chilliwack
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No date set for reopening of Chilliwack Community Policing office
CHILLIWACK - Several businesses in downtown Chilliwack remain closed after a structure fire early Wednesday caused extensive damage, including to a local RCMP community policing office.More than a day after the fire, police don't have a date for the reopening of the office, only saying it will remain closed for the for...
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Former yarn shop repurposed
Former yarn shop and studio in downtown Chilliwack to be repurposed
CHILLIWACK - The City of Chilliwack has confirmed that a former yarn shop in downtown Chilliwack will undergo improvements for a different type of business.Jaimie Tocher, a communications assistant for the city, told Fraser Valley Today in an email that the city's building department has issued a building permit for th...
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Restaurant closure
Chinese buffet in Chilliwack sets closure date for later this summer
CHILLIWACK - After its building and property were purchased earlier this year, a longtime Chilliwack restaurant appears poised to close its doors on a specific date later this summer. Jennifer Leong Tatlay posted to Facebook on Wednesday that her grandparents' final day of business at Mandarin Garden Buffet on Luckakuc...
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Missing person
UPDATE: Missing 13-year-old boy located: AbbyPD
UPDATE: AbbyPD posted to social media at 1:43 p.m. Thursday that the 13-year-old boy who was last seen earlier this week has been found safe. "Thank you for the public's help in locating him," AbbyPD wrote.
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British Columbia
B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for a nine-year-old girl who has an extremely rare disease. Charleigh Pollock has Batten disease, and the drug Brineura costs around $1 million a year. Osborne says she spoke with the girl's family tonight and told them that the...
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CP NewsAlert: B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock's drug coverage. The Vancouver Island girl suffers from Batten disease, and the drug Brineura costs around $1 million a year. The British Columbia government had previously said in June 2025 i...
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B.C. limits sales of two more diabetes drugs amid off-label use for weight loss
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Ministry is limiting the sales of two more diabetes drugs to curb their off-label use for weight loss and preserve supply for people who are diabetic. The limits on sales of Type 2 diabetes drugs tirzepatide and dulaglutide come after a 2023 regulation limited sales of semaglutide, ...
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B.C. Premier David Eby leans on Ravi Kahlon again as he reshuffles cabinet
VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby has leaned on Ravi Kahlon from the moment Eby officially sought the government's top job, with Kahlon co-chairing his leadership campaign. When Eby created the province's stand-alone housing ministry in 2022, he asked Kahlon to head it, and when U.S. President Donald Trump launched his...
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Country singer Josh Ross, 'American Idol' star Cameron Whitcomb lead CCMA Awards noms
TORONTO - Breakout country singer Josh Ross and "American Idol" star Cameron Whitcomb are the leading nominees heading into this year's Canadian Country Music Association Awards. Both musicians picked up six nods each, including for fans' choice, male artist, entertainer and single of the year. They're traile...
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B.C. Premier Eby reshuffles cabinet to boost economy, but Opposition says it's 'smoke and mirrors'
VICTORIA - British Columbia's cabinet has been reworked in what Premier David Eby says is a strategic shift in order to focus on jobs and the economy. Former housing minister Ravi Kahlon takes over as minister responsible for jobs from Diana Gibson, who moves into the citizens' services role previously held by George C...
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Canada
CP NewsAlert: B.C. Health Ministry restores drug funding for girl with rare disease
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Health Minister Josie Osborne says she has reinstated funding for nine-year-old Charleigh Pollock's drug coverage. The Vancouver Island girl suffers from Batten disease, and the drug Brineura costs around $1 million a year. The British Columbia government had previously said in June 2025 i...
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CP NewsAlert: Jasper fire report says Alberta government complicated response
JASPER - A report into a wildfire that devastated the Rocky Mountain resort town of Jasper says crews did their best but command and control was hampered by the Alberta government. The report was commissioned by the town and surveyed participants and firefighters who battled the wind-whipped blaze that destroyed a thir...
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Ottawa army unit head removed as part of social media misconduct probe
OTTAWA - The head of an Ottawa-based Canadian Army regiment has been temporarily removed as part of an investigation into alleged online behaviour that the commander of the army says disgraced the military. Lt.-Gen. Michael Wright says the commanding officer of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa has been removed from hi...
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Timeline of 4 women slain in Winnipeg, searching landfills for their remains
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government said Thursday that the search of a landfill for the remains of two slain First Nations women has concluded and that there would soon be a new search at a different site for another victim. Serial killer Jeremy Skibicki was convicted of first-degree murder in the deaths of four women. ...
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Major projects: How Bill C-5 works and why Indigenous leaders are so concerned
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney held a meeting with hundreds of First Nations chiefs Thursday, amid widespread skepticism and frustration over his controversial major-projects legislation. Bill C-5 gives the federal government sweeping new powers to speed up permitting for what the Liberals call "nation-buildi...
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CP NewsAlert: Search of Manitoba landfill for more remains of slain women concludes
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says a search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two First Nations women killed in 2022 has finished. The province began searching the Prairie Green Landfill, north of Winnipeg, in December for the remains of Morgan Harris and Marcedes Myran. Some remains of the women were...
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World
School bus crash in southwest England leaves 1 student dead, 2 seriously injured
LONDON (AP) - A bus carrying middle school children overturned and slid on its roof down a steep embankment in southwest England on Thursday, killing one student and seriously injuring two, authorities said. Three helicopters and 20 ambulances dispatched to the crash took 21 people to the hospital and crews treated oth...
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Louisiana cancels $3B repair coastal restoration funded by Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana is officially halting a $3 billion coastal restoration funded by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement money, state and federal agencies confirmed Thursday. The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project had been intended to rebuild upward of 20 square miles (32 kilometers) of land in so...
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Man who sent Facebook message about committing a campus sexual assault pleads guilty
GETTYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - An American accused of sexually assaulting a fellow Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said "So I raped you" has pleaded guilty months after being extradited from France to face the allegations. Ian Cleary, 32, who was raised in Silicon Va...
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Sports
Canada's Denis Shapovalov posts 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia's Tristan Schoolkate
LOS CABOS - Canada's Denis Shapovalov reached the semifinals at the Mifel Tennis Open on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Australia's Tristan Schoolkate. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., needed one hour 17 minutes to complete the victory. He had a 10-2 edge in aces and converted all four of his break-point opport...
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Alexander, Alouettes stage late comeback for 26-25 win over Argonauts
MONTREAL - Davis Alexander ran for a 10-yard touchdown with 1:46 remaining as the Montreal Alouettes rallied for a 26-25 win over the Toronto Argonauts on Thursday. The Alouettes quarterback improved to 8-0 as a starter, matching Danny McManus's CFL record of eight straight victories to begin a career. Alexander initia...
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Well-rested Winnipeg Blue Bombers to welcome Calgary Stampeders
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have been waiting a long time for their chance to exact revenge after their worst loss of the season. After the Stampeders stomped them 37-16 two weeks ago in Calgary, the Bombers have had to stew over the lopsided defeat through their bye week. They will finally get the opportunity...
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